A. Scope Of Declaration: A declaration of "local emergency" by any political subdivision of the County is official recognition that a disaster situation exists within the affected political subdivision and provides a legal basis for requesting and obtaining State or Federal government disaster assistance.
B. Notice Delivered: Notice of any "local emergency" declared by any political subdivision shall be promptly delivered to the County Emergency Manager, or any member of the Board of County Commissioners.
C. Assistance: The Board of County Commissioners shall provide the requested assistance and resources. If the County cannot provide such requested assistance, the County shall declare a "local emergency".
D. Request For Assistance: The County Emergency Manager shall direct the request for assistance to the State Division of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, following a County local emergency declaration, coordinate other local agency assistance and available resources.
E. Coordination Of Assistance: During any disaster where local, State or Federal assistance is required, the County Emergency Manager shall direct and coordinate such assistance.
F. Requests For Outside Assistance: All requests for outside assistance and resources shall be coordinated through the Emergency Manager.
G. Unified Command Committee: If more than one (1) municipality and/or the County declares a local emergency during the same period of time, a "Unified Command Committee" shall be formed. The "Unified Command Committee" shall include a representative from each of the affected jurisdictions they represent. The representatives shall have the authority to make decisions for the jurisdictions they represent. (Ord. 04-14, 5-18-2004)