The Director of the Office of Civil Preparedness shall cause a civil preparedness plan to be prepared and presented to Council for adoption, modification or rejection. Such plan shall provide for the use of all services, equipment, facilities and personnel of all existing departments and agencies of the City to the fullest extent for the purposes of the protection and preservation referred to in Section 214.03. It shall be the duty of all Municipal departments and agencies to perform the functions assigned by the Plan, as adopted or modified by Council, and to maintain their portion of the Plan in a current state of readiness at all times. The Director shall conduct civil preparedness programs, including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Through public informational programs, educate the civilian population as to actions necessary and appropriate in the event of civil emergency or disaster.
(b) Conduct public practice alerts to insure the efficient operations of the civil preparedness forces and to familiarize residents with civil preparedness regulations, procedures and operations.
(Ord. 4-80. Passed 2-18-80.)