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.
Upon declaration of a disaster emergency, the Township of Brady,
pursuant to Section 7501(d) of the Emergency Management Services Code, 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.).
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.
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), 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.
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.