[Adopted 11-24-1998 by Ord. No. 98-13 as
Ch. 9, Art. XV, of the 1998 Code]
In accordance with N.J.S.A. App. A:9-41, there
is hereby established the Ewing Township Emergency Management Council,
comprised of 15 members appointed by the Mayor, who shall hold office
at the will and pleasure of the Mayor. The Emergency Management Coordinator
shall be a member and shall serve as Chairperson of the Emergency
Management Council. The Emergency Management Council shall assist
the Township in establishing local volunteer agencies needed to meet
the requirements of all local civilian defense and disaster control
activities in accordance with rules and regulations established by
the Governor of the State of New Jersey. The following groups shall
be represented to the greatest extent possible by at least one member
on the Emergency Management Council: local elected officials, police,
fire, emergency management, first aid, health, environmental, hospital,
public works, broadcast or print media, community group and owners
or operators of facilities subject to SARA Title III.
As a condition of the appointment of the Emergency
Management Coordinator and of the Coordinator's right to continue
for the full term of the appointment, each Emergency Management Coordinator shall have successfully completed
at the time of the appointment, or within one year immediately following
the appointment, the current approved Home Study Course and the basic
Emergency Management Workshop. The failure of an Emergency Management
Coordinator to fulfill such requirement within the period prescribed
shall disqualify the Coordinator from continuing in the Office of
Coordinator and, thereupon, a vacancy in that office shall be deemed
to have been created.
A.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall be responsible
for the planning, activating, coordinating and conduct of emergency
management operations within the Township. The Coordinator shall maintain
liaison with county, state, federal and adjoining municipalities so
as to assure the most effective emergency management operations.
B.
Whenever, in the opinion of the Coordinator, a disaster
has occurred or is imminent in the Township, the Coordinator shall
proclaim a state of local disaster emergency within the Township.
The Coordinator, in accordance with regulations promulgated by the
State Director of Emergency Management, shall be empowered to issue
and enforce such orders as may be necessary to implement and carry
out emergency management operations and to protect the health, safety
and resources of the residents of the Township.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint
a Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator, with the approval of the
Mayor, for a term concurrent with that of the Coordinator. The Deputy
shall be a resident of the Township and, wherever possible, shall
be appointed from among the salaried officers or employees of the
Township.
As used in this article, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Any unusual incident resulting from natural or unnatural
causes which endangers the health, safety or resources of the residents
of one or more municipalities of the state and which is or may become
too large in scope or unusual in type to be handled in its entirety
by regular municipal operating services.
Includes "disaster" or "emergency" as defined within this
section.
Includes any disaster, or the imminence thereof, resulting
from natural or unnatural causes other than enemy attack and limited
to the extent that action by the Governor under this article is not
required.
Includes any disaster occurring anywhere within the state
as the result of enemy attack or the imminent danger thereof.
