<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-2. - Purpose.</div>
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               (a)
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               It is the intent and purposes of this chapter to establish an emergency management
               agency to ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all resources of Durham
               County and City of Durham in the event of an emergency or disaster.
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               (b)
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               The emergency management agency shall be the coordinating entity for all activity
               in connection with emergency management within the county; it will be the agency through
               which the board of commissioners and city council will exercise the authority and
               discharge the responsibilities vested in them during states of disaster or emergency.
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               (c)
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               The emergency management agency shall be the central coordinating agency for activities
               and programs relating to emergency and disaster prevention, protection, mitigation,
               response and recovery among agencies and officials of the county and with similar
               agencies and officials of other counties, the state and federal agencies; and with
               other private and quasi-official organizations.
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               (Ord. of 3-27-20(1), Â§ 2)
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