<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-6. - Emergency management plans.</div>
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               (a)
               
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               Comprehensive emergency management plans shall be adopted and maintained by 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 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. These plans shall have the effect of law
               whenever a disaster, as defined in this article, has been declared.
               
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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 two 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 plans 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 standing operating procedure to implement
               the plans for his service.
               
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               (d)
               
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               Amendments to these plans 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
               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 to, 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.
               
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               (Ord. No. 1988-2, Â§ 6, 3-1-1988)
               
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