Except as provided in Section 9 [12-10B-9 NMSA 1978] of the Intrastate Mutual Aid Act, a person responding to a request for aid by a member jurisdiction and who is under the operational control of that member jurisdiction, as provided in Section 6 [12-10B-6 NMSA 1978] of the Intrastate Mutual Aid Act, is considered for the purposes of liability to be an employee of the requesting member jurisdiction.
NMS § 12-10B-10