(1) The department shall develop and maintain a comprehensive, all-hazard emergency plan, consistent with the state comprehensive emergency management plan, which shall be based on an analysis of the natural, technological or human caused hazards that could affect Snohomish County, and shall include the procedures to be used during emergencies for coordinating the resources of all county departments and elected offices, and all local resources, as necessary.

(2) Every five years the department shall present to the executive for approval an updated comprehensive emergency management plan, which the executive shall revise as necessary and approve. The executive shall promptly distribute approved or revised plans to the council and affected county departments and elected offices.

(3) In accordance with the county emergency management plan, the executive may procure supplies and equipment, institute professional and public training programs and public information and educational programs, manage and coordinate disaster drills, and take all other preparatory steps including but not limited to the full or partial activation of the county’s emergency coordination center and mobilization of other emergency management resources in advance of an actual disaster to ensure the furnishing of emergency management personnel in time of need. (Added by Amended Ord. 19-027, July 10, 2019, Eff date July 28, 2019).