Which statement is not one of the three main TIMS laws?

• A. Emergency response act
• B. Mutual aid law
• C. Incident management act
• D. Resource sharing law

Answer: (B)

TIMS laws shape how large incidents are managed within the state, establishing the structure, authority, and processes for incident response. The three main statutes are designed to create a clear framework for how agencies coordinate, command, and share resources during emergencies.

Emergency Response Act sets the authority and priorities for rapid, initial emergency actions and directs how operations begin and scale up. The Incident Management Act builds the formal command structure, ensuring there’s a unified approach to directing responders and resources across agencies. The Resource Sharing Law governs how resources are requested, allocated, and deployed among agencies during an incident, helping to standardize how support is obtained and used.

A statement about mutual aid addresses how agencies assist each other across jurisdictions through agreements and compacts. While mutual aid is essential to efficient emergency response, it sits outside the core TIMS statutes as one of the primary laws. It’s overseen by separate frameworks and agreements (such as mutual aid compacts or EMAC), rather than being one of the three main TIMS laws themselves. Therefore, the mutual aid law is not one of the three main TIMS laws.