[Added by Ord. No. 1999-17]
A.
The Mayor shall appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator
from among the residents of the municipality. The Emergency Management
Coordinator shall serve, subject to fulfilling the requirements of
this section, for a term of three years.
B.
As a condition of his appointment and his right to
continue for the full term of his appointment, the Emergency Management
Coordinator shall have successfully completed, at the time of his
appointment or within one year immediately following his appointment,
the current approved home study course and the basic emergency management
workshop. The failure of any Emergency Management Coordinator to fulfill
such requirements within the period prescribed shall disqualify the
Coordinator from continuing in the office of Coordinator, and thereupon
a vacancy in said office shall be deemed to have been created.
In the event that the Governor removes the Township's
Emergency Management Coordinator, pursuant to N.J.S.A. A:9-40.2, the
Mayor shall appoint a new Emergency Management Coordinator with the
approval of the Governor. If the Mayor shall not appoint a Municipal
Emergency Management Coordinator within 10 days after such office
becomes vacant, the Governor may appoint a temporary municipal Emergency
Management Coordinator, who shall serve and perform all duties of
that office until such time as a new municipal Emergency Management
Coordinator shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the
Governor.
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 opinion, a disaster has occurred
or is imminent in any municipality, the Emergency Management Coordinator
of the municipality 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 an Emergency Management
Service 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.
A.
The Emergency Management Service Council shall assist
the municipality in establishing the various local volunteer agencies
needed to meet the requirements of all local civil defense and disaster
control activities in accordance with the rules and regulations established
by the Governor of the State of New Jersey.
B.
The Emergency Management Service Council is authorized,
within the limits of appropriations, to establish an adequate organization
to assist in supervising and coordinating the civil defense and disaster
control activities of the local municipality.
A.
The Emergency Management Coordinator and Emergency
Management Council shall prepare and maintain a written Emergency
Operations Plan with all appropriate annexes necessary to implement
the plan. The Emergency Operations Plan shall be adopted no later
than one year after the State Emergency Planning Guidelines have been
adopted by the State Office of Emergency Management and shall be evaluated
at such subsequent scheduled review of the State Emergency Operations
Plan.
B.
In the preparation of this plan, it is the intent
that the services, equipment, facilities and personnel of all existing
departments, agencies, boards and commissions, including volunteer
fire companies and rescue squads, shall be utilized to the fullest
extent to protect the peace, health and safety of citizens. When the
plan is approved, it shall be the duty of all municipal departments
to perform the functions assigned by the plan and to maintain their
portion of the plan in a current state of readiness at all times.
C.
The basic plan shall be considered supplementary to
this chapter and have the effect of law whenever a disaster as defined
in this chapter has been proclaimed. The plan shall be compatible
with county and state plans.
The Emergency Operations Plan shall conform
to all relevant federal and state statutes, rules and regulations
concerning emergency operations and shall include the identification
of significant hazards affecting the Township. The Emergency Operations
Plan shall be based upon planning criteria, objectives, requirements,
responsibilities and concepts of operation for the implementation
of all necessary and appropriate protective or remedial measures to
be taken in response to an actual or threatened emergency as determined
by the State Director of Emergency Management. The Emergency Operations
Plan shall be reviewed and updated at least every two years.
The Emergency Management Council shall submit
an Emergency Operations Plan to the State Office of Emergency Management
which shall not take effect without approval by the State Office of
Emergency Management. The State Office of Emergency Management shall
review the plans and determine its compatibility with the State Emergency
Operations Plan Guidelines and shall either approve, conditionally
approve or disapprove the plan. The State Office of Emergency Management
shall set forth, in writing, its reasons for disapproval of any plan
or, in the case of the issuance of a conditional approval, shall specify
the necessary amendments to the plan. If the State Office of Emergency
Management fails to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove
an Emergency Operations Plan within 60 days of receipt of the plan,
it shall be considered approved by the State Office of Emergency Management.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate
any of the provisions of this article or of the regulations or plans
issued pursuant to the authority contained herein, or to willingly
obstruct, hinder or delay any member of the emergency management organization
as herein defined in enforcement of the provisions of this article
or by any regulation or plan issued thereunder.
[Amended 8-7-2005 by Ord.No. 2005-25]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this article or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$1,000 and costs of prosecution or imprisonment in the Burlington
County jail for a period of not more than six months, or both such
fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
