<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 17-34. - Emergency management plans.</div>
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               (a)
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               Appropriate emergency management plans shall be adopted and maintained by resolution
               of the board of county commissioners. In the preparation of such plans, as they pertain
               to city and county organization, it is intended that the services, equipment, facilities
               and personnel of all existing departments and agencies shall be utilized to the fullest
               extent. When approved and adopted, 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 basic emergency
               operations plan and disaster operations plan shall have the effect of law whenever
               a disaster has been proclaimed.
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               (b)
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               The director 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 persons will 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. Duties will include
               the organization and training of assigned employees and volunteers, where needed.
               Each department head shall develop standard operations procedures for his service
               in support of this plan which formulate the operational plan for his service, which,
               when approved, may become a part of the basic plan.
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               (d)
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               When a required competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within
               local government, the director is authorized to seek assistance from persons outside
               of government. The assignment of supervisory duties 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 services volunteers in cooperation with the heads of affected local government
               departments. These volunteers may receive training by the department of emergency
               management at the discretion of the director.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 6.7-4)
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