[Adopted by Ord. Nos. 91-9 and 94-4]
A.
Purpose. To ensure that the County and its participating
municipalities will be prepared to cope with emergencies resulting
from enemy action and with emergencies resulting from natural disasters,
a County emergency management organization is created to carry out
the purposes in Chapter 323, Wis. Stats.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. 11-16]
B.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
ENEMY ACTION
NATURAL DISASTER
Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms are defined as follows:
All those activities and measures designed or undertaken
to minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused or which
would be caused by enemy action; to deal with the immediate emergency
conditions which would be created by such enemy action; and to effectuate
emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital public
utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by such enemy action.
Any hostile action taken by a foreign power which threatens
the security of the State of Wisconsin.
Includes all other extraordinary misfortunes affecting the
County, natural or man-made, not included in the term "enemy action."
C.
Emergency Management Director.
(1)
Appointed. The Director shall hold the office of Emergency
Management Director of the County and, in addition to the duties as
County Director, the Director shall have the additional duties and
responsibilities of the Municipal Emergency Management Director for
each participating municipality as set forth in the Wisconsin statutes.
[Amended 4-20-2021 by Ord. No. 21-03]
(2)
Employed. The Director shall be nominated by the Law
Enforcement Committee and confirmed and employed by the County Board.
He shall be considered to be an employee of the County and shall be
entitled to all of the rights, privileges and benefits that County
employees have.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. 11-16]
(3)
Field director. The field director shall perform various
tasks under supervision of the Emergency Management Director.
(4)
Federal disaster aid. The County Board authorizes
the County Emergency Management Director to execute for and on behalf
of the County all applications for the purpose of obtaining federal
financial assistance under the Federal Disaster Act.
(5)
Duties generally.
(a)
The Director, in assuming the functions of the County
Director, subject to the day-to-day supervision of , and at the direction
and policy guidance of the Law Enforcement Committee and under the
general supervision of the County Board, shall:
[Amended 12-19-2006 by Ord. No. 06-18; 3-27-2012 by Ord. No.
11-16; 4-20-2021 by Ord. No. 21-03]
[1]
Develop and promulgate emergency management
plans for the County, consistent with the state plan;
[2]
Coordinate and assist in the development of
municipal emergency management plans within the County and integrate
such plans with the County plans;
[3]
Direct the County emergency management program;
[4]
Direct County-wide emergency management training
programs and exercises;
[5]
Advise the State Director of all emergency management
planning for the County and render such reports as may be required
by the State Director;
[6]
In case of a state of emergency proclaimed by
the Governor, direct the County emergency management activities and
coordinate the municipal emergency management activities within the
County, subject to the coordinating authority of the State Director;
and
[7]
Manage, supervise, and maintain the emergency telecommunications
E-911 system/Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)/dispatch center.
[8]
Perform such other duties relating to emergency
management as may be required by the County Board.
(b)
The Director, in assuming the functions of Emergency
Management Director, is subject to the control and direction of the
respective emergency management organization and shall coordinate
the County organization and plan.
D.
Duty of County organization; expenditures. If the
Governor, County Board Chairman or the County Director determines
that an emergency exists growing out of a natural or man-made disaster,
the County organization shall cope with the problems of emergency
within the County. Expenditures for such services rendered in participating
municipalities shall be considered County expenditures.
E.
Funding. The County Board shall provide funds for
operation of the County emergency management program and shall include
the cost thereof in the general County tax levy.
F.
County survival plan. The County Board accepts the
County survival plan as written and supports the implementation of
its various services and directs that all County employees give full
cooperation to the implementation of their assigned services.
G.
State emergency operations plan. The state emergency
operations plan, as amended by the General Change Order No. 4, is
adopted as the official program of the County for emergency management.
H.
Continuity of government. The continuity of government
shall be in the following order so as to comply with the Wisconsin
statutes:
I.
Duties of Department of Human Services.
(1)
The County Department of Human Services is designated
to participate in the emergency management plan as organized by the
County Emergency Director in accordance with policies, procedures
and standards of the State Department of Family Services and shall
for such purpose have the authority to participate in any emergency
management activity, whether it be a case of enemy attack, natural
disaster, federal alert or practice or test runs.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. 11-16]
(2)
The Department of Human Services shall establish an
approved plan for a line of succession to key agency positions for
preservation and protection of essential documents and records and
the protection of duplicate records, personal services and other costs
related to the continuity of operations of the public assistance programs
in an emergency, including disaster preparedness training and the
development and establishment of offices essential for the resumption
of operations after the emergency.
[Amended 4-20-2021 by Ord. No. 21-03]
(3)
These duties shall include, without limitation by
reason of enumeration: feeding and clothing; housing or lodging in
private and congregate facilities; registration; locating and reuniting
families; care of unaccompanied children, the aged, the handicapped
and other groups needing specialized care or service; necessary financial
or other assistance; counseling and referral services to families
and individuals; aid to welfare institutions under national emergency
or post-attack conditions; and all other feasible welfare aid and
services to people in need during a civil defense emergency. Such
measures include organization, direction and provision of services
to be instituted before attack in the event of strategic or tactical
evacuation and after attack in the event of evacuation or of refuge
in shelters.
