2025 Mutual Aid for Building Departments Region 3

This fact sheet provides local officials and community stakeholders in FEMA Region 3 with guidance on building department mutual aid support following disasters. It explains the structure and benefits of mutual aid agreements, including the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and Intrastate Mutual Aid Systems (IMAS), for augmenting personnel to conduct post-disaster building inspections, permitting, and enforcement. The document details legal protections, funding mechanisms, and deployment criteria for both public- and private-sector personnel, and summarizes relevant state laws and mutual aid provisions for Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. It is intended to help communities understand and access mutual aid resources for post-disaster building safety and recovery operations.