(A) Comprehensive civil preparedness plans shall be adopted and maintained by resolution of the Board of Commissioners. In the preparation of these plans as it pertains to 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, it shall be the duty of all county and 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. Emergency operations plans and regulations shall have the effect of law whenever a disaster, as defined in this subchapter, has been proclaimed.
(B) The Coordinator shall prescribe in the emergency plans those positions within the disaster organization, in addition to his or her 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 or her position. The list will be in order of succession and will designate persons most capable of carrying out all assigned duties and functions.
(C) 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 operation plan for his or her service which, when approved, shall be an annex to and a part of the emergency operations plan.
(D) Amendments to the emergency operations plan shall be submitted to the Coordinator. If approved, the Coordinator, will then submit the amendments to the Board of Commissioners with his or her recommendation for its approval.
(E) 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 grant 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 civil preparedness volunteers in cooperation with the heads of local government departments affected.
(Ord. passed 11-3-1975; Res. passed 11-3-1975)