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B. Responsibilities and Authorities Sample County /City Ordinance Section 1. Policy and Purpose Subdivision 1. Because of the existing possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destruction resulting from fire, flood, tornado, blizzard, destructive winds or other natural causes, or from sabotage, hostile action, or from hazardous material mishaps of catestrophic measure; and in order to insure that preparations of this County (City) will be adequate to deal with such disasters, and generally, to provide for the common defense and to protect the public peace, health, and safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people of this County (City), it is hereby found and declared to be necessary: (a) To establish a County (City) emergency management organization responsible for County (City) planning and preparation for emergency government operations in time of disasters. ?k(b) To provide for the exercise of necessary powers during emergencies and disasters. (c) To provide for the rendering of mutual aid between this County (City) and other political subdivisions of this State and of other states with respect to the carrying out of emergency preparedness functions. (d) To comply with provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 12, Section 12.25, which requires that each political subdivision of Minnesota shall establish a local organization for emergency management. POLICY AND PURPOSE Section 2. Definitions DEFINITIONS Subdivision 1. "Emergency Management" means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters caused by fire, flood, tornado and other acts of nature, or from sabotage, hostile action, or from industrial hazardous material mishaps. These functions include, without limitation, fire - fighting services, police services, emergency medical services, engineering, warning services, communications, radiological, and chemical, evacuation, congregate care, emergency transportation, existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, temporary restoration of public utility services and other functions related to civil protection, together with all other activities necessary or incidental for carrying out of the foregoing functions. Emergency management includes those activities sometimes referred to as "Civil Defense" functions. Subdivison 2. "Disaster" means a situation which creates an immediate and Minnesota Emergency Management Director's Handbook March 6. 1996 B-1-5 Page 86