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The Office of Emergency Management is hereby established in
the Borough of Keyport in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A.
App. A:9-41.
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The Mayor with the advice and consent of Council shall appoint
a Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator from among the residents
of the Borough. The Municipal Emergency Management Coordinator shall
serve for a term of three years. As a condition of appointment and
the right to continue for the full term of the appointment, the Coordinator
shall successfully complete the current approved Incident Command
System courses within one year of appointment (and any required continuing
education courses). The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be
directly responsible to the Mayor and Council.
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The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint an Emergency
Management Deputy Coordinator with the approval of the Council. Wherever
possible, such Deputy shall be appointed from among the salaried officers
or employees of the municipality.
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The Emergency Management Coordinator shall annually recommend
to the Borough Council up to five qualified individuals to serve as
Assistant Emergency Management Coordinators with the approval of the
Council.
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The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible for
the planning, activating, coordinating and the conduct of disaster
prevention and control operations within the Borough.
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Whenever, in his opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent
in the Borough, the Emergency Management Coordinator shall proclaim
a state or local disaster emergency within the Borough. The Emergency
Management Coordinator, in accordance with regulations promulgated
by the state of Emergency Management 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 Borough.
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There is hereby created a Local Emergency Planning Committee,
to be composed of not more than seven members, who shall be appointed
by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Council, and shall hold
office at the will and pleasure of the Council. The Emergency Management
Coordinator shall be a member and shall serve as chairman of the LEPC.
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The LEPC shall assist the municipality in establishing the various
local volunteer agencies needed to meet the requirements of all local
emergency management activities in accordance with the rules and regulations
established by the Governor of the State of New Jersey.
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The LEPC is authorized, within the limits of appropriations,
to establish an adequate organization to assist in supervising and
coordinating the civil defense and emergency management activities
of the local municipality.
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There hereby is created a Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) in the Borough, which shall be under the supervision and control
of the Borough's Emergency Management Coordinator.
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The mission, organization and purpose of the Borough CERT program
is to provide volunteer services in the areas of natural and other
disasters and issues of public safety under the direction of the Office
of Emergency Management to supplement and assist police, fire and
EMS response to a disaster or those issues affecting public safety.
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CERT volunteers shall be approved by the governing body upon
recommendation of the Emergency Management Coordinator. To be eligible,
a volunteer must be 18 years of age and make application pursuant
to certain procedures. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall
annually file a list of all qualified CERT members which shall be
recognized and accepted by the Borough Council by resolution.
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All CERT volunteers will receive approximately 20 hours of basic-level
training as required by FEMA and shall complete this course prior
to being added to the active rolls.
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All members of CERT shall be covered by such policies of insurance
as are now or hereafter put in effect for the protection of the members
of the Emergency Management Department.
