(A) The Organization shall consist of the following:
(1) An agency of emergency management within the executive department of county government under the direction of the Board of Commissioners, through the County Manager, as authorized by G.S. Chapter 166A-7. The coordinator of emergency management shall be its Director. The assistants and other employees as are deemed necessary by the Board of Commissioners for the proper functioning of the agency shall be appointed;
(2) The employees and resources of all county and city (town) departments, boards, institutions and councils. The same shall participate in the emergency management activities. Duties assigned to county or city (town) departments shall be the same as or similar to the normal duties of the Department, where possible; and
(3) Volunteer personnel and agencies offering services to and accepted by the county or city (town).
(B) A Coordinator of the Emergency Management Agency will be appointed. The Coordinator of the emergency management agency will be a person well versed and trained in planning operations involving the activities of various agencies which operate to protect the public health, safety and welfare in the event of disaster, as defined in this chapter.
(C) The Coordinator shall designate and appoint Deputy Coordinators to assume the emergency duties of the Coordinator in the event of his or her absence or disability.
(1984 Code, § 2-5-20) (Ord. passed 1-5-1981; Ord. passed 10-1-1990)