Kansas Statutes 48-931. Development and revision of state, local and interjurisdictional disaster plans; advice and assistance of local government, business and civic leaders
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 48-931
- disaster: means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, epidemics, contagious or infectious disease, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, terrorism or hostile military or paramilitary action;
(e) "unorganized militia" means all able-bodied male and female persons between the ages of 16 and 50 years;
(f) "state disaster emergency plan" means the plan prepared and maintained by the division of emergency management pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 48-904
- Emergency management: means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces or other federal agencies are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters;
(b) "adjutant general" means the adjutant general of the state of Kansas;
(c) "division of emergency management" means the division of emergency management created in the office of the adjutant general by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 48-904
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) The division of emergency management shall take an integral part in the development and revision of local and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans prepared under Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 48-929 and 48-930, and amendments thereto. To this end, the division of emergency management shall employ or otherwise secure the services of professional and technical personnel capable of providing expert assistance to counties and cities, their disaster agencies and interjurisdictional disaster agencies. These personnel shall consult with such counties, cities and disaster agencies on a regularly scheduled basis and shall make field examinations of the areas, circumstances and conditions to which particular local or interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans are intended to apply. The division of emergency management may require revisions of such plans on the basis of such examinations.
(b) In preparing and revising the state disaster emergency plan, the division of emergency management shall seek the advice and assistance of local government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic and volunteer organizations and community leaders. In advising county, city and interjurisdictional disaster agencies which are developing or revising disaster emergency plans, the division of emergency management shall encourage such disaster agencies also to seek such advice and assistance.