[Adopted 10-16-2007 by Res. No. 1011-2007 (Ch. 629, Art. II,
of the 1985 Code)]
A.
Pursuant to Article 2-B of New York State Executive Law, the County
Executive of Suffolk County may proclaim a local state of emergency.
B.
Pursuant to this power, the County Executive may promulgate emergency
orders that, among other things, regulate the occupancy or use of
buildings within specified zones and the access to such zones.
C.
The Business Network of Emergency Resources, Inc. ("BNet"), a not-for-profit
corporation, has developed a pre-event credentialing program that
authenticates critical business employees for access to restricted
areas following a disaster or serious emergency using a secure identification
card known as the "Corporate Emergency Access System (CEAS)" based
on the recommendations of the Joint Loss Reduction Partnership Project
administered by the New York State Emergency Management Office.
D.
The County Executive may deem it in the best interests of the County
to allow the credentialed employees of participating private business
with offices located within emergency or restricted zones and credentialed
employees of related participating critical support organizations
to have access to those zones.
E.
The costs associated with the CEAS are borne by the private sector
program participants.
Suffolk County adopts the Corporate Emergency Access System
as developed by the Business Network of Emergency Resources.
The Suffolk County Department of Fire, Rescue, and Emergency
Services, serving as the County's emergency management component,
is hereby directed to implement the Corporate Emergency Access System
and execute or cause to be executed related agreements as necessary.
