§ 130-36. Director's duties.

(a)

The emergency management director is hereby authorized and directed to:

(1)

Represent Fulton County in all matters pertaining to emergency management and disaster preparedness;

(2)

Utilize all other department heads and all county officials as required in the preparation, development, and execution of emergency management plans;

(3)

Assist county officials in planning the organization of county departments for emergency operations;

(4)

Develop and maintain emergency management plans, in conjunction with county departments, for emergency functions in consonance with state and federal emergency plans, and to implement these plans when required;

(5)

Establish an emergency management plan for the continuity of county government in the event of any enemy attack or other emergency;

(6)

Maintain and, where feasible, improve public fallout shelters, and the attack warning system; maintain a community shelter plan in readiness for publication on short notice; train fallout shelter managers and radiological monitoring personnel; take such other readiness steps toward preparedness against enemy attack as are prudent and practical; and to institute equivalent readiness measures and planning against manmade and natural disasters;

(7)

Maintain an adequate emergency communications system encompassing all county departments and other agencies and an emergency operations center; and

(8)

Establish and maintain an organization of sufficient staff and operating agencies to implement approved emergency plans, approximately as set forth in section 130-38.

(Code 1983, § 27-4-6)