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Township of Plainsboro, NJ
Middlesex County
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Editor's Note: Former § 14-16 was repealed 8-9-1995 by Ord. No. 0-95-27.
A. 
The Division of Volunteer Rescue Squad is included in this chapter for the purposes of coordination and budget organization and for purposes of coordination with other emergency and public safety organizations. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to impinge on the independence of the Volunteer Rescue Squad.
B. 
The head of the Division of Volunteer Rescue Squad shall be as established by the Plainsboro Rescue Squad bylaws. Specifically, the President of the Rescue Squad shall be the Division head with regard to administrative matters, and the Captain shall be the Division head with regard to operations. The Volunteer Rescue Squad shall have all the functions, powers, duties and responsibilities as provided by law. When established by the Director of Public Safety, the Division of Volunteer Rescue Squad shall provide a representative to the Public Safety Task Force.
C. 
At least annually, the Division shall convey to the Director of Public Safety a report reviewing the activities of the Division and the uses for which Township funds to the Division were expended.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 14-18, Division of Fire Prevention, as amended, was repealed 5-12-2021 by Ord. No. 21-06. This ordinance also redesignated former § 14-19 as § 14-18.
[Amended 11-12-1984 by Ord. No. 0-84-21]
A. 
The head of the Office of Emergency Management shall be the Emergency Management Coordinator, who shall be appointed by the Mayor for a term of three years, ending December 31 in the third year of appointment. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall have all of the powers and perform all of the duties prescribed by general law and the Township ordinances and shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint a Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator with the approval of the Mayor. This Deputy shall be appointed from among the salaried employees of the Township.
B. 
There shall also be a Local Emergency Management Council created. The Council shall be appointed by the Mayor upon the advice of the Emergency Management Coordinator, and they shall hold office at the pleasure of the Mayor. The Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve as the Chairperson of the Council. The local Emergency Management Council shall develop an emergency operations plan for approval by the Township Committee and State Emergency Management Office. The plan shall be a prescribed method for handling local emergencies and/or local disasters and shall be governed by all applicable state and federal guidelines.
[Amended 8-9-1995 by Ord. No. 0-95-27]
C. 
A report of the Office of Emergency Management shall be made annually and transmitted to the Director of Public Safety. It shall contain all appropriate proceedings which are conducted by the Office of Emergency Management.