All officers and employees of the city, together with those volunteer forces enrolled to aid them during an emergency, and all groups, organizations and persons who may by agreement or operation of law, including persons impressed into service under the provisions of Section 2.28.060(H), be charged with duties incident to the protection of life and property in this City during such emergency, shall constitute the Emergency Management Organization of the City. The State of California has provided workers' compensation benefits for all registered volunteers of an accredited disaster council organization. Requirements for the accrediting of local disaster councils and for the manner in which volunteers must be registered in order to be protected by these workers' compensation benefits are contained in rules and regulations of the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services adopted pursuant to Section 8585.5 of the California Emergency Services Act.
(Ord. 2019-08 §1, 2019)