[20040401]RS21797_北卡罗来纳州应急管理和国土安全部门总结.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21797April 1, 2004North Carolina Emergency Management andHomeland Security Authorities SummarizedKeith Bea and Sula P. RicharsonGovernment and Finance DivisionL. Cheryl Runyon and Kae M. WarnockConsultantsGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryThe governor of North Carolina exercises emergency management powers; theSecretary of Crime Control and Public Safety has lead responsibility for emergencymanagement administration. The secretary prepares preliminary damage assessmentsthe that governor uses to issue disaster declarations, and determines the appropriate levelof response by the state and whether federal assistance is required. Emergency plans arenot subject to freedom of information act requests. This report is one of a series that profiles emergency management and homelandsecurity statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each profile identifies the moresignificant elements of state statutes, generally as cod