§ 37-17.1-06 — State division of homeland security and emergency management

North Dakota § 37-17.1-06

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 37: Military
• Ch. 37-17.1: Emergency Services

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1. The division of homeland security and emergency management must have
professional, technical, secretarial, and clerical employees as necessary for the
performance of its functions. The director of the division shall fix the compensation of
the staff in conformity with state merit system regulations and may make such
expenditures within the appropriations therefor, or from other funds made available to
the director for purposes of emergency management, as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this chapter.
2. The division of homeland security and emergency management shall prepare and
maintain a state disaster plan and keep it current, which plan may include provisions
for:
a. Averting or minimizing the injury and damage caused by disasters or
emergencies.
b. Prompt and effective response to a disaster or emergency.
c. Emergency relief.
d. Identification of areas particularly vulnerable to a disaster or emergency.
e. Recommendations for zoning, building, and other land use controls, safety
measures for securing mobile homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent
structures, and other mitigation and preparedness measures.
f. Assistance to local officials in developing and maintaining local and regional
emergency management systems.
g. Authorization and procedures for the erection or other construction of temporary
works designed to protect against or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from any
disaster or emergency.
h. Preparation and distribution of emergency management assistance program
guidance to the appropriate state and local officials.
i. Organization of manpower and chains of command.
j. Coordination of federal, state, regional, and local emergency management
activities.
k. Coordination of state disaster or emergency operations plans with the disaster or
emergency plans of the federal government.
l. Other necessary matters.
3. The division of homeland security and emergency management shall provide technical
assistance for the development and revision of local and regional disaster or
emergency operations plans prepared under section 37-17.1-07.
4. In preparing and revising state disaster or emergency plans, the division of homeland
security and emergency management shall seek the advice and assistance of local
government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic, and volunteer organizations
and community leaders. In advising local and regional emergency management
organizations, the division shall encourage them also to seek advice from these
sources.
5. State disaster or emergency plans or any parts thereof have the force of law upon
implementation by the governor.
6. The division of homeland security and emergency management, in coordination with
lead and support agencies, shall:
a. Coordinate the procurement of supplies, materials, and equipment during disaster
or emergency operations.

b. Provide guidance and standards for local and regional disaster or emergency
operational plans.
c. Periodically review local and regional disaster or emergency operational plans.
d. Coordinate state or state and federal assistance to local and regional emergency
management organizations.
e. Establish and operate or assist local and regional emergency management
organizations to establish and operate training programs and programs for
emergency public information.
f. 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. The use
of sensitive and proprietary logistical data submitted to the state in confidence by
individual industries and suppliers must be accorded full confidentiality and will be
released only in aggregate form.
g. Plan and make arrangements for the availability and use of any private facilities,
services, and property, and, if necessary and if in fact used, coordinate payment
for that use under terms and conditions agreed upon.
h. Establish access to a register of persons with types of training and skills
important in prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
i. Establish access to a register of equipment and facilities available for use in a
disaster or emergency.
j. Prepare, for issuance by the governor, executive orders, proclamations, and
guidance as necessary or appropriate in managing a disaster or emergency.
k. Coordinate and may enter agreements with the federal government and any
public or private agency or entity in achieving any purpose of this chapter and in
implementing programs for disaster mitigation, preparation, response, and
recovery.
l. Be the state search and rescue coordinating agency, establish access to a
register of search and rescue equipment and personnel in the state, and plan for
its effective utilization.
m. Do other things necessary, incidental, or appropriate for the implementation of
this chapter.
7. The division of homeland security and emergency management shall serve as a
central information dissemination point and repository for initial notification information
for spills and discharges in the state for hazardous chemicals as defined in section
37-17.1-07.1, oil, gas, and saltwater. The division shall develop processes to ensure
proper state and federal agencies that have oversight responsibilities are promptly
notified. The division shall also provide notice to local emergency management
officials within a time that is consistent with the level of emergency.