The Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact is an

interstate compact In the United States, an interstate compact is a pact or agreement between two or more states, or between states and any foreign sub-national government. Description Most early interstate compacts resolved boundary disputes, but since the earl ...

that established a system for administering disaster response and defense aid. It originally included 22 states and the

District of Columbia Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and Federal district of the United States, federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from ...

, but some states have since replaced it with the

Emergency Management Assistance Compact The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is a mutual aid agreement among states and territories of the United States. It enables states to share resources during natural and man-made disasters, including terrorism. EMAC complements ...

. The compact was made as a state response to the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950.

References

{{Reflist United States interstate compacts Interstate compacts of California