<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 22-7. - Emergency management plans.</div>
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               (a)
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               Comprehensive emergency management plans shall be adopted and maintained by resolution
               of the board of commissioners. In the preparations of these plans as it pertains to
               city and county organization, it is intended that the services, equipment and facilities
               and personnel of all existing departments and agencies shall be utilized to the fullest
               extent. When approved, it shall be the duty of all municipal departments and agencies
               to perform the functions assigned by these plans and to maintain their portions of
               the plans in a current state of readiness at all times. The emergency operations plan
               for nuclear civil protection and the disaster relief and assistance plan shall have
               the effect of law whenever a disaster, as defined in this chapter, has been proclaimed.
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               (b)
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               The coordinator shall prescribe in the emergency plans those positions within the
               disaster organization, in addition to his own, for which lines of succession are necessary.
               In each instance, the responsible person will designate and keep on file with the
               coordinator a current list of three persons as successors to his position. The list
               will be in order of succession and will nearly as possible designate persons best
               capable of carrying out all assigned duties and functions.
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               (c)
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               Each service chief and department head assigned responsibility in the basic plan shall
               be responsible for carrying out all duties and functions assigned therein. Duties
               will include the organization and training of assigned employees and where needed
               volunteers. Each chief shall formulate the operations plan for his service which,
               when approved, shall be an annex to and a part of the basic plan.
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               (d)
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               Amendments to the basic plan shall be submitted to the coordinator. If approved, the
               coordinator will then submit the amendments to the board of commissioners with his
               recommendation for their approval. Such amendments shall take effect 30 days from
               the date of approval.
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               (e)
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               When a required competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within
               local government, the coordinator is authorized to seek assistance from persons outside
               of government. The assignment of duties, when of a supervisory nature, shall also
               include the granting of authority for the persons so assigned to carry out such duties
               prior, during, and after the occurrence of a disaster. Such services from persons
               outside of government may be accepted by local government on a volunteer basis. Such
               citizens shall be enrolled as emergency management volunteers in cooperation with
               the heads of local government departments affected.
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               (Ord. of 10-2-1984, Â§ 7)
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