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THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br /> COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN <br /> BASIC PLAN <br /> I. INTRODUCTION <br /> Chapter 252, Florida Statutes (State Emergency Management Act), requires the <br /> preparation and maintenance of this document, the Indian River County <br /> Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP). The CEMP must be <br /> integrated into and coordinated with emergency management plans and programs <br /> of the state and federal government. The CEMP also establishes a framework <br /> through which Indian River County may prepare for, respond to, recover from, and <br /> mitigate the impacts of a wide variety of disasters that could adversely affect the <br /> health, safety and/or general welfare of the residents of Indian River County. <br /> The CEMP is operations-oriented, and addresses coordinated local and regional <br /> evacuation, shelter, post-disaster response and recovery; rapid deployment and <br /> pre-deployment of resources; communications and warning systems; training <br /> exercises to determine the ability of local government to respond to emergencies; <br /> and clearly defined responsibilities for County departments through an Emergency <br /> Support Function (ESF) approach to planning and operations. <br /> The CEMP describes the basic strategies, assumptions and mechanisms through <br /> which the County will mobilize resources and conduct activities to guide and support <br /> local emergency management efforts through response and recovery. To facilitate <br /> effective intergovernmental operations, the CEMP adopts a functional approach that <br /> groups the type of assistance to be provided under ESFs to address the functional <br /> needs of the County. Each ESF is headed by a lead agency, which has been <br /> selected based on its authorities, resources, and capabilities in the functional area. <br /> The ESFs serve as the primary mechanism through which outside assistance to <br /> Indian River County is managed. State assistance will be provided under the overall <br /> coordination authority of the State Coordinating Officer (SCO) representing the <br /> Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) on behalf of the Governor. <br /> A. PURPOSE <br /> The plan establishes a framework for an effective system of comprehensive <br /> emergency management enabling the Indian River County Board of County <br /> Commissioners to discharge its statutory responsibility for providing direction <br /> and control during the period of any emergency. This plan, and all other <br /> plans and procedures developed by Indian River County Emergency <br /> Management, are developed in accordance with the hazards identified in the <br /> Indian River County Local Mitigation Strategy. The procedures also reflect <br /> operational priorities including life, safety, health, property protection, <br /> environmental protection, restoration of essential utilities, restoration of <br /> essential program functions and coordination among appropriate <br /> stakeholders unless otherwise noted by exception. <br /> Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 1 <br />