In addition to and/or in connection with the exercise of the powers specified in this chapter, the Mayor shall, in carrying out the provisions thereof:
A. 
Utilize to the maximum extent practicable the services, equipment, supplies and facilities of existing departments, offices, and agencies of the Town, including any Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), and the state, counties and other municipal corporations organized under the laws of the state consistent with any applicable intergovernmental agreements (i.e., memoranda of understanding); and
B. 
In the event of a disaster and upon the proclamation by the Governor or the Mayor of the existence of such disaster, command the service and equipment of as many citizens as the Mayor considers necessary in the light of the disaster proclaimed, provided that citizens so commandeered shall be entitled during the period of such service to all privileges, benefits and immunities as are provided by this chapter, and federal and state civil defense regulations for registered civil defense or emergency services workers; and
C. 
The Mayor may at any time appoint or authorize the appointment of volunteer citizens to augment the personnel of any Town activity in time of an emergency. Such volunteer citizens shall be enrolled as emergency management volunteers in cooperation with the heads of the Town departments affected and shall be subject to any rules and regulations set forth by the Mayor. Except for Town officials having subscribed to the oath pursuant to Section 1301 of the Town Charter, each person serving as a member of the Emergency Operations Committee or similar advisory council or committee, or as an employee or volunteer in any capacity in the Town's emergency management or similar organization, shall, prior to assuming his duties, take an oath which shall be substantially as follows:
I, _______________do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this state against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter, and I do further swear (or affirm) that I do not advocate the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence; and that during such time, as I am a member of the Town of North Brentwood's emergency management organization, I will not advocate nor become a member or an affiliate of any organization, group or combination of persons or of any political party that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence.
D. 
Emergency management volunteers assigned to duty during a period of natural disaster or civil emergency in the Town shall be eligible for the benefits of the State Workers' Compensation Law at a rate of compensation commensurate with that of persons performing similar work under conditions of regular employment.
Plans and programs for executing emergency powers, including a disaster readiness and response plan or emergency management/continuity of operations plan, shall be prepared and kept current under the direction of the Mayor, who shall submit such plans and programs and proposed amendments thereto to the Town Council for review and approval by resolution. Upon such approval, the Mayor shall be authorized to exercise in accordance with such plans and programs the powers provided therein.
The Mayor shall cause any proclamation or order issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter to be delivered to the Governor of the state and, to the extent practicable, to all news media within or near the Town, and shall utilize as many other available such means, including, but not limited to, posting on public facilities, signs, public address systems, newsletters, newspapers, Town internet websites or social media accounts as may be practical to use and as shall be necessary in his judgment, in order to give the widest dissemination of such proclamations and orders to the public.
A person or business entity's responsible party, owner or executive is guilty of failure to obey the Mayor's or Council's emergency order when he or she knowingly violates any order issued under authority of this chapter. It is unlawful for anyone to fail or refuse to obey an order proclaimed by the Mayor or Council pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Anyone convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 180 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Pursuant to § 14-114 of the Public Safety Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, a person who willfully violates an order, rule, or regulation issued under the authority of the Governor pursuant to the Maryland Emergency Management Agency Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to imprisonment not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding $5,000, or both.