(A) The Plan establishes the basis for providing emergency management response to areas within the town that have been impacted by a disaster or emergency. The Plan also covers emergencies requiring county, state and possibly federal assistance, assuming that a disaster or emergency overwhelms the capability of town officials.
(B) The Plan covers all four phase of emergency management: mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. The Plan is in a format that requires all agencies to develop and implement standard operating procedures and guides.
(C) The Plan uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s emergency support functions concept. The emergency support functions groups like type department into the same group. Each department is grouped into one or more emergency support function. In addition, each emergency support function has a department assigned as the primary coordinating agency with other departments as support coordinating agency.
(Ord. 19-2004, passed 9-27-2004)