Chapter 14

CIVIL PREPAREDNESS*
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* Cross References: Administration, ch. 2; board of public safety, § 6-71 et seq.; rescue services, § 20-291 et seq.; police, ch. 52.
State Law References: Public fallout shelters, G.L. 1956, § 30-15.3-1 et seq.
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Sec. 14-1. Trained shelter managers deemed part of city emergency management organization.
Sec. 14-2. Assignment of shelter managers to shelter areas; control of areas; powers; chain of command.
Sec. 14-3. Time when duties of shelter managers are in effect.

Sec. 14-1. Trained shelter managers deemed part of city emergency management organization.

Shelter managers who possess a certificate of proper training from the city defense civil preparedness agency shall be considered as a special staff forming part of the operational emergency management organization of the city.
(Code 1971, § 6-1)

Sec. 14-2. Assignment of shelter managers to shelter areas; control of areas; powers; chain of command.

Shelter managers shall be assigned to specific shelter areas by the city defense civil preparedness agency and shall be in complete charge of such specified shelter areas subject to orders of the civil preparedness director and/or deputy director of civil preparedness when communication is possible. In the absence of such communication, the shelter manager of an assigned shelter area shall possess all the powers and duties of the civil preparedness director of the city. Shelter managers who find themselves in a shelter not specifically assigned to them shall act as deputy shelter managers to the assigned shelter manager. In the absence of the assigned shelter manager, any shelter manager present shall assume the duties of the assigned shelter manager.
(Code 1971, § 6-2)

Sec. 14-3. Time when duties of shelter managers are in effect.

The duties of the special staff of shelter managers shall begin upon the declaration of an emergency by the President of the United States, the governor of the state or the mayor of the city and/or any persons previously given the power to declare an emergency by ordinance or ordinances, and shall continue so long as the declaration of the emergency is in force.
(Code 1971, § 6-3)