(A) The Coordinator shall promulgate local emergency management plans which shall be approved by the Board of Commissioners and which shall be activated whenever a local state of emergency is declared by the Board of Commissioners pursuant to local chapter and G.S. § 166A, or when the Governor of the state declares a state of disaster in all or any part of the county. The local programs and plans shall be in accordance with the policies and standards set by the state.
(B) During states of declared disaster or local emergency, the Board of Commissioners may delegate to the Coordinator the power to implement the additional plans as are necessary for the efficient administration of state or federal disaster plans and for the preservation of the public safety, health and welfare.
(C) During states of declared disaster or local emergency, the coordinator is authorized to utilize all available county resources as reasonably necessary to cope with an emergency, including the transfer and direction of personnel or functions of county agencies or units thereof for the purpose of performing or facilitating emergency services in consultation with the County Manager or his or her designee.
(1984 Code, § 2-5-21) (Ord. passed 1-5-1981; Ord. passed 10-1-1990)