§ 5-3-6. Organization.


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  • There is hereby established a city office of emergency management (COEM) with a coordinator as the office head. The coordinator will be responsible to and supervised by the chief of the High Point Fire Department. The coordinator, as head of the office, shall be responsible and accountable for the emergency planning, administration, budgeting, organization and operation of emergency management functions of the community before, during and after disasters. The coordinator shall act as the local government's coordinator with the emergency management representatives of other counties and/or cities as well as those of state and federal governments.

    (Code 1982, Sec. 5-3-5, as amended by Ord. of 2-17-83; Ord. No. 6950/12-66, 10-1-12)

    Note— See the editor's note to § 5-3-5.