Section R8-2-303. Contents of an Application

A.      An applicant shall set forth in an application the cause, loca- tion, and beginning date of the emergency, a description of the damage caused by the emergency and potential health hazards arising from the emergency, the costs incurred for emergency response, and an estimate of the number of people affected by the emergency and costs for recovery.

B.       Before submitting an application to the Director, the applicant shall use its available resources to respond to the emergency and request assistance from other political subdivisions that might respond to the emergency.

C.      The “emergency” must also be clearly demonstrated to be above and beyond the jurisdiction’s ability to recover from without state assistance. Examples as to how to demonstrate

this element would be: use of mutual aid, documenting multi- ple events, lack of physical or personnel resources, depleted contingency funds or redirection of operating funds; which must be attested to in writing by the jurisdiction’s chief finan- cial officer.

Historical Note

Adopted effective September 18, 1996 (Supp. 96-3). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 4216, effective December 1, 2013 (Supp 13-4).