A. Each county and incorporated city and town of the state may appropriate and expend funds, make contracts and obtain and distribute equipment, materials and supplies for emergency management purposes.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 26-308

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Director: means the director of the division. See Arizona Laws 26-301
  • Emergency management: means the preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation activities necessary to respond to and recover from disasters, emergencies or contingencies. See Arizona Laws 26-301
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • 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.
  • Local emergency: means the existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons or property within the territorial limits of a county, city or town, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of such political subdivision as determined by its governing body and which require the combined efforts of other political subdivisions. See Arizona Laws 26-301

B. Each county and incorporated city and town of the state shall establish and provide for emergency management within its jurisdiction in accordance with state emergency plans and programs. Each unincorporated community may establish such emergency management programs.

C. The chief executive officer or governing body of each county, incorporated city or incorporated town may appoint a director who shall be responsible for the organization, administration and operation of local emergency management programs, subject to the direction and control of such executive officer or governing body.

D. State emergency plans shall be in effect in each such political subdivision of the state. The governing body of each such political subdivision shall take such action as is necessary to carry out the provisions thereof, including the development of additional emergency plans for the political subdivision in support of the state emergency plans.

E. Each county’s emergency management organization shall:

1. Maintain a list of public and private organizations within the county which have personnel trained and available for assisting in meeting emergency needs.

2. Maintain an inventory of facilities, equipment, supplies and other resources within the county available for use in meeting emergency needs.

3. Provide a summary of the information required in paragraphs 1 and 2 to the state director of emergency management.

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