<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 17-32. - Intent and purpose.</div>
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               (a)
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               It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to establish an office that will ensure
               the complete and efficient utilization of all the resources of the county, including
               the municipalities located in the county, to mitigate and alleviate disaster resulting
               from enemy actions or other disaster, pursuant to G.S. 14-288.1 et seq., G.S. 153A-121
               et seq. and G.S. 166A-7 et seq.
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               (b)
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               The county department of emergency management shall be the coordinating agency for
               all activity in connection with emergency preparedness; it shall be the instrument
               through which the board of commissioners and the elected officials of the municipalities
               in the county may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested
               in them in the event of a declaration of disaster emergency.
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               (c)
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               As the lead agency within local government, it shall support response agencies with
               search and rescue and recovery activities. This inclused, but is not limited to, supporting:
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               (1)
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               Municipal, county, state and federal law enforcement partners with ground search and
               rescue efforts, missions, and assignments.
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               (2)
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               Municipal, county, state and federal fire services partners with technical urban search
               and rescue efforts, missions, and assignments.
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               (3)
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               Municipal, county, state and federal fire services partners with water search and
               rescue efforts, missions, and assignments.
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               (d)
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               Coordinate with municipalities within the county and other units of local, state,
               and federal government, and other nonprofit, emergency management, and affected organizations
               in the development and implementation of an emergency management plan and responses
               to disasters.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 6.7-2; Ord. of 8-4-2003; Ord. of 2-20-2023, Â§Â§ I, II)
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