A. The State Office of Emergency Management has adopted a State Emergency Operations Plan, issued guidelines for county and municipal Emergency Operations Plans, and will review and update the Plan and the guidelines every two years. The guidelines are in the form of a Checklist for the development of county and municipal Emergency Operations Plans and detail the requirements necessary for an approved Plan.
B. Each county and municipality shall prepare and adopt an Emergency Operations Plan that meets the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist, including all required annexes and attachments, within one year of the date of this revised Directive. Those counties and municipalities with a current State approved Emergency Operations Plan do not have to adopt and submit for approval a revised Emergency Operations Plan that meets the requirements of the revised State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist until the next required revision date specified in their current State approval letter. However, all Plans submitted for initial approval or recertification after September 30, 1990 shall meet the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist dated 1990 or subsequent.
C. County and municipal Emergency Operations Plans approved by the State Office of Emergency Management as meeting the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist dated 1990 or subsequent will require review at the next higher level Office of Emergency Management
after two years, as set forth in Section V., and recertification by the State Office of Emergency Management after four years, as set forth in Section VI. 1
V. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS INITIAL REVIEW & APPROVAL:
A. Each municipality shall submit their completed Emergency Operations Plan to the State Office of Emergency Management for approval via the county and regional Office of Emergency Management for review.
1. The County Office of Emergency Management will review the Plan for compliance with the State Checklist.
a. If the Plan does not meet the requirements for approval it shall be returned to the municipality with the reasons for disapproval stated in writing.
b. If the Plan meets the State Checklist requirements for approval the Plan will be forwarded to the regional Office of Emergency Management with signed written review comments including the following statement:
This Plan has been reviewed by
____________________ of the__________________ (reviewer's name) (county name)
County Office of Emergency Management and meets the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan
Checklist for approval.
2. The Regional Office of Emergency Management will review the Plan for compliance with the State Checklist.
a. If the Plan does not meet the requirements for approval it shall be returned to the county with the reasons for disapproval stated in writing.
b. If the Plan does meet the State Checklist requirements for approval the Plan will be forwarded to the State Office of Emergency Management with signed written review comments including the following statement:
This Plan has been reviewed by
____________________ of the__________________ (reviewer's name) (region name)
region Office of Emergency Management and meets the
requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist for approval.
C. The State Office of Emergency Management shall review all county and municipal Emergency Operations Plans and either approve, conditionally approve or disapprove the Plan within 60 days of receipt. The State Office of Emergency Management will state the reasons for disapproval in writing and in the case of conditional approval, will specify the necessary amendment to the Plan. If the State fails to act within 60 days of receipt, the Plan shall be considered approved by the State Office of Emergency Management. (REVIEWED AT THE REGIONAL OFFICE)
V. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLANS BIENNIAL REVIEW & UPDATE
A. Each municipal Emergency Operations Plan approved by the State as meeting the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist dated 1990 or subsequent, must be reviewed and updated after two years by the municipal Office of Emergency Management to ensure that all requirements of the current State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist are met and that the information in the Plan is current.
1. The municipality shall forward the updated Plan to the County Office of Emergency Management for review and approval not later than two years from the date of State approval or recertification.2 2. The County Office of Emergency Management shall check the
updated municipal Emergency Operations Plan for currency and compliance with the current State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist.
a. If the Plan does not meet the requirements for currency and compliance it shall be returned to the municipality with the reasons for non-compliance stated in writing.
b. If the Plan does meet the requirements for currency and compliance the County Office of Emergency Management shall return the approved Plan to the municipality with signed written review comments including the following statement: This Plan has been reviewed by
____________________ of the__________________ (reviewer's name) (county name)
County Office of Emergency Management and meets the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan
Checklist for currency and compliance.
C. Each County Emergency Operations Plan approved by the State as meeting the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist dated 1990 or subsequent, must be reviewed and updated after two years by the county Office of Emergency Management to ensure that all requirements of the current State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist are met and that the information in the Plan is current.
1. The county shall forward the updated Plan to the Regional Office of Emergency Management for review and approval not later than two years from the date of State approval or recertification.3
2. The Regional Office of Emergency Management shall check the updated county Emergency Operations Plan for currency and compliance with the current State Emergency Operations Plan Checklist.
a. If the Plan does not meet the requirements for currency and compliance it shall be returned to the county with the
reasons for non-compliance stated in writing.
b. If the Plan does meet the requirements for currency and compliance the Regional Office of Emergency Management shall return the approved Plan to the county with signed written review comments including the following statement: This Plan has been reviewed by
____________________ of the__________________ (reviewer's name) (region name)
Regional Office of Emergency Management and meets the requirements of the State Emergency Operations Plan
Checklist for currency and compliance.
VI. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN QUADRENNIAL STATE