Section 8.03. Levels of response.

  MABAS coordinates the effective and efficient provision of mutual aid during emergencies, natural disasters, or manmade catastrophes. In recognition of home rule, MABAS is not intended to relieve a local governmental unit from its responsibilities of providing adequate emergency services for all local emergencies, since all local governmental units should have their own first line of defense. When a local governmental unit exhausts its resources, MABAS can be activated by the stricken unit through a systematic plan at the following NIMS level response types:

(1)  A "local village, township, city or fire district level response type 5" is an emergency that is a routine day-to-day event utilizing resources listed on a MABAS box card with a minimum of 3 MABAS alarm levels which is triggered locally by the incident commander on the scene of an emergency.

(2)  A "regional city, county or fire district level response type 4" is an emergency that has exhausted "local village, township, city or fire district level response" capabilities and may utilize up to 3 MABAS interdivisional cards. A regional response is triggered locally by the incident commander on the scene of an emergency.

(3)  A "state or metropolitan area level response type 3" is an emergency that has exhausted "regional city, county or fire district response" capabilities and may utilize multiple MABAS interdivisional cards. A state response is triggered by a request to the WEM duty officer by the incident commander on the scene of the emergency. Responding resources will be coordinated by the WEM duty officer in coordination with the regional MABAS division coordinator.

(4)  A "national level response types 1 or 2" is an emergency that has exhausted "state level response" capabilities or is an event of national significance which is triggered by or transmitted to the WEM duty officer through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact under s. 323.80 , Stats.

History: CR 06-091 : cr. Register November 2006 No. 611 , eff. 12-1-06; correction in (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register February 2010 No. 650 .