This chapter shall be known and may be cited
and referred to as the "Emergency Management Ordinance of the Borough
of South Plainfield."
The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation of this chapter:
COORDINATOR
The Coordinator of the Borough of South Plainfield Office
of Emergency Management, appointed as prescribed in this chapter.
DEPUTY COORDINATOR
The person or persons appointed by the Mayor to directly
assist the Emergency Management Coordinator in the performance of
his/her duties.
DISASTER
An unusual incident resulting from natural or unnatural causes
which endangers the health, safety or resources of the residents of
this Borough and which is or may become too large in scope or unusual
in type to be handled in its entirety by regular Borough operating
services.
EMERGENCY
Includes "disaster" and "war emergency" as defined in this
section.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FORCES
The employees, equipment and Borough facilities of all departments,
institutions and commissions and, in addition, it shall include all
volunteer personnel, equipment and facilities contributed by, or obtained
from, volunteer persons or agencies.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT VOLUNTEER
Any person duly registered, identified and appointed by the
Coordinator of the Office of Emergency Management and assigned to
participate in the emergency management activity.
LOCAL DISASTER EMERGENCY
Includes any disaster, or the imminence thereof, resulting
from natural or man-made causes, other than enemy attack, and limited
to the extent that action by the Governor under the New Jersey Emergency
Management-Disaster Control Act is not required.
REGULATIONS
Includes plans, programs and other emergency procedures deemed
essential to civil defense.
VOLUNTEER
Contributing a service, equipment or facilities to the emergency
management organization without remuneration.
WAR EMERGENCY
Includes any disaster occurring anywhere within the Borough
as the result of enemy attack or the imminent danger thereof.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate
any of the provisions of this chapter 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 chapter
or by any regulation or plan issued thereunder.
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this chapter or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder,
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
$2,000, imprisonment in the Middlesex County Jail for a term not exceeding
90 days or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, or
any combination thereof., in the discretion of the court.