48-931. Development and revision of state, local and interjurisdictional disaster plans; advice and assistance of local government, business and civic leaders.
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48-931. Development and revision of state, local and interjurisdictional disaster plans; advice and assistance of local government, business and civic leaders.
(a)The division of emergency management shall take an integral part in the development and revision of local and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans prepared under K.S.A. 48-929 and 48-930 , and amendments thereto. To this end, the division of emergency management shall employ or otherwise secure the services of professional and technical personnel capable of providing expert assistance to counties and cities, their disaster agencies and interjurisdictional disaster agencies. These personnel shall consult with such counties, cities and disaster agencies on a regularly scheduled basis and shall make field examinations of the areas, circumstances and conditions to which particular local or interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans are intended to apply. The division of emergency management may require revisions of such plans on the basis of such examinations.
(b)In preparing and revising the state disaster emergency plan, the division of emergency management shall seek the advice and assistance of local government, business, labor, industry, agriculture, civic and volunteer organizations and community leaders. In advising county, city and interjurisdictional disaster agencies which are developing or revising disaster emergency plans, the division of emergency management shall encourage such disaster agencies also to seek such advice and assistance.