37-17.1-02. Purposes

37-17.1-02. Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to:

1. Reduce vulnerability of people and communities of this state to damage, injury, and

loss of life and property resulting from natural or manmade disasters or emergencies,

threats to homeland security, or hostile military or paramilitary action.

2. Provide a setting conducive to the rapid and orderly start of restoration and

rehabilitation of persons and property affected by disasters or emergencies.

3. Clarify the roles of the governor, state agencies, and local governments in prevention

of, in mitigation of, preparation for, response to, and recovery from disasters or

emergencies.

4. Authorize and provide for coordination of emergency management activities by

agencies and officers of this state, and similar state-local, interstate, federal-state, and

foreign activities in which the state and its political subdivisions may participate.

5. Provide for a statewide emergency management system embodying all aspects of

prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery and incorporating the

principles of the national incident management system and its incident command

system, as well as other applicable federal mandates.