Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 5
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 20 Sec. 5
- All-hazards: means any natural disaster, health or disease-related emergency, accident, civil insurrection, use of weapons of mass destruction, terrorist or criminal incident, radiological incident, significant event, and designated special event, any of which may occur individually, simultaneously, or in combination and that poses a threat or may pose a threat, as determined by the Commissioner or designee, to property or public safety in Vermont. See
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Public Safety. See
- Emergency management: means the preparation for and implementation of all emergency functions, other than the functions for which the U. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- State Police: means the sworn law enforcement officers who are employees of the Department. See
§ 5. Public safety districts
(a) The Governor shall divide the State into public safety districts, one to correspond to each Vermont State Police troop area, as defined by the Commissioner. Each district shall be a reasonably self-sustaining, operating emergency management unit.
(b) The emergency management executive in each district shall be known as the district coordinator. The district coordinator shall be appointed by the Commissioner and shall serve during the pleasure of the Commissioner. The district coordinator shall discharge emergency management powers within his or her district. Each public safety district shall maintain on file an all-hazards incident response plan in cooperation with any local emergency planning committee (LEPC) in that district and other State and local agencies. (Amended 1959, No. 23, § 1, eff. March 6, 1959; 1985, No. 4, eff. March 9, 1985; 1989, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1995, No. 188 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)