[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Brady 11-18-1987 by Ord. No. 1987-2. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A local emergency management agency is hereby established and shall be known as "The Brady Township Emergency Management Agency."
The Brady Township Emergency Management Agency is established pursuant to the provisions of the Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7501 et seq.
The Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall have the responsibility for emergency management and disaster response and recovery within the Township of Brady. The Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall also provide emergency management and disaster response and recovery services outside the Township of Brady as required by the terms and conditions of this chapter.
A. 
A local disaster emergency may be declared by the Township of Brady by a vote of a majority of its Supervisors. In the event of the necessity of such a declaration by the Board of Supervisors, the Board may call an emergency meeting within the meaning of the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act[1] with or without public notice as herein defined. A "local disaster emergency" is the condition declared by the Board of Supervisors when in their judgment the threat or actual occurrence of a disaster is or threatens to be sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant coordinated local government action to prevent or alleviate the damage, loss, hardship, suffering threatened or caused thereby. A local emergency arising wholly or substantially out of a resource shortage may be declared only by the governor of the commonwealth, upon petition of the Supervisors as provided in the Emergency Management Services Code.[2]
[1]
Editor's Note: See 65 Pa.C.S.A. § 701 et seq.
[2]
Editor's Note: See 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7501 et seq.
B. 
A local disaster emergency may be only declared upon finding by the Board of Supervisors that a disaster has occurred or is imminent. Disaster includes a man-made disaster, natural disaster, or war-caused disaster.
C. 
The declaration of a local disaster emergency shall be for a period prescribed by the Supervisors, but shall not be for a period in excess of seven days. If the conditions that gave rise to the declaration continue to exist at the end of the initial period, the Supervisors may make declarations extending or renewing the period for additional periods of not more than seven days.
D. 
Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing or terminating a local disaster emergency shall be given prompt and general publicity, and a copy of any such order or proclamation shall be filed promptly with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
E. 
Upon declaration of a local disaster emergency, the applicable response and recovery aspects of Brady Township local emergency management plan shall be activated, and all provisions for aid and assistance thereunder shall be authorized.
Upon declaration of a disaster emergency, the Township of Brady, pursuant to Section 7501(d) of the Emergency Management Services Code,[1] is authorized to exercise the power vested under that section to enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to disaster emergency management response and recovery in the light of the exigencies of the emergency situation without regard to time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law (excepting mandatory constitutional requirements) pertaining to the performance of public work, entering into contracts, the incurring of obligations, the employment of temporary workers, the rental of equipment, the purchase of supplies and materials, the levying of taxes, and the appropriation and expenditure of public funds. In the employment of personnel, the Supervisors are authorized to investigate and if they deem it advisable, avail themselves of the services offered by the State Civil Service Commission under the provisions of the Civil Service Act in order to meet prescribed requirements for eligibility to receive federal contributions under the provisions of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. § 2251 et seq.).
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7501(d).
A. 
The Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall have a coordinator who shall be responsible for the planning, administration and operation of the agency, subject to the direction and control of the Board of Supervisors of Brady Township.
B. 
The coordinator of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall be appointed by the governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by the recommendation of the Brady Township Board of Supervisors, The Supervisors may, upon agreement, by resolution with adjoining municipalities, recommend to the Governor a candidate for coordinator for emergency management activities in the said political subdivisions. The Brady Township Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve at the pleasure of the Brady Township Supervisors.
C. 
The coordinator of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall:
(1) 
Be professionally competent and capable of planning, effecting and coordinating operations among agencies of government and controlling coordinated operations by local emergency preparedness forces;
(2) 
Attend and successfully complete the first phase of the career development program as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency within one year after appointment;
(3) 
Attend and successfully complete the second phase of the career development program as prescribed by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency within three years after appointment;
(4) 
Attend basic and advanced seminars, workshops and training conferences called by the Director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and/or its Director of Training and Education;
(5) 
Failure to attend and successfully complete the career development program phases, as described above, or failure to attend a prescribed training program for two consecutive years shall be cause for replacement of the Coordinator of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency;
(6) 
Responsibility for the professional in-service training of the Coordinator of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall rest with the Emergency Management Coordinator of Butler County.
D. 
The Township will reimburse its coordinator for actual expenses incurred as a result of his attendance at scheduled meetings and training programs.
The Brady Township Emergency Management Agency is hereby directed to:
A. 
