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2.48.040 Emergency management council - Powers, duties. It shall be the duty of the county emergency management council, and it is empowered, to review and recommend for adoption emergency services and mutual aid plans and agreements and such resolutions and rules and regulations as are necessary to implement such plans and agreements. The emergency management council shall meet upon call of the chairman or in his absence from the county or inability to call such meeting, upon the call of the vice chairman. (Ord. 99-03, 1999; Ord. dated 5/16/75 § IV, 1975; Res. 72-11, 1972; Vol. M, p. 49 § 4, 1959). 2.48.045 2.48.030 Incident Command Structure Appointed Directors from Departments of the Board of County Commissioners shall provide initial emergency response services and act as incident command responding to emergency events consistent with the National Incident Management Structure. The Department Incident Commander shall inform the Board of County Commissioners as events unfold and advise the need for expanding response. The Department Incident Commander will establish communications with the County's Emergency Manager and advise the Board of County Commissioners if implementation of the County's adopted Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan is likely. 2.48.046 Incident Command - Powers, duties. It shall be the duty of the appointed Director to empower response staff at the lowest possible level responding to an emergency consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan of the County. As events dictate and the need for additional response escalates, the departmental chain of command will contact the appointed Director who is responsible for making additional response activation decisions. As the situation dictates, the Director shall notice the County Emergency Manager of escalating resource allocations. Once the decision is made to activate the Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan, the appointed Director shall fully cooperate with the Emergency Manager keeping the Board of County Commissioners advised as departmental resource allocations are requested by the Emergency Manager. 2.48.050 Director of emergency management - Created, duties. There is created the office of director of emergency management as defined in RCW 38.52.010 as it exists now or is hereafter amended. The Sheriff of Kittitas County is hereby appointed ex officio to be Director of Emergency Management. The director is empowered and directed: 1. To delegate the various duties related to this position to such of his or her staff as in his or herjudgment are best qualified to perform those duties, including those listed immediately below, 2. To prepare an emergency management plan for the county conforming to the state emergency management plan and program; 3. To control and direct the effort of the emergency management organization of this county for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter; 4. To direct coordination and cooperation between divisions, services and staff of the emergency management organization of this county, and to resolve questions of authority and responsibility that may arise between them; 5. To represent the emergency management organization of this county in all dealings with public or private agencies pertaining to emergency management and disaster. (Ord. 2018-015, 2018; Ord. 99-03, 1999; Ord. dated 5/16/75 § V, 1975: Res. 72-11, 1972; Vol. M, p. 49 § 5, 1959).