2000 Florida Code
TITLE XVII MILITARY AFFAIRS AND RELATED MATTERS
Chapter 252 Emergency Management  
PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS (ss. 252.31-252.62)
252.365   Designation of emergency coordination officers.

252.365  Designation of emergency coordination officers.--

(1)  The head of each executive department, the executive director of each water management district, the Public Service Commission, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and the Department of Military Affairs shall select from within such agency a person to be designated as the emergency coordination officer for the agency and an alternate.

(2)  The emergency coordination officer is responsible for coordinating with the division on emergency preparedness issues, preparing and maintaining emergency preparedness and postdisaster response and recovery plans for such agency, maintaining rosters of personnel to assist in disaster operations, and coordinating appropriate training for agency personnel.

(3)  These individuals shall be responsible for ensuring that each state facility, such as a prison, office building, or university, has a disaster preparedness plan that is approved by the applicable local emergency management agency or the division.

(4)  The head of each agency shall notify the Governor and the division in writing of the person initially designated as the emergency coordination officer for such agency and her or his alternate and of any changes in persons so designated thereafter.

History.--s. 13, ch. 93-211; s. 130, ch. 95-148; s. 71, ch. 99-245.