Town of Lincoln, RI
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2023-07-25
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The Code
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Part I, Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 5 Boards and Commissions
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Article IX Emergency Management
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 5 Art IX Emergency Management
- § 5-36 Emergency Management Director.
- § 5-37 Duties of Director.
- § 5-38 Emergencies.
- Ch 7 Budget and Finance
- Ch 9 Council
- Ch 11 Court, Housing
- Ch 12 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Deferred Compensation Plan
- Ch 17 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 24 Land Trust
- Ch 28 Legal Assistance
- Ch 32 Libraries
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 48 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 49 Real Property, Conveyance of
- Ch 51 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 53 Rescue Department
- Ch 55 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 59 Town-Owned Vehicles
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 63 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 67 Alarm Systems
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Amusements
- Ch 75 Animals
- Ch 79 Bicycles
- Ch 82 Blasting
- Ch 89 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 92 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 95 Cannabis
- Ch 101 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 105 Drainage
- Ch 109 Earth Removal
- Ch 114 False Alarms
- Ch 117 Fees
- Ch 120 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 126 Flea Markets
- Ch 129 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 133 Gambling
- Ch 136 Game Rooms
- Ch 140 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 144 Horse Stables, Commercial
- Ch 147 Housing
- Ch 150 Hunting
- Ch 155 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 161 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 164 Littering
- Ch 167 Loitering
- Ch 171 Malicious Mischief
- Ch 175 Noise
- Ch 180 Parking Lots
- Ch 183 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 187 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 190 Picketing
- Ch 193 Plumbing
- Ch 196 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 199 Property, Defacement of
- Ch 202 Property Maintenance Code
- Ch 204 Rental Property
- Ch 207 Sewers
- Ch 209 Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
- Ch 213 Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 217 Solid Waste
- Ch 220 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 228 Taxation
- Ch 236 Unruly Gatherings
- Ch 237 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 240 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 244 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 250 Watercraft
- Ch 254 Wells and Cesspools
- Ch 260 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted 5-17-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-7]
The Town Administrator shall appoint an Emergency Management
Director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Town Administrator.
The Emergency Management Director shall develop, organize, direct
and coordinate the Town of Lincoln's emergency management program
in order to save lives and protect property by maintaining emergency
operational capabilities that prepare for, respond to, mitigate and
recover from any emergency or disaster.
The Emergency Management Director shall have the following duties:
A.
Advise the Town Administrator and Town Council on all emergency management
matters and related laws, rules, regulations and requirements pursuant
to R.I.G.L. § 30-15-12.
B.
Emergency organization, planning and management.
C.
Population protection by developing direction and control warning
systems, along with training exercises.
D.
Coordination of emergency management activities of those operating
departments, agencies and offices of the Town of Lincoln which are
responsible for carrying out operational responses in an emergency;
provided, however, that emergency responsibilities assigned to the
Police, Fire and Rescue Chiefs shall remain the responsibilities of
those officials and their respective public safety departments.
During any emergency, the Emergency Management Director shall
assume overall responsibility for the operation of the Emergency Operations
Center located in Lincoln Town Hall. The Emergency Management Director
shall be responsible for advising the Town Administrator and Town
Council on all local emergency operations. The Emergency Management
Director shall also serve as the liaison between the Town of Lincoln
and any state and federal agencies during a declared emergency.
