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                                  TITLE  46
                         MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 10
                       STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ACT
    46-1009.  LOCAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL DISASTER AGENCIES AND SERVICES. (1)
Each county within this state shall be within the jurisdiction of and served
by the bureau and by a county or intergovernmental agency responsible for
disaster preparedness and coordination of response.
    (2)  Each county shall maintain a disaster agency or participate in an
intergovernmental disaster agency which, except as otherwise provided under
this act, has jurisdiction over and serves the entire county, or shall have a
liaison officer appointed by the county commissioners designated to facilitate
the cooperation and protection of that subdivision in the work of disaster
prevention, preparedness, response and recovery.
    (3)  The chairman of the board of county commissioners of each county in
the state shall notify the bureau of the manner in which the county is
providing or securing disaster planning and emergency services. The chairman
shall identify the person who heads the agency or acts in the capacity of
liaison from which the service is obtained, and furnish additional information
relating thereto as the bureau requires.
    (4)  Each county and/or intergovernmental agency shall prepare and keep
current a local or intergovernmental disaster emergency plan for its area.
    (5)  The county or intergovernmental disaster agency, as the case may be,
shall prepare and distribute to all appropriate officials in written form a
clear and complete statement of the emergency responsibilities of all local
agencies and officials and of the disaster chain of command.
    (6)  Except as provided in subsections (7), (8), (9) and (10) of this
section, the sheriff of each county shall:
    (a)  be the official responsible for command of all search and rescue
    operations within his jurisdiction;
    (b)  prepare and keep current a plan to command the search and rescue
    capability and resources available within the county.
    (7)  Pursuant to chapter 1, title 21, Idaho Code, subsection (6) of this
section shall not apply to all aerial activity related to the search for lost
aircraft and airmen. Search and rescue coordination shall be under the
direction and supervision of the chief of the bureau of homeland security
within the military division, with aerial search operations coordinated by the
Idaho transportation department, division of aeronautics.
    (8)  Nothing in subsection (6) of this section shall apply to search and
rescue  operations within the incorporated limits of any city.
    (9)  Nothing in subsection (6) of this section shall apply to the rescue
of entrapped or injured persons where their location is known to be within a
fire district, where the fire district performs such service.
    (10) Nothing contained in subsection (6) of this section shall apply to
the removal of entrapped or injured persons where the person's location is
known to a local EMS agency licensed by the state of Idaho.