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40 <br />i <br />THE INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLAN <br />BASIC PLAN <br />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 <br />programs of the state and federal government. The CEMP also establishes a <br />framework through which Indian River County may prepare for, respond to, <br />recover from, and mitigate the impacts of a wide variety of disasters that could <br />adversely affect the health, safety and/ or general welfare of the residents of <br />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 <br />emergencies; and clearly defined responsibilities for County departments <br />through an Emergency Support Function (ESF) approach to planning and <br />operations. <br />The CEMP describes the basic strategies, assumptions and mechanisms through <br />which the County will mobilize resources and conduct activities to gu.de and <br />support local emergency management efforts through response and recovery. <br />To facilitate effective intergovernmental operations, the CEMP adopts a <br />functional approach that groups the type of assistance to be provided under <br />ESFs to address the functional needs of the County. Each ESF is headed by a <br />lead agency, which has been selected based on its authorities, resources, and <br />capabilities in the functional area. The ESFs serve as the primary mechanism <br />through which outside assistance to Indian River County is managed. State <br />assistance will be provided under the overall coordination authority of the State <br />Coordinating Officer (SCO) representing the Florida Division of Emergency <br />Management (FDEM), Department of Community Affairs (DCA), on behalf of the <br />Governor. <br />A. PURPOSE <br />The plan establishes a framework for an effective system of <br />comprehensive emergency management enabling the Indian River County <br />Board of County Commissioners to discharge its statutory responsibility <br />for providing direction and control during the period of any emergency. <br />Indian River County Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan Basic Page 1