Are there issues specific to New Hampshire law applicable to emergency management plan documents?
A. Yes. We recently reviewed a plan document from a small town and raised these issues that would be common to all municipalities. It is not appropriate for the plan to state that a single selectman or other single member of a governing body may take command or implement emergency management actions individually. The responsibilities are shared by the entire governing body and should be implemented by a quorum of the body. Assure that the duties of police and fire responders are described using the language of the Incident Command System, which is a principle adopted in state law at RSA 154 and is also a principle contained in NIMS. Assure that local responders comply with their duties to report incidents with environmental impact to the Department of Environmental Services. Visit the DES Web site at www.state.nh.us to obtain all of the reporting requirements for the various types of incidents. Assure that the police and fire departments are required to preserve evidence in the event o
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