Kansas Statutes 48-951. Responsibilities of participating political subdivisions
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 48-951
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
It shall be the responsibility of each participating political subdivision with jurisdiction over and responsibility for emergency management within such subdivision to:
(a) Identify potential hazards that could affect the participating political subdivision, using an identification system common to all participating jurisdictions;
(b) conduct joint planning, intelligence sharing and threat assessment development with contiguous participating political subdivisions and conduct joint training;
(c) identify and inventory the current services, equipment, supplies, personnel and other resources related to planning, prevention, mitigation and response and recovery activities of the participating political subdivision; and
(d) adopt, train on and operate using the national incident management system as approved by division.