[Adopted as Sec. 2-19 of the 1982 Revised General Ordinances]
A. 
The Mayor shall appoint a Municipal Coordinator of Emergency Management for a term of three years.
B. 
Such Municipal Coordinator of Emergency Management shall have successfully completed, at the time of his appointment or within one year immediately following, the current approved Civil Defense Director Coordinator course.
C. 
The Municipal Coordinator of Emergency Management shall appoint a Deputy Municipal Coordinator of Emergency Management with the approval of the Mayor, which Deputy, where possible, shall be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of the municipality.
The Municipal Coordinator of Emergency Management shall be responsible for the planning, activating, coordinating and the conduct of disaster control operations within the Borough. Whenever, in the opinion of the Municipal Coordinator of Emergency Management, a disaster emergency has occurred or is imminent in the Borough, he shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the Borough. In accordance with the regulations promulgated by the State Director of Emergency Management, the Municipal Coordinator of Emergency Management shall be empowered to issue and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry out disaster control operations, and to protect health, safety and resources of the residents of the municipality. In so doing, he shall consult with the Mayor, or in his absence, the Acting Mayor, or in his absence, the President of Borough Council.