[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
East Norriton 9-27-1982 by Ord. No. 180.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A direct or indirect assault against the Township of East Norriton,
its government, its environs or the nation by the forces of a hostile nation
or the agents thereof, including but not limited to assault by bombings; radiological,
chemical or biological means; or sabotage.
The Emergency Management Coordinator of the Emergency Management
Agency of the Township of East Norriton.
An actual or threatened attack, natural disaster, extraordinary fire,
epidemic, evacuation or any other pending or actual emergency or calamity
which endangers or threatens to endanger the health, safety, life or property
of the residents of the Township or endangers or threatens to endanger the
constituted government of the nation or state.
To carry out the basic government functions of maintaining the public
peace, health and safety, including plans and preparations for protection
from and relief, recovery and rehabilitation from the effects of an attack
on the Township and such activity in connection with a disaster as defined
herein.
The employees, equipment and facilities of all Township departments,
boards, institutions and commissions and all volunteer personnel, equipment
and facilities contributed by or obtained from volunteer persons or agencies.
Any person duly enrolled, identified and appointed by the Coordinator
and assigned to participate in Emergency Management Agency activity.
Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership, including
the plural as well as the singular and both genders.
The plans, programs and emergency procedures established by the Emergency
Management Agency which are deemed essential to an adequate program.
A person contributing a service, equipment or facilities to the Emergency
Management Agency without remuneration.
The purpose of this chapter is to:
A.
Establish an Emergency Management Agency that will be
responsible for the complete and efficient utilization of all Township facilities
to safeguard and protect life and property within the Township of East Norriton
during a state of war, a local emergency or disaster and during normal day-to-day
operations.
B.
Establish the Emergency Management Agency and its attendant
responsibilities, duties and powers, including but not limited to provisions
for the promulgation of a basic emergency management plan with necessary lines
of succession.
C.
Establish the Emergency Management Coordinator and his
attendant responsibilities, duties and powers and Coordinator of the Emergency
Management Agency.
D.
Provide for the promulgation of emergency management
regulations, enforcement and penalties.
A.
There is hereby created an Emergency Management Agency
for the Township of East Norriton. The Emergency Management Agency shall consist
of a Coordinator, to be known as the "Emergency Management Coordinator," who
shall be selected by the Township Board of Supervisors and appointed by the
Governor of Pennsylvania. Said Coordinator shall serve at the pleasure of
the Township Board of Supervisors or its designated alternate. The Coordinator
may appoint a staff as is necessary, but in all circumstances said appointments,
if any, shall be with the express approval of the Township Board of Supervisors
or its designated alternate. The members of the Emergency Management Agency
shall serve without compensation.
B.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be professionally
competent and capable of planning, effecting coordination among various departments
and generally controlling coordinated operations by emergency preparedness
forces.
C.
The employees, equipment and facilities of all Township
departments, boards, institutions and commissions will be at the disposal
of the Emergency Management Agency and will participate as directed by the
Coordinator with the approval of the Township Board of Supervisors; provided,
however, that duties assigned to the various departments shall be the same
or similar to the normal activities of said department.
D.
During normal day-to-day activities each department head
shall be responsible for practicing emergency management within the department,
and final Emergency Management Agency authority will rest with the Township
Board of Supervisors; provided, however, that the Board of Supervisors may
delegate such final authority to the Township Fire Marshal regarding the Fire
Department and the Chief of Police with regard to the Police Department.
Subject to the direction and control of the Township Board of Supervisors,
the Emergency Management Agency shall have the following powers and duties:
A.
To prepare a comprehensive basic plan for emergency management
and keep the basic plan current to provide for the fullest protection of the
Township and its inhabitants in case of disaster or declared emergency.
B.
To recommend to the Township Board of Supervisors or
its designated alternate all necessary rules and regulations for the implementation
of the basic plan and all other rules and regulations necessary for the protection
of the Township and its inhabitants in case of disaster or declared emergency.
C.
To provide individual and organizational training programs
to ensure prompt, efficient and effective disaster emergency services.
D.
To organize, prepare and coordinate all locally available
manpower, materials, supplies, equipment, facilities and services necessary
for disaster emergency readiness, response and recovery.
E.
To adopt and implement precautionary measures to mitigate
the anticipated effects of disaster.
F.
To have available for inspection at its emergency operations
center all emergency management plans, rules and orders, if any, of the agency.
G.
To provide prompt and accurate information regarding
local disaster emergencies to appropriate commonwealth and local officials
and agencies and the general public.
Subject to the direction and control of the Township Board of Supervisors,
the Emergency Management Coordinator shall have the following powers and duties:
A.
