Ohio § 5502.30

§ 5502.30.

(A) The state, any political subdivision, any municipal agency, any emergency management

volunteer, another state, or an emergency management agency thereof or of the federal

government or of another country or province or subdivision thereof performing emergency

management services in this state pursuant to an arrangement, agreement, or compact

for mutual aid and assistance, or any agency, member, agent, or representative of

any of them, or any individual, partnership, corporation, association, trustee, or

receiver, or any of the agents thereof, in good faith carrying out, complying with,

or attempting to comply with any state or federal law or any arrangement, agreement,

or compact for mutual aid and assistance, or any order issued by federal or state

military authorities relating to emergency management, is not liable for any injury

to or death of persons or damage to property as the result thereof during training

periods, test periods, practice periods, or other emergency management operations,

or false alerts, as well as during any hazard, actual or imminent, and subsequent

to the same except in cases of willful misconduct.  As used in this division, “ emergency management volunteer ” means only an individual who is authorized to assist any agency performing emergency

management during a hazard. (B) The state, any political subdivision, any individual, partnership, corporation, association,

trustee, or receiver, or any agent, agency, representative, officer, or employee of

any of them that owns, maintains, occupies, operates, or controls all or part of any

building, structure, or premises shall not be liable for any injury or death sustained

by any person or damage caused to any property while that person or property is in

the building, structure, or premises for duty, training, or shelter purposes during

a hazard, drill, test, or false warning, or is entering therein for such purposes

or departing therefrom, or for any injury, death, or property damage as the result

of any condition in or on the building, structure, or premises or of any act or omission

with respect thereto, except a willful act intended to cause injury or damage. (C) Any person deployed by the emergency management agency to render aid in another

state pursuant to section 5502.40 of the Revised Code , including a full-time or part-time paid employee of a political subdivision of this

state or a nonprofit organization, a paid or unpaid volunteer of a for-profit or nonprofit

organization, and a health care worker of a for-profit or nonprofit organization,

that is rendering aid in another state is considered an officer or employee of the

state for purposes of the immunity established under Article VI of the emergency management

assistance compact enacted under section 5502.40 of the Revised Code .  Nothing in this division entitles any person deployed pursuant to section 5502.40 of the Revised Code to any other right or benefit of a state officer or employee. (D) This section does not affect the right of any person to receive benefits to which

the person may be entitled under Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code or any pension

law, nor the rights of any person to receive any benefits or compensation under any

act of congress or under any law of this state.