A. For the purposes of this chapter, the Chief of Police shall be responsible for managing the city’s emergency program.
B. Specific duties shall include but not be limited to the following:
1. To develop, update and revise the city’s basic emergency operation plan;
2. To coordinate the activities of city departments and other agencies with emergency services capabilities in the development of individual operational annexes to the basic plan;
3. To provide for the coordination of emergency plans, programs and operations with the county, neighboring jurisdictions and other public and private agencies with emergency services responsibilities;
4. To develop working agreements with the county, neighboring jurisdictions and service districts to assure coordinated response to an emergency in the city;
5. To provide for the procurement of personnel, equipment, materials and supplies from higher authority, and for the accounting thereof for use in the event of a declared emergency;
6. To provide for coordinated operations under simulated emergency conditions; and
7. To recommend to the Council any ordinances, policies or procedures which would assist the Council and other city officers in the performance of their duties in preparing for, responding to and recovering from an emergency.