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~l ?. The Emergency Management Coordinator. will forward damage assessment reports and any requests for assistance to the Western Branch Office of the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management (NCEM) by the quickest means available. The Secretary, North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety is authorized to commit state resources to assist with the recovery efforts. 8. The county Cooperative Extension Office will provide a damage assessment team to determine the extent of damage to farms, crops, and livestock. C. State and Federal Assistance 1. Under the provisions of North Carolina General Statue 166A, the existence of a state of disaster may be proclaimed by the Governor or by a resolution of the General Assembly if either of these finds that a disaster threatens or exists. Upon receipt of the preliminary damage assessment, the Governor shall issue a proclamation defining the area subject to the state of disaster and proclaiming the disaster as a Type I, Type II, or Type III disaster. (See NC GS 166A-6 for details of each type) 2. If a state of disaster is proclaimed, the Governor may make State funds available for disaster assistance. Any State funds made available by the Governor for disaster assistance may be administered through State disaster assistance programs which maybe established by the Governor upon the proclamation of a state of disaster. It is the intent of the General Assembly in authorizing the Governor to make State funds available for disaster assistance and in authorizing the Governor to establish State disaster assistance programs to provide State assistance for recovery from those disasters for which federal assistance under the Stafford Act is either not available or does not adequately meet the needs of the citizens of the State in the disaster area. 3. Based upon the local damage assessment reports, the State Coordinating Officer will determine what recovery capabilities are available to meet the anticipated requirements. If the capabilities of local government, private resources, and the state appear insufficient, he will conduct a joint federal/state/local Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA). 4. The Governor may request a Presidential declaration of a "major disaster", "major emergency", or a specific federal agency disaster declaration (Small Business Administration, Depaztinent of Agriculture, Corps of Engineers, etc.) to augment state, local, and private recovery and relief efforts. 5. The President, under a "major emergency" declaration may authorize the use of any federal equipment, personnel and other resources to support local response and recovery operations. 6. The President, under a "major disaster" declaration may authorize two basic l types of disaster relief assistance: J EOP/ANNEX M 3 September 2008 F-2 234 of 408