Chapter 7 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Section 7-3 Emergency management agency.

     (a)    The Thomasville-Thomas County Emergency Management Agency shall be established  around existing city and county departments and agencies and the emergency functions listed in section 7-2 are assigned as follows:

     Department    Emergency Functions

     (1)    Executive: (City and county elected officials)    Direction  and control

                 Public  information

                 Supply-finance

     (2)    Police:    Security

         County sheriff's office    Movement

         City police department    Search

                 Communication

                 Warning

     (3)    Fire control    Fire control

                 Rescue*

     (4)    Public works and engineering    Utilities  and public services

                 restoration

                 Hazard  analysis

     (5)    Human resources, including:    Human needs, including:

         a.    Division of family and children    Welfare

         b.    Division of physical health    Health control

         c.    Hospital services    Medical  and mortuary services

         d.    Ambulance services    Casualty  transport

     (6)    Emergency management    Shelter

                 Radiological  protection

                 Rescue

                 Assistance  in industrial and

                 institutional emergency planning

                 Evacuation  planning

                 Emergency transportation

                 Damage  assessment

 *As appropriate to local organization, function can be assigned to an existing department or may be separate.

     (b)    Heads of departments listed above are responsible  for developing the plan for their  assigned emergency function. Such plans will be submitted through the emergency management director to the city council and other governing officials for approval.

 (Ord. of 8-24-87,   I)