107.01: Establishment
107.02: Coordination with Other Agencies
107.03: Personnel
107.04: Director of Emergency Management
107.05: Recruitment and Training

The Department of Emergency Management is hereby established pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 12, Minnesota Statutes, to provide for the exercise of necessary powers during emergencies for the purposes set forth in Chapter 12. (1995 Code)

The Emergency Management functions of the City shall be coordinated to the extent practicable with comparable functions of the Federal, State and other local governments as well as private agencies. (1995 Code)

Emergency Management personnel shall consist of personnel employed by the City and any other volunteer or paid member of the local Emergency Management Department engaged in carrying on emergency management functions in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. (1995 Code)

The Emergency Management Department shall be under the supervision and control of the Director of Emergency Management, who shall be appointed by the Mayor for an indefinite period and who may be removed by the Mayor at any time. The Director shall have direct responsibility for the administration of the Emergency Management Department. (1995 Code)

In cooperation with existing departments and agencies, the Director shall organize, recruit and train personnel that may be required on a volunteer basis to carry out the Emergency Management Plan of the City. The Director may dismiss any emergency management volunteer at any time and require him/her to surrender any equipment and identification device furnished by the City. (1995 Code)