A. 
The Mayor shall appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator from among the residents of the municipality. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve for a term of three years, provided that the requirements of this section are fulfilled.
B. 
As a condition of appointment, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall have successfully completed, at the time of appointment or within one year immediately following appointment, the current approved civil defense director/coordinator course.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint an Emergency Management Deputy Coordinator with the approval of the Mayor. Wherever possible, such Deputy shall be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of the municipality.
A. 
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating and the conduct of disaster control operations within the Township.
B. 
Whenever, in his or her opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent in the Township, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the Township. The Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the State Civilian Defense Director, shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out disaster control operations and to protect the health, safety and resources of the residents of the Township.
There is hereby created a Local Emergency Management Council to be composed of not more than 15 members who shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the Mayor. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be a member and shall serve as Chairman of the Emergency Management Service Council.