[Amended 4-20-2021 by Ord. No. 21-03]
(4)
The Department of Human Services shall perform such
other services as may be delegated by the State Department of Family
Services.
[Amended 3-27-2012 by Ord. No. 11-16]
(5)
The agency, in performance of emergency management
activities, may employ additional administration staff, either full
time or part time. Such staff shall be employed under the merit system
classification and salary range pursuant to § 49.33(4) to
(7), Wis. Stats., and Rule PW-PA 10.
(6)
The County agency, in the performance of emergency
management activities, may also make use of voluntary workers who
shall receive no salary but who may be paid necessary and usual out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in performing this work, such payment to be made
from the administration account of such agency.
J.
Highway equipment use. The County Board authorizes
the County Emergency Management Director to direct the use of County
Highway Department equipment and facilities in times of emergency
resulting from disaster.
K.
Violations and penalties. No person shall willfully
obstruct, hinder or delay any member of the emergency management organization
in the enforcement of any order, rule, regulation or plan issued pursuant
to this section or do any act forbidden by any order, rule, regulation
or plan issued pursuant to the authority contained in this section.
Any person found to be in violation of any of the provisions of this
section shall be subject to a penalty pursuant to § 323.28,
Wis. Stats.
[Amended 4-17-2001 by Ord. No. 00-15; 3-27-2012 by Ord. No.
11-16]
A.
Authority of County. The Pierce County Board of Supervisors
ordains that Pierce County is authorized to adopt/develop an emergency
telecommunications E-911 system.
B.
System requirements.
(1)
Such system shall include all requirements of PSC
173, including indemnification for the Public Service Commission and
a telecommunication device for deaf users.
(2)
The Pierce County E-911 system will also include such
sophisticated features as automatic number identifiers (ANI) and automatic
location identifiers (ALI).
(a)
Automatic number identification (ANI): the ability
to display the calling party's telephone number on a CRT screen at
the public service answering point without operator intervention.
(b)
Automatic location identifier (ALI): identifies the
physical location (address) of the calling telephone number.
C.
Contract. Pierce County is authorized to enter into
a contract with a vendor and any other appropriate independent telephone
companies in Pierce County for the installation and maintenance of
an emergency telecommunications 911 network system.
D.
Charges. Pierce County authorizes the levy of a charge
on all service users in Pierce County to finance the cost related
to the establishment of the emergency telecommunications E-911 system,
including nonrecurring and recurring charges in Pierce County, with
the charge to be determined pursuant to the procedures set forth in
§ 146.70(3), Wis. Stats.
[Added by Ord. No. 94-20]
A.
EMERGENCY
911
911 SYSTEM
PERSON
PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY
Definitions. The following definitions shall be utilized
in application of the terms and conditions of this section:
A situation in which property or human life is in jeopardy
and the prompt summoning of aid is essential.
The primary emergency telephone number which, if dialed,
will access the County 911 system.
The emergency telephone system maintained in Pierce County
for the purpose of transmitting requests for law enforcement, fire-fighting
and emergency medical and ambulance services from or on behalf of
those persons in need of such services to the respective public safety
agencies providing the same.
Any human being, whether or not of the legal age of majority.
A functional division of a public agency which provides fire-fighting,
law enforcement, medical or other emergency services.
B.
Statutory authority. The ordinance codified in this
section is adopted pursuant to the authority granted to the County
under § 59.54, Wis. Stats., as a means of preserving and
promoting the public peace and good order.
C.
Purpose. The ordinance codified in this section is
adopted in recognition of the fact that the making of non-emergency
calls to 911 and/or the making of prank, harassing or nuisance calls
to 911 will reduce the effectiveness of the County 911 system and
could result in property damage being sustained by persons in need
of emergency services or bodily injury or death to such persons as
are in need of emergency services or injury or death to public safety
agency employees who are required to respond to 911 calls where legitimate,
emergency calls to 911 are interfered with or delayed as a result
of such non-emergency calls.
D.
Certain calls to 911 prohibited. No person shall make
a telephone call to 911:
(1)
Of a non-emergency nature;
(2)
With the intent of harassing, delaying or preventing
a public service agency from providing emergency services;
(3)
To report an emergency knowing that in fact the situation
being reported does not exist; or
(4)
As a prank, for purposes of harassment or for purposes
of creating a nuisance.
E.
Malfunctioning telephone; assessment of forfeiture.
When on an emergency basis any public safety agency responds to any
location as a result of a telephone call made to 911, which call originated
from a malfunctioning telephone, whether or not the owner of the malfunctioning
telephone made the call, he/she shall be subject to the assessment
of a forfeiture if, during a twelve-month period beginning with the
first such response, a total of three 911 calls are received from
a malfunctioning telephone. After the third response written notice
of such contacts shall be mailed to the telephone owner. For the fourth
and each subsequent call of a similar nature received by the 911 system
within a twelve-month period, the owner shall be assessed the following
forfeitures:
F.
Violations and penalties. Any person who violates any subsection of Subsection D shall be subject to a forfeiture of $25 for the first offense and $250 for the second and each subsequent offense which occurs within one year of the date of the first offense under this section. In addition, each person convicted of a violation of this section shall pay the cost of prosecution.
