(A) It is the intent and purpose of this subchapter to establish an office that will ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all of the county’s resources to combat disaster resulting from enemy actions or other disasters as defined herein.
(B) The county’s Office of Emergency Management may be the coordinating agency for all activity in connection with emergency management. It will be the instrument through which the County Board of Commissioners may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in it during disaster emergencies.
(C) This subchapter will not relieve any county department of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it in the County Charter or by local ordinances, nor will it adversely affect the work of any volunteer agency organized for relief in disaster emergencies.
(Ord. passed 10-7-1991)