[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands as indicated in article histories.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 11-12-1985 by Ord. No. 863]
Because of the existing and increasing possibility
of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destruction
from fire, flood, hurricane, tropical storm or other natural or man-made
causes, such as blackouts and power failures, aircraft accidents,
chemical and radiological accidents, and in order to ensure that preparations
of this Borough will be adequate to deal with such disasters and generally
to provide for the common defense and to protect the public health
and safety and to preserve the lives and property of the residents
of this Borough, it is hereby found and declared to be necessary to:
A.
Create the Office of Emergency Management.
B.
Provide for the rendering of mutual aid to other municipalities
within the State of New Jersey and adjoining states and to cooperate
with the state government with respect to carrying out emergency functions.
C.
Create and test an emergency operations plan for all
divisions of Borough government in the event of one of the aforementioned
disasters.
It is further declared to be the purpose of
this article and the policy of this Borough that all emergency functions
of this Borough be coordinated to the maximum extent with the comparable
functions of the state government, including its various departments
and agencies, of other municipalities and private agencies of every
type so that a comprehensive plan may make the best use of this Borough's
manpower, resources and facilities in the event that a disaster does
occur.
A.
It is further declared to be the purpose of this article
and the policy of this Borough to organize an emergency management
organization, in conformity with the Civil Defense Act as directed
by P.L. 1942, c. 251, as amended. The name of this organization shall
be as follows: Office of Emergency Management, Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC).
B.
There is hereby created a Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC), which shall 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 members of the Local Emergency Planning
Committee (LEPC) shall be considered members of the Office of Emergency
Management.
A.
The Office of Emergency Management shall be under
the direct supervision of an Emergency Management Coordinator, who
shall be appointed by the Mayor from among the residents of the Borough.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve as chairperson of
the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC).[1]
B.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall serve a
term of three years, subject to fulfilling the requirements of N.J.S.A.
App. A:9-40.1.
The Emergency Management Coordinator shall appoint
Deputy Emergency Management Coordinators, with the approval of the
Mayor. Whenever possible, such deputies shall be appointed from among
the salaried officers or employees of the Borough. The Deputy Emergency
Management Coordinators shall also be designated Deputy Municipal
Disaster Control Directors pursuant to N.J.S.A. App. A:9-40.3.
The Office of Emergency Management shall, under
the direction of the Coordinator and Deputy Coordinators, test and
implement the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and be prepared
to activate it whenever necessary. The Emergency Management Coordinator
shall coordinate activities of the various municipal departments,
private businesses and agencies in the event of any of the aforementioned
disasters.
It shall be the responsibility of the Office
of Emergency Management to carry out and enforce such orders, rules
and regulations, as issued by the Mayor or the chain of command as
outlined by the emergency management plan, under the authority of
this article. The Office of Emergency Management shall have available
for inspection all such orders and rules and regulations made by the
Mayor or the chain of command or under their authority.
A.
The Office of Emergency Management shall have a fully
functional emergency operations center, which shall be ready to coordinate
all Borough, county, state, federal and other agencies' functions
in the event of a disaster. It shall also have an alternate operations
center planned in the event that the first shall be damaged or unusable.
B.
The primary Emergency Operations Center will be at
Borough Hall, 100 First Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey 07716.
The alternate Emergency Operations Center will be located at Fire
Headquarters, East Highland Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
07716.
[Adopted 5-23-2007 by Ord. No. 09-2007]
This article shall be known and may be cited
and referred to as "The National Incident Management System (NIMS)
Ordinance for the Borough of Atlantic Highlands."
A.
It is the intent and purpose of this article to formally
recognize the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and adopt
the principles and policies of the NIMS that will insure the complete
and efficient utilization of all Borough of Atlantic Highlands resources
to combat disaster resulting from enemy actions or other disasters
as defined herein.
B.
The purpose of the NIMS is to provide a consistent
nationwide approach for federal, state, county, territorial, tribal,
and local governments to work effectively and efficiently together
to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents,
regardless of cause, size, or complexity.
C.
The NIMS provides a common foundation for day-to-day
operations, training and other preparedness efforts; communicating
and sharing information with other responders and with the public,
ordering resources to assist with a response effort, and for integrating
new technologies and standards to support incident management.
The following definitions shall apply in the
interpretation of this article:
The Coordinator of the Borough of Atlantic Highlands Office
of Emergency Management, appointed as prescribed in this article.
Includes but is not limited to actual or threatened enemy
attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, accident,
chemical spill or other impending or actual calamity endangering or
threatening to endanger health, life or property of constituted government.
Refers to the basic government functions of maintaining the
public peace, health and safety during an emergency. This term includes
plans and preparations for protection and relief, recovery and rehabilitation
from effects of an attack by the forces of an enemy nation or the
agents thereof, or a disaster as defined herein. It does not, however,
include any activity that is the primary responsibility of the military
forces of the United States.
The employees, equipment and facilities of all Borough departments,
agencies, boards, councils, institutions and commissions; and in addition,
it shall include all volunteer personnel, equipment and facilities
contributed by, or obtained from, volunteer persons or agencies that
are assigned the duties of responding to emergencies within Atlantic
Highlands.
The combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures,
and communications operating within a common organizational structure,
designed to aid in domestic incident management activities.
A document produced by the Department of Homeland Security
under the direction of Presidential Directive-5 that strengthens response
capabilities through a balance between flexibility and standardization,
and use of common doctrine, terminology, concepts, principles, and
processes.
The federal agency established to provide strategic direction
and oversight of the NIMS, supporting both routine maintenance and
continuous refinement of the system and its components. NIC develops
and facilitates national standards for the NIMS.
A.
The Borough formally adopts NIMS as its system of
response to a disaster and to provide a common foundation for training
and other preparedness efforts, for communicating and sharing information
with other responders and with the public, for ordering resources
to assist with a response effort and for integrating new technologies
and standards to support incident management.
B.
The NIMS principles and policies are to be adhered
to by all emergency management forces and across all functional disciplines
within Atlantic Highlands.
C.
Atlantic Highlands shall institutionalize the use
of the ICS in order to enhance command, control and communications
capabilities.
A.
The Atlantic Highlands Emergency Management Coordinator
shall serve as the Coordinator of NIMS operations pursuant to this
article.
B.
The Coordinator shall have the following duties and
responsibilities:
(1)
To consult with other agencies, municipalities, and
affected organizations in Atlantic Highlands to recommend levels of
NIMS training. However, it shall be the responsibility of each agency
to implement said training and to ensure its own commitment to NIMS.
(2)
To oversee Atlantic Highlands commitment to NIMS through
planning, training, and implementation.
It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to
violate any of the provisions of this article or plans issued pursuant
to the authority contained herein, or to willfully obstruct, hinder
or delay any member of the Emergency Management organization as herein
defined in the enforcement of the provisions of this article or any
plan issued hereunder.
At all times when the orders, rules and regulations
made and promulgated pursuant to this article shall be in effect,
they shall supersede all existing ordinances, orders, rules and regulations
insofar as the latter may be inconsistent therewith.
The municipal organizations listed below are
hereby directed to provide in their bylaws for the implementation
during a disaster of the National Incident Management System, including
all forms and conditions specified therein.
