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The intent of this chapter is as follows: (1)
To organize the civil defense structure of the town around the regular departments and agencies of the town.
(2)
To budget for civil defense within the framework of each of these departments and agencies.
(3)
To assign each department and agency civil defense and emergency-disaster recovery responsibilities pertinent to its sphere of activity.
(4)
To appoint a director of civil defense to direct and coordinate the civil defense and emergency-disaster recovery efforts of the town. The director shall act under the authority of the town council and shall be its official representative in all matters pertaining to civil defense and emergency-disaster recovery efforts. He shall also act as advisor to the town council in all civil defense affairs.
(5)
Each participating department or agency of the town, under the guidance and control of the department or agency chief, will maintain and secure the civil defense equipment and materials procured for its use. Utilization of civil defense equipment or materials for other than civil defense purposes will be subject to approval of the town council acting through its director of civil defense.
(6)
Additional departments and agencies will be established and funded under the director of civil defense for all civil defense requirements which do not fit into the sphere of activity of the existing departments or agencies.
(Code 1967, § 8-1)