(A) It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to assign duties and to discharge responsibilities for the use of all of the resources of the County of Surry to combat disasters, as defined herein.
(B) The Surry County Office of Emergency Management will be the coordinating agency for all activity in connection with emergency management. It will be the agency through which the Surry County Board of Commissioners may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during disaster emergencies.
(C) This chapter will not relieve any Surry County department of any authority or responsibilities to perform the duties vested in them by the General Statutes and laws of North Carolina or by local ordinances or resolutions; nor is it intended to adversely affect the work of any volunteer agencies organized for relief in disaster.
(Ord. passed 11-3-1986)