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2. Is either the sending or the receiving party a non-LMCIT member? <br />If you're receiving assistance from a county or township, or from a city that isn't an LMCIT <br />member, you'll want to make sure they understand that under the statute, they're responsible <br />for work comp for injuries to their employees, and for any damage to their equipment. <br />If you're providing assistance to a city or other unit that isn't an LMCIT member, you'll want <br />to make sure that they and their liability carrier understand that they are responsible for <br />liability claims arising from your employees' activities. <br />3. Is the city borrowing or leasing any vehicles? <br />LMCIT member cities automatically have liability coverage and coverage for physical damage <br />to any vehicle the city rents or borrows. <br />4. Is the city using volunteers? <br />If your city is using volunteers who are acting under your direction and control, those <br />volunteers need to be "registered" with the city in order to be covered by the city's workers' <br />compensation and liability coverage. In other words, keep a list of your disaster volunteers, by <br />name. <br />5. Does a mutual aid agreement make you responsible for work comp for anyone else's <br />employees or volunteers? <br />If an agreement makes your city responsible for providing workers' compensation coverage for <br />anyone who is not by law your city's employee, contact LMCIT right away — preferably before <br />you sign the agreement. <br />6. Does a mutual aid agreement require you to provide liability coverage for anyone else or <br />name them as a covered party? <br />If the agreement calls for you to add another city or other person or entity as an "insured" or a <br />"covered party," contact LMCIT. <br />7. Are you responding outside the state of Minnesota? <br />If you are providing assistance outside Minnesota, you should be doing so either under a <br />specific written mutual aid agreement or through EMAC as deployed by HSEM. Never self - <br />deploy to any emergency, whether or not outside of Minnesota. <br />If your city is working under an agreement rather than under the statute in either providing <br />or receiving disaster assistance, make sure you understand your responsibilities under that <br />agreement. It's a good idea to have your city attorney review all mutual aid agreements. <br />8 <br />