A.
The Mayor shall appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator
from among the residents of the municipality. The Emergency Management
Coordinator shall serve for a term of three years, provided that the
requirements of this section are fulfilled.
B.
As a condition of appointment, the Emergency Management
Coordinator shall have successfully completed, at the time of appointment
or within one year immediately following appointment, the current
approved civil defense director/coordinator course.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint
an Emergency Management Deputy Coordinator with the approval of the
Mayor. Wherever possible, such Deputy shall be appointed from among
the salaried officers or employees of the municipality.
A.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible
for the planning, activating, coordinating and the conduct of disaster
control operations within the Township.
B.
Whenever, in his or her opinion, a disaster has occurred
or is imminent in the Township, the Emergency Management Coordinator
shall proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the Township.
The Emergency Management Coordinator, in accordance with regulations
promulgated by the State Civilian Defense 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 Township.
There is hereby created a Local Emergency Management
Council to be composed of not more than 15 members who shall be appointed
by the Mayor and shall hold office at the will and pleasure of the
Mayor. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be a member and
shall serve as Chairman of the Emergency Management Service Council.
