a. Emergency operations plan amended

after the political subdivision has issued a disaster or emergenc: declaration. The 50 Cass County Townships have historically worked with and through the county government \vhen declaration of emergency and disaster declarations are written and declared. When the emergency exceeds county government's capacity to respond, assistance from the state government will be requested through the North Dakota State Division of Emergency Management. After the county has issued a disaster or emergency declaration. the Governor \\ill request federal assistance through a presidential emergency or major disaster declaration. The federal government may provide assistance and resources to the state where needed. Federal assistance may be extended to aid in recovery from major disasters. Day-to-day functions that do not contribute directly to response actions to an emergency may be suspended for the duration of the emergency. The resources and efforts that would normally be required for those functions may be diverted to the accomplishment of emergency tasks by the agency managing the use of the resources. Hazard-specific appendices are covered in the local multi-hazard mitigation plan, which links to the EOP. The multi-hazard mitigation plan and the EOP are linked in that the multi-hazard plan identifies the prevention measures and the EOP addresses procedures 1()r responding to problems created by the hazards. F Emerg.encv Operations Center - EOC The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) will be activated for all incidents requiring a signiticant dedication of resources and/or extraordinary interagency coordination outside the realm of normal day-to-day emergency situations responded to by law enforcement. tire and EMS agencies. The EOC will house the Functional Coordinators and others deemed necessary based on the incident. Task specitic operations centers will be set up as needed to manage emergency activities, i.e. public information. volunteers. etc. The Chairperson will make the decision regarding EOC activation. Not all disasters require full activation, in those instances, partial EOC activation will be ordered, and only rclc\ant agencies and functional coordinators will be activated F. Continuity of Government - Succession of Leadership County Commissioners . Chair . Vice chair . Most senior member of commission EOC Personnel . Emergency manager . Assistant to the manager . On call designee Line of succession for each agency/department is according to the department rules and/or standard operating procedures. Each county/Cass County functional coordinator will have a designated alternate to fulfill assigned responsibilities. 9