(A) The Emergency Management Director shall develop a comprehensive Emergency Management Plan which shall be adopted and maintained by resolution of the Dare County Board of Commissioners. The Emergency Management Plan shall identify all possible threats of an emergency to the county, and proscribe procedures to respond to and mitigate the consequences of disasters. It is intended that the Emergency Management Plan be consistent with all applicable state and federal emergency management and incident response guidelines. It is further intended that the services, equipment, facilities, and personnel of all departments and agencies of county and municipal government be utilized to the fullest extent in the Plan. When approved, it shall be the duty of the Emergency Management Director to coordinate and maintain the Plan, and of all departments and agencies to perform the functions assigned under the Plan, and maintain their areas of responsibility in a current state of readiness at all times. All provisions of the Plan shall have the effect of law whenever a state of emergency has been declared.
(B) The Director shall prescribe in the Plan those positions within the emergency management 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 Director a current list of 3 persons as successors to his or her position. The list will be in order of succession and will nearly as possible designate persons best capable of carrying out of all assigned duties and functions.
(C) Each service chief and department head assigned responsibility in the 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 a Standard Operating Procedure to implement the specific plans for carrying out his or her assigned area of responsibility.
(D) Amendments to the Plan shall be submitted to the Director. If approved, the Director will then submit the amendments to the Dare County Board of Commissioners with his or her recommendation for their approval.
(E) When personnel requiring specialized competency or skill for an emergency function are not available within government, the Director is authorized to seek assistance from persons outside of government. The assignment of duties, when of a supervisory nature, shall also include the granting of authority for the persons so assigned to carry out such duties prior to, during, and after the occurrence of an emergency. Such services from persons outside of government may be accepted by local government on a volunteer basis. Such citizens shall be enrolled as Emergency Management volunteers.
(F) The Plan shall provide for the ,coordination between the county and the municipalities within the county, the National Park Service, the Dare County Sheriff, and others as may be needed, to make timely and coordinated decisions regarding the implementation of the Plan in response to actual or imminent emergencies.
(Res. 12-12-34, passed 12-3-2012; Am. Ord. passed 7-20-2020)