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B. Cabarrus County utilizes the four phases of Comprehensive Emergency Management <br />to design and implement the emergency services program. These phases are: <br /> <br /> 1. Mitigation - Those activities designed to either prevent the occurrence of an <br />emergency or minimize the adverse effects of one. Mitigation activities include <br />development of public health ordinances, zoning ordinances, building codes, the County <br />Flood Damage and Prevention Ordinance and the regular enforcement, of those codes and <br />ordinances. <br /> <br /> 2. Preparedness - The County develops systems, programs, and activities prior to an <br />emergency to support or enhance the effectiveness of emergency response operations. <br />Continuous planning, focused training and realistic exercises are the primary means to <br />ensure local preparedness. A continuing public information program provides education <br />about the effects of potential disasters and how to prepare for emergency situations. <br /> <br /> 3. Response - The procedures and activities developed to react to the immediate <br />effects of an emergency situation. Response operations focus on reducing casualties and <br />property damage. These operations also speed recovery after the emergency has subsided. <br />Response operations include early warning, direction and control of emergency personnel <br />and resources, evacuation of populations, mass care, and similar actions. <br /> <br />4. Recovery - Those actions taken to restore systems and services to a normal level. <br />Short-term recovery efforts are taken to assess damage and return critical services to <br />minimum operating standards. After the immediate short-term emergency needs of an area <br />are met, the county and municipal governments will begin a recovery process that may take <br />several days to many months or years to complete. Response agencies will determine what <br />impacts have been made on the community and what will need to be done to put the <br />community back to pre-disaster conditions. Many times this effort will overwhelm the <br />jurisdiction and the State and Federal Government will provide assistance." <br /> <br /> C. Cabarms County provides many emergency services to the citizens of the County on <br />a daily basis. Some of the services overlap into city/tom governments' jurisdictions. While <br />the cities/towns within the County provide many services to their citizens, they also depend <br />on Cabarms County for services such as building inspections, fire inspections, emergency <br />medical services, social services, public health services, mental healthcare, shelters for those <br />people evacuated from their homes, and emergency management. <br /> <br /> D. Each city/town government in Cabarms County will continue to provide services <br />during emergency situations. However, if city/town government's resources prove to be <br />inadequate during emergency response operations, that municipality may request County <br />resources to help maintain public services and other critical operations. There are city/town <br />governments in the County that will be able to remain completely functional without outside <br />resources, but there are others that will be totally dependent on county resources. <br /> <br /> E. Once local resources are expended, the County will coordinate with adjoining <br />counties for additional available assistance and resources using existing mutual aid <br /> <br />EOP/BASIC PLAN <br /> <br />6 January 2003 <br /> <br /> <br />