Prepare, maintain and keep current a disaster emergency plan for the Township of Brady for the prevention and minimization of injury and damage caused by disaster, for prompt and effective response to disaster and for disaster emergency relief and recovery in consonance with the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Plan and the Brady Township Emergency Management Plan;
B. 
Establish, equip and staff an emergency operations center for the Township of Brady;
C. 
Establish a warning and communications system for the Township of Brady that will support governmental operations in emergencies;
D. 
Provide essential facilities and equipment to those agencies and organizations that have been assigned emergency functions under the provisions of this chapter;
E. 
Provide individual and organizational training programs for police officers, firefighters, rescue personnel, ambulance personnel, emergency management volunteers and the general public to insure prompt, efficient and effective disaster emergency services;
F. 
Organize, prepare and coordinate all locally available manpower, materials, supplies, equipment, facilities necessary for disaster emergency readiness, response and recovery;
G. 
Adopt and implement precautionary measures to mitigate the anticipated effects of a disaster;
H. 
Execute and enforce such rules, regulations and orders as the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency may adopt pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;
I. 
Cooperate and coordinate with any public and private agencies or entities in achieving any purpose of this chapter;
J. 
Have available for inspection at its emergency operations center all emergency management plans, rules, regulations and orders of the Governor and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency;
K. 
Provide prompt and accurate information regarding local disaster emergencies to appropriate commonwealth and local officials and agencies and the general public;
L. 
Make monthly reports to the Brady Township Supervisors on the status and programs of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency, its personnel, programs and plans;
M. 
Execute and enforce such rules and orders as may be adopted by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency;
N. 
Make timely recommendations to and secure the consent of the Supervisors of Brady Township concerning the development of plans, the acquisition of materials, supplies and equipment and the development of a budget for the agency, except as provided for in disaster emergencies;
O. 
Identify areas within the Township of Brady that are particularly vulnerable to disaster;
P. 
Upon request of the Supervisors of Brady Township, or a duly authorized Township official, assist the Township of Brady and/or its police, fire, rescue, and emergency medical services in handling and coordinating special, non-disaster emergencies and situations.
The Coordinator of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall develop and maintain mutual aid agreements with adjacent political subdivisions for reciprocal emergency assistance. The agreements shall be consistent with the plans and programs of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency. The agreements shall stipulate that direction of emergency disaster assistance is the responsibility of the lowest level of government affected, that the county emergency management agency shall provide coordination and support when more than one political subdivision within Butler County is affected, and that the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency or its area organization shall provide coordination and support when two or more counties are affected. In disaster emergencies, requests for mutual aid assistance shall be referred to the organization, as outlined above, having responsibility for coordination, and in time of emergency, it shall be the duty of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency to render assistance in accordance with these mutual aid agreements. In all cases, support services provided from outside the affected area shall remain under the command and control of the receiving area.
A. 
Except during local disaster emergencies, the Supervisors of Brady Township shall:
(1) 
Approve all expenditures of the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency in advance;
(2) 
Approve attendance and participation of personnel of the Emergency Management Agency at training sessions, seminars and meetings;
(3) 
Review and approve the Brady Township Emergency Management Plan.
B. 
All mutual aid agreements (§ 33-8) shall be ratified by the Township of Brady, and by the governing bodies of the other, affected municipalities prior to implementation.
Any gift or grants of monies made to the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency or to the Township of Brady for the payment of expenses incurred or to be incurred by or for the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall be deposited in the Treasury of the Township of Brady and shall be appropriated only for the purpose for which the gift or grants were made.
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting the Brady Township Emergency Management Agency from providing representation to other Board or agencies, as outside emergency management advisory boards, emergency health services councils, regional communications committees, that coordinate with or otherwise impact the delivery of emergency management services.
The Brady Township Emergency Management Agency shall, with the approval of the Township of Brady Supervisors, adopt such insignia and/or other identifying marks or markings as are necessary to ensure the correct, prompt identification of its personnel, equipment and facilities.
The provisions of the Emergency Management Services Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Act 1978-323 (P.L. 1332),[1] shall govern the emergency management activities of the Township of Brady's Emergency Management Agency except in circumstances where the Emergency Management Services Code does not address local provisions or conditions provided for by this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7501 et seq.
All ordinances, or portions thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. If any term, condition, clause or provision of this chapter shall be determined or declared to be void or invalid, then only that term, condition or clause of the provision shall be invalid and the remainder of this chapter shall be valid and continue in full force, effect and operation.
This chapter shall be come effective seven days after passage hereof.