(A) It is the purpose of this chapter to establish an emergency management agency to ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all resources of Pasquotank County, Camden County, and the City of Elizabeth City in the event of an emergency or disaster.
(B) The Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management Agency shall be the coordinating agency for all activity in connection with Emergency Management. It will be the instrument in which the Pasquotank and Camden County Board of Commissioners and the City of Elizabeth City, within their jurisdictional boundaries, may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during disaster emergencies.
(C) The Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management Agency shall be the coordinating agency for activities and programs relating to emergency and disaster prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery among agencies and officials of Pasquotank County, Camden County, the City of Elizabeth City, and similar agencies and officials of other counties, the state and federal agencies; and with other private and quasi-official organizations responding to assist within our jurisdictional boundaries.
(Ord. passed 10-17-2022)