Section
6-71 Creation of local emergency preparedness advisory committee
6-72 Creation of office of emergency preparedness coordinator
6-73 Appointment of public information officer
6-74 Development of plans for emergency operations
6-75 Facilities, equipment, training, public education and emergency preparedness exercises
6-76 County employees
6-77 Immunity from dangers
6-78—6-90 Reserved
There is hereby created an emergency preparedness advisory committee for the county, which shall consist of all members of the county council, all members of the city or town councils, city administrators or comparable officials, the administrator of the county school district and superintendents who report to him and are located within the county, the director of the GHS Trauma Center, the coroner of the county, the emergency preparedness coordinator of the Greenville Transit Authority, the president of the county fire chiefs association, the county engineer, a representative of the county health department to be designated by that department, the director of the department of social services, and the emergency public information officer. The county administrator is also privileged to attend its meetings. Functions and responsibilities of the various individuals or components of the committee are set forth in Addendum No. 1; functions and responsibilities of the county council and county administrator are set forth in Addendum No. 2.
(1976 Code, § 6-71) (Ord. 1326, § 1, passed 11-6-1984)
Editor’s note:
The text of the addenda are not set out in the Code, they are on file in the county records.
(a) There is hereby established within the county an organization known as the office of emergency preparedness (hereinafter called the “office”) which shall be responsible to the county administrator, through the emergency preparedness coordinator, hereinafter provided for, for the coordination of preparedness and emergency response activities in compliance with South Carolina regulations 58-1 and 58-101. The county administrator may designate an appropriate office, agency or department within county government to provide day-to-day supervision over the office. The office shall have such professional and clerical staff support as may be provided in the annual county budget or otherwise, and shall be subject to the county’s personnel rules and procedures, and its financial policies.
(b) There is hereby created within the county government a position known as emergency preparedness coordinator (hereinafter called the “coordinator”) which shall be responsible to the county administrator for the coordination of preparedness and emergency response activities in compliance with South Carolina regulations 58-1 and 58-101. The county administrator may designate an appropriate office, agency or department within county government to provide day-to-day supervision over the coordinator. The coordinator shall be a full-time employee appointed by the county administrator in accordance with county personnel procedures. Consideration shall be given to the following qualifications when selecting the coordinator:
(1) Diplomatic skills;
(2) Understanding of local government;
(3) Political skills;
(4) Managerial ability;
(5) Communication skills;
(6) Planning skills; and
(7) Understanding of public safety and preparedness issues and operations. The coordinator shall be the designated coordinating point between state and local government during an emergency other than a law enforcement emergency. He shall receive such salary as shall be provided for in the annual county budget.
(1976 Code, § 6-72) (Ord. 1362, § 2, passed 11-6-1984; Ord. 1835, § 2, passed 5-3-1988)
The county administrator shall appoint a county official or full-time employee, but not the coordinator, as the emergency public information officer, as required by paragraph B3 of the state regulation 58-1.
(1976 Code, § 6-73) (Ord. 1326, § 3, passed 11-6-1984)
As required by state regulation 58-1C, paragraphs 1 through 7, the coordinator shall prepare a county basic emergency operations plan, annexes, vulnerability analysis, and major hazard contingency plans and have these approved, after local review, by the state emergency preparedness division, office of the adjutant general, on or before September 1, 1985, and thereafter by February 1 of the first year of each new gubernatorial term beginning in 1987. He will also provide for the annual review of all county plans, annexes, implementing procedures, and resources inventories and submit appropriate revisions and certifications to the state emergency preparedness division, for review and approval.
(1976 Code, § 6-74) (Ord. 1326, § 4, passed 11-6-1984)
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