The Emergency Management Director, upon the signing of a declaration of a state of emergency, in order to ensure that preparations and response for this city will be adequate to deal with disaster or emergencies or the threat of same, shall coordinate functions for disaster and emergency response. These functions shall include, without limitations, firefighting services, police services, medical and health services, ambulance services, rescue, search and rescue, engineering, warning services, communications, radiological, chemical and other monitoring, decontaminations and neutralization, evacuation of person from stricken areas, emergency welfare service, emergency transportation, plant protection, temporary restoration of public utility services and any other functions related to effective reaction to a disaster or emergency situation, together with all other activities necessary or incidental to the preparation for and the carrying out of the above mentioned functions or any other provision of KRS 39A.010, except for functions for which military forces have primary responsibility.
(Prior Code, § 40.03) (Ord. 617, passed 6-1-1999)