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12-75-111. Division of Emergency Management — Other powers and duties.
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12-75-111. Division of Emergency Management — Other powers and duties.
(a) The Division of Emergency Management shall, with the assistance and cooperation of other state and local government agencies:
(1) Determine requirements of the state and its political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other necessities in event of an emergency;
(2) Procure and pre-position supplies, medicines, materials, and equipment;
(3) Promulgate standards and requirements for local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans;
(4) Periodically review local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans;
(5) Provide for mobile support units;
(6) Establish and operate or assist political subdivisions, their local offices of emergency management, and interjurisdictional offices of emergency management to establish and operate training programs and programs of public information;
(7) Make surveys of industries, resources, and facilities within the state, both public and private, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(8) Plan and make arrangements for the availability and use of any private facilities, services, and property and, if necessary and if in fact used, provide for payment for use under terms and conditions agreed upon;
(9) Establish a register of persons with types of training and skills important in emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery;
(10) Establish a register of mobile and construction equipment and temporary housing available for use in a disaster emergency;
(11) Prepare for issuance by the Governor of executive orders, proclamations, and rules as necessary or appropriate in coping with disasters;
(12) Cooperate with the federal government and any public or private agency or entity in achieving the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-75-111
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12-75-111. Division of Emergency Management — Other powers and duties.
(a) The Division of Emergency Management shall, with the assistance and cooperation of other state and local government agencies:
(1) Determine requirements of the state and its political subdivisions for food, clothing, and other necessities in event of an emergency;
(2) Procure and pre-position supplies, medicines, materials, and equipment;
(3) Promulgate standards and requirements for local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans;
(4) Periodically review local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans;
(5) Provide for mobile support units;
(6) Establish and operate or assist political subdivisions, their local offices of emergency management, and interjurisdictional offices of emergency management to establish and operate training programs and programs of public information;
(7) Make surveys of industries, resources, and facilities within the state, both public and private, as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter;
(8) Plan and make arrangements for the availability and use of any private facilities, services, and property and, if necessary and if in fact used, provide for payment for use under terms and conditions agreed upon;
(9) Establish a register of persons with types of training and skills important in emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery;
(10) Establish a register of mobile and construction equipment and temporary housing available for use in a disaster emergency;
(11) Prepare for issuance by the Governor of executive orders, proclamations, and rules as necessary or appropriate in coping with disasters;
(12) Cooperate with the federal government and any public or private agency or entity in achieving the purpose of this chapter and in implementing programs for disaster prevention, preparation, response, and recovery; and
(13) Do other things necessary, incidental, or appropriate for the implementation of this chapter.
(b)(1) The division shall take an integral part in the development and revision of local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans prepared under § 12-75-118.
(2)(A) To meet the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the division shall employ or otherwise secure the services of professional and technical personnel capable of providing expert assistance to political subdivisions, their local offices of emergency management, interjurisdictional planning, and interjurisdictional offices of emergency management.
(B) Personnel described in subdivision (b)(2)(A) of this section shall consult with political subdivisions, local offices of emergency management, and interjurisdictional offices of emergency management on a regularly scheduled basis and shall make field examinations of the area, circumstances, and conditions to which particular local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans are intended to apply and may suggest or require revisions.
(c)(1) The division shall administer and operate the Arkansas Wireless Information Network.
(2) The division shall perform all functions necessary to maintain and operate the Arkansas Wireless Information Network, including without limitation:
(A) Employ personnel;
(B) Manage, maintain, and acquire all equipment and assets;
(C) Enter into contracts and lease agreements on behalf of the Arkansas Wireless Information Network; and
(D) Administer the budget, expenditures, and all funding of the Arkansas Wireless Information Network.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-75-118. Local and interjurisdictional offices of emergency management and services.
(a)(1) Each political subdivision within this state shall be within the jurisdiction of and served by the Division of Emergency Management and by a local office of emergency management or interjurisdictional office of emergency management.
(2) A local office of emergency management or interjurisdictional office of emergency management shall be established as a public safety agency of its respective political subdivision or political subdivisions and shall be under the direction and control of the appropriate chief executive for the purposes of mitigation of, planning for, response to, and recovery from disaster and major emergency occurrences and for operation of public safety information networks.
(b)(1) Each county within the state and those municipalities specifically designated by the Governor shall establish, fund, and maintain an established local office of emergency management or, as necessary, make arrangements through an interjurisdictional agreement to receive emergency management.
(2) Unless a municipality has been specifically designated as a local office of emergency management, it shall receive emergency management support from the county or counties where its corporate limits are situated.
(c)(1) The Governor shall determine if additional municipal local offices of emergency management or interjurisdictional offices of emergency management are required based on an assessment conducted by the Director of the Division of Emergency Management using one (1) or more of the factors enumerated in § 12-75-117(a).
(2) The division shall publish and keep current a list of municipalities required to have local offices of emergency management or interjurisdictional offi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-75-118
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-75-118. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.