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Sec. 22-33. Plans. (a) Comprehensive emergency management plans shall be adopted and maintained by resolution of the county board of commissioners. In the preparations of these plans, as it pertains to county organization, it is intended that the services equipment and facilities and personnel of all existing departments and agencies shall be utilized to the fullest extent. When approved, it shall be the duty of all departments and agencies to perform the functions assigned by these plans to maintain their portions of the plan-~ in a current state of readiness at all times. The emergency operations plan for war and disaster relief and assistance plan shall have the effec~ of law whenever a disaster has been proclaimed. (b) The coordinator, or his designee(e), shall prescribe in the emergency plans those positions within the disaster organization, in addition to his own, for which lines of succession are necessary. In each instance, the responsible person will designate and keep on file with the coordinator a current list of three persons as successors to his position. The list will be in order of succession and will nearly as possible designate persons best capable of carrying out all assigned duties and functions. (c) Each service chief and department head assigned responsibility in the plans shall be responsible for carrying out all duties and functions assigned therein. Duties will include the organization and training of assigned employees and, where needed, volunteers. (d) Amendments to the plans shall be submitted to the coordinator, or his designee(s). If approved, the coordinator will then submit the amendments to the county board of commissioners with his recommendation for their approval. Such amendments shall take effect 30 days from the date of approval. (e) When a required competency or skill for a disaster function is not available within local government, the coordinator, or his designee(s), is authorized to seek assistance from persons outside of government. The assignment of duties, when of a supervisor/natuxe, shall also grant authority for the persons so assigned to carry out such duties prior, during, and after the occurrence of a disaster. Such services fi.om persons outside of government may be accepted by local government on a volunteer basis. Such citizens shall be enrolled as emergency management volunteers in cooperation with the heads of local government departments affected. (Ord. of 5-7-84, ~ 7) Sec. 22-34. No county or private liability. (a) This article is an exercise by the county of its governmental fdn¢fions for the protection of the public peace, health, and safety, and neither the county nor agents and representatives, ff any, or any individual, receiver, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or trustee, or any of the agents thereof in good faith carrying out, complying with or attempting to comply with any order, rule, or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this article, shall be liable for any damage sustained to persons or property as the result of such activity. Co) Any person owning or controlling real estate or other premises who voluntarily and without compensation grants the county the right to inspect, designate and use the whole or any parts of such real estate or premises for the purpose of sheltering persons during an actual, impending or practice disaster situation shall not be civilly liable for the death of, or injury to, any persons on or about such real estate or premises under such license, privilege or other permission; or for loss of, or damage to, the property of such person. (Ord. of 5-7-84, § 8)