Alpine County Municipal Code Art. VII County Office of Emergency Services

There is hereby created the Alpine County sheriff department or fire department office of emergency services, which is responsible for the administration of all matters relating to the county’s emergency management program, to include the plan writing and review of the county’s emergency operations plan.

A. This position shall administer the day-to-day activities of the county office of emergency services and will be responsible to ensure emergency management duties under the State Office of Emergency Services (OES) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) guidelines are applied wherever applicable;

B. The county fire chief, and the sheriff or designee(s), shall act as applicant agent to the State Office of Emergency Services or Federal Emergency Management Agency;

C. The fire chief will attend any multi-agency coordination meetings to provide the briefing on the nature and scope of the disaster, the progress made to date on control measures and the status of available resources;

D. The fire chief will serve as a technical advisor to the Alpine County director of emergency services and any multi-agency coordination meetings. (Ord. 719 § 7.1, 2016)