WAC 118-04-360   Eligibility requirements and procedures for filing fuel, toll, and ferry expense reimbursement claims.  (1) The person seeking reimbursement shall have been a registered emergency worker, activated by an authorized official for an authorized activity under the provisions of chapter 38.52 RCW, and shall have reported to or been in the process of reporting to the authorized on-scene official. For individuals representing a volunteer organization, the organization must be a locally recognized emergency worker volunteer organization activated by an authorized official for an authorized activity under the provisions of chapter 38.52 RCW, and a responsible unit official shall have reported to the authorized on-scene official.

     (2) The emergency management division will provide forms (Form EMD-036, fuel, toll & ferry reimbursable expenses claim) for reimbursement of fuel, toll, and ferry expenses as authorized by chapter 38.52 RCW. All claims must include receipts and documentation and be submitted through the local emergency management agency to the emergency management division.

     (3) For claims arising outside of the person's jurisdiction of residence, the claimant may file the claim with the jurisdiction of residence, provided that the local emergency management agency director in the jurisdiction of residence coordinates the claim with the local emergency management agency director in the jurisdiction where the mission occurred.

     (4) Fuel, toll, and ferry reimbursable expense claims shall be considered for both individual emergency workers and for emergency workers representing volunteer organizations when missions:

     (a) Occur outside a participating emergency worker's/volunteer organization's county of residence; or

     (b) In which an emergency worker/volunteer organization has participated for more than twenty-four hours; or

     (c) Occurring within an emergency worker's/volunteer organization's county of residence and lasting less than twenty-four hours, when:

     (i) The mission required an emergency worker/volunteer organization to drive a vehicle more than fifty miles one-way; or

     (ii) Authorized officials required an emergency workers/volunteer organization to drive a vehicle more than one hundred miles during the course of the mission.

     (5) Fuel, toll, and ferry expenses resulting from training events shall not be eligible for reimbursement.



[Statutory Authority: Chapter 38.52 RCW. 01-02-053, § 118-04-360, filed 12/28/00, effective 1/28/01; 93-23-005 (Order 93-08), § 118-04-360, filed 11/4/93, effective 12/5/93.]