§15-5-4c. Powers and Duties Related to the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund
The State Resiliency Officer is hereby granted, has and may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate the purposes set forth in 15-5-4b of this code. The State Resiliency Officer has the power: (1) To accept appropriations, gifts, grants, bequests, and devises from any source, public or private, for deposit into […]
§15-5-5. General Powers of the Governor
The Governor shall have general direction and control of the Office of Emergency Services and shall be responsible for the carrying out of the provisions of this article and, in the event of disaster beyond local control, may assume direct operational control over all or any part of the emergency services functions within this state. […]
§15-5-6. Emergency Powers of Governor
(a) The provisