(A) The Dare County Emergency Management Department is hereby established, and shall serve as the coordinating agency for all activity in connection with emergency management within the county. The Department shall be the agency through which the Dare County Board of Commissioners exercise the authority and discharges the responsibilities vested in it during emergencies. The Department shall also be the coordinating agency for all activity connected with emergency management, including activities within municipalities.
(B) The Dare County Board of Commissioners shall appoint a Director of the Dare County Emergency Management Department who shall be a person well-versed and trained in planning operations involving the activities of many different agencies which will operate to protect the public health, safety and welfare in the event of an emergency.
(C) The Director shall designate and appoint Deputy Directors to assume the duties of the Director during an emergency in the event of his or her absence or inability to fulfill these duties.
(Res. 12-12-34, passed 12-3-2012; Am. Ord. passed 7-20-2020)