Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-684.2: Purpose and authorities

ARTICLE I

Purpose and Authorities

This compact is made and entered into by and between the

participating member states, hereinafter called party states, which

enact this compact. For the purposes of this compact, the term

"states" is taken to mean the several states, the Commonwealth of

Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial

possessions.

The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance

between the states entering into this compact in managing any

emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the

affected state, whether arising from natural or man-made disasters

or emergencies.

This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in

emergency-related exercises, testing, or other training activities

using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect

of the giving and receiving of aid by party states or subdivisions

of party states during emergencies, such actions occurring outside

actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this

compact may include the use of the states' National Guard forces,

either in accordance with the National Guard Mutual Assistance

Compact or by mutual agreement between states.