(a) Organization under this chapter shall consist of the following:
(1) An agency of emergency management within the executive department of the county government under the direction of the board of commissioners. The agency head of the county emergency management agency shall be known as the coordinator, and such assistants and other employees as are deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the agency will be appointed.
(2) The employees and resources of all county departments, boards, institutions, and councils shall participate in the emergency management activities. Duties assigned to city or county departments shall be the same as or similar to the normal duties of the department, where possible.
(3) Volunteer personnel and agencies offering service to, and accepted by the county.
(b) The board of commissioners shall appoint a coordinator of the county emergency management agency 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 danger from enemy action or disaster.
(c) The coordinator shall designate and appoint deputy coordinators to assume the emergency duties of the coordinator in the event of his absence or inability to act.
(Ord. of 9-6-1988(1), § 4)