Eligible Events and Triggers

(1) IDA Activation Criteria. Following a catastrophic event, MEMA shall conduct an IDA to collect preliminary information regarding damages under the following circumstances: (a) The Governor declares a State of Emergency and requests an IDA; or (b) A MEMA Rapid Impact Assessment Team recommends an IDA; or (c) MEMA and A&F determine that an IDA is necessary after multiple impactful events in a similar geographic area in close time proximity; or (d) Any two of the following conditions are met for a single event: 1. Multiple municipalities declare local states of emergency; 2. Multiplemunicipalities activatetheirlocal EmergencyOperations Centers (EOC)and their local CEMPs; 3. Multiple municipalities submit validated resource requests electronically through MEMA’s existing platform, WebEOC, or any successor platform as determined by MEMA; or 4. Multiple municipalities activate emergency staffing capabilities beyond emergency staffing of police and fire personnel. (2) Fund Activation Criteria. (a) Standard Activation: Following an IDA, the Secretary may activate the Fund when the following two conditions are satisfied: 1. The IDA indicates that disaster-related damages exceed a state-established per-capita impact threshold across multiple affected municipalities; and 2. At least one of the following circumstances applies: a. Federal disaster assistance thresholds are not met, but multiple municipalities have met or exceeded the state-established per-capita impact threshold. b. A federal disaster declaration is made, but specific impacted municipalities or counties are excluded from the declaration due to federal eligibilitycriteria shortfalls. c. A federal disaster declaration request where the state-established per-capita impact threshold has been met is submitted but denied. (b) Extraordinary Circumstances: Notwithstanding the criteria above, in extraordinary circumstances, the Governor mayactivate the fund pursuant to a declared State of Emergency related to a catastrophic event.