To oversee the formulation of the basic plan of emergency
management and to direct its implementation in time of disaster or declared
emergency.
B.
To designate the lines of succession within the Emergency
Management Agency and be responsible for the proper performance of all necessary
duties and functions assigned to the various departments under the basic plan.
C.
To seek assistance from outside the Township when a required
competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within the Township
departments.
D.
To make recommendations for rulings, orders or ordinances
on behalf of the Emergency Management Agency to the Township Board of Supervisors
or its designated alternate whenever requested to do so and whenever it is
deemed necessary or advisable.
E.
To make reports to the Township Board of Supervisors
as required.
[Added 5-26-1992 by Ord. No. 316]
A.
The Board of Supervisors of East Norriton Township is
hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the contiguous surrounding
municipalities of East Norriton Township or to appoint an authorized and appropriate
officer or employee of the Township to enter into such agreement for the mutual
aid in the provision of emergency management services to East Norriton Township
and its surrounding municipalities. Such agreement is entered into in accordance
with the Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa.C.S.A. § 7101
et seq.
B.
This agreement shall have a perpetual term unless the
Township chooses to withdraw from the agreement by notice given in accordance
with the agreement.
C.
The purpose and the objectives of the agreement shall
be for the dispatch of emergency services equipment and/or personnel by East
Norriton Township or its surrounding municipalities in response to the occurrence
of a threat of man-made, natural or war-caused disaster; the distribution
of materials, supplies, equipment and other forms of aid by and between East
Norriton Township and the surrounding municipalities; the staffing and equipping
of an emergency operation center responsible for coordinating the emergency
response activities of either East Norriton Township or the surrounding municipalities
affected by an actual or imminent disaster emergency; the dispatch of emergency
service equipment, material and/or personnel by either East Norriton Township
or the surrounding municipalities in response to a declaration of local disaster
emergency declared by East Norriton Township or any of the surrounding municipalities;
response to incidents, actual or imminent, which endanger the health, safety
or welfare of the public and which require the use of special equipment, trained
personnel or personnel in larger numbers than are locally available in order
to reduce, counteract or remove the danger caused by the incident; and participation
in exercises, drills or other training activities designed to train personnel
to prepare for, cope with or prevent the occurrence of any disaster emergency.
The powers and scope of authority delegated in the agreement shall be coincidental
with and shall not exceed the powers and scope of authority delegated in this
chapter to the Emergency Management Agency and Coordinator.
D.
The performance of the agreement shall be financed from
the treasury of the Township and to the extent possible through outside grants.
E.
The agreement shall be implemented by persons designated
by the Board of Supervisors of East Norriton Township, from time to time,
which may include the Emergency Management Coordinator.
F.
All property, real or personal, to be acquired, managed,
licensed or disposed of pursuant to the agreement shall be done only with
the appropriate authorization of the Board of Supervisors and any and all
contracts or policies of insurance, employee benefits, including social security,
for employees carrying out the agreement shall be done with the approval of
the Board of Supervisors.
G.
The Board of Supervisors authorizes the Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors and the Secretary of the Board of Supervisors to enter
into a mutual aid agreement for emergency services to carry out the purposes
and intent stated herein with the municipalities contiguous to and surrounding
East Norriton Township, in form acceptable to the Township Solicitor.
No purchase or purchases shall be made, no contract entered into and
no expenses incurred by the Emergency Management Agency, which involve the
payment of more than $25 out of the treasury of East Norriton Township, unless
the proposed expenditure has been approved in writing by the Township Board
of Supervisors. If any purchase or contract is made or other expenses incurred
contrary to the provisions of this section, East Norriton Township shall not
be responsible for the payment thereof, but the person acting for the Agency
in the transaction shall be personally liable for the payment.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of
the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations or plans issued pursuant
to the authority contained herein or to willfully obstruct, hinder or delay
any member of the Emergency Management Agency as herein defined in the enforcement
of the provisions of this chapter or any regulation, plan or order issued
hereunder.
B.
Any person violating any provision of this chapter or
any rule, regulation or order promulgated hereunder, upon conviction before
a District Justice within the district of which the Township of East Norriton
is a part, shall be fined not less than $300, plus costs of prosecution. In
default of the payment of any fine, such persons shall be liable for imprisonment
of not more than 30 days in the Montgomery County Prison. Whenever any violators
shall be notified by a representative of the Township or by service of summons
or prosecution or in any other way that such violation has been committed,
each day that the violator shall continue in such violation shall constitute
a separate offense punishable by fine or penalty.
[Amended 12-19-1988 by Ord. No. 274]
