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The purpose of the plan is to: <br /> 1. Reduce the vulnerability of people and communities of this county to <br /> damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from natural, <br /> technological or manmade emergencies, catastrophes, or hostile <br /> military or paramilitary action. <br /> 2. Prepare for prompt and efficient response and recovery to protect <br /> lives and property affected by emergencies. <br /> 3. Respond to emergencies using all systems, plans and resources <br /> necessary to preserve the health, safety and welfare of persons <br /> affected by the emergency. <br /> 4. Recover from emergencies by providing for the rapid and orderly start <br /> of restoration and rehabilitation of persons and property affected by <br /> emergencies. <br /> 5. Provide an emergency management system embodying all aspects of <br /> pre-emergency preparedness and post-emergency response, <br /> recovery, and mitigation. <br /> 6. Assist in anticipation, recognition, appraisal, prevention, and <br /> mitigation of emergencies that may be caused or aggravated by <br /> inadequate planning for, and regulation of, public and private facilities <br /> and land use. <br /> 7. This CEMP, by adoption, established the National Incident <br /> Management System (NIMS) as the standard for all operations <br /> encompassed by the plan within Indian River County. The NIMS <br /> system provides a common foundation for training and other <br /> preparedness efforts, communicating and sharing information with <br /> other responders and with the public, ordering resources to assist with <br /> a response effort, and for integrating new technologies and standards <br /> to support incident management. For the first time, all of the nation's <br /> emergency responders will use a common language, and a common <br /> set of procedures when working individually and together to keep <br /> America safe. The NIMS ensures that they will have the same <br /> preparation, the same goals and expectations, and most importantly, <br /> they will be speaking the same language. The Indian River County <br /> Emergency Services Director oversees NIMS compliance for this <br /> department. <br /> B. SCOPE <br /> This plan is countywide in scope and is supported by the five municipalities. <br /> The scope of this plan is to accomplish the following: <br /> Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 2 <br />