Question

A month after your mutual aid agreement is activated for an incident, a participating jurisdiction claims that their responders are suffering from health problems and that is your responsibility to pay for their care. Your first step in this situation should be to: A. Check the Insurance and Liability section of your mutual aid agreement. B. Check the Demobilization section of your mutual aid operational plan. C. Reimburse them. D. Tell them to file a claim with your insurance company.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Check the Insurance and Liability section of your mutual aid agreement

Explanation:

Firstly, a mutual aid agreement is a documents that sets the rules or terms under which help or assistance can be provided between two parties, jurisdictions, NGO, etc.

From the above question, it is important that before any step is taken, it is important to check the insurance an liability section of the mutual aid agreement. This will help to ascertain if indeed you are responsible for the healthcare payment of the responders as claimed by the participating jurisdiction.

This helps to clarify who is responsible for the responders.

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