[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township
of Ocean as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Derived from § 2-18 of the 1972 Ocean Codified
Ordinances]
There shall be a civil defense and disaster control council
pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-41, and a director thereof. The Police
Department and all departments of the Township government shall cooperate
with and assist the council as required.
[Adopted by Ord. No. 1987-16 (§ 2-26 of the 1972 Ocean Codified Ordinances)]
A.
The Mayor shall appoint an Emergency Management Coordinator from
among the residents of the municipality. The Emergency Management
Coordinator shall serve, subject to fulfilling the requirements of
this section, for a term of three years.
B.
As a condition of his/her appointment and his/her right to continue
for the full term of his/her appointment, the Emergency Management
Coordinator shall have successfully completed, at the time of his/her
appointment or within one year immediately following his/her appointment,
the current approved Civil Defense Director-Coordinator course. The
failure of any Emergency Management Coordinator to fulfill such requirements
with the period prescribed shall disqualify the Coordinator from continuing
in the Office of Coordinator, and thereupon a vacancy in said office
shall be deemed to have been created.
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/her opinion, a disaster has occurred or is imminent
in any municipality, the Emergency Management Coordinator of that
municipality 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 created an Emergency Management Service 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 chairperson of the Emergency Management Service Council.
A.
The Emergency Management Service Council shall assist the municipality
in establishing the various local volunteer agencies needed to meet
the requirements of all local civil defense and disaster control activities
in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Governor
of the State of the state of New Jersey.
B.
The Emergency Management Service Council is authorized, within the
limits of appropriations, to establish an adequate organization to
assist in supervising and coordinating the civil defense and disaster
control activities of the local municipality.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint an operations
officer with the approval of the Mayor. The operations officer shall
be under the authority of the Emergency Management Coordinator and
the Emergency Management Deputy Coordinator. The operations officer
shall be responsible for implementing the directions of the Emergency
Management Coordinator and the Deputy Coordinator during any emergency
or test drill.
