§ 26-103. Local emergency management powers.

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Each political subdivision shall have the emergency management power and authority to: appropriate and expend funds; execute contracts; obtain and distribute equipment, materials, and supplies; provide for the health and safety of persons and property, including emergency assistance to victims; direct and coordinate development of local emergency management plans and programs in accordance with federal and state policies and plans; appoint, employ, remove or provide, with or without compensation, chiefs of services, warning personnel, rescue teams, auxiliary fire and police personnel, and other emergency management workers; establish a primary and one or more secondary control centers to serve as command posts; and acquire, temporarily or permanently, by purchase, lease or otherwise identify sites required for installation of temporary housing units and prepare or equip such sites.

(Res. No. 2002-13, § III, 3-26-02)

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Similar provisions, O.C.G.A. § 38-3-27.

                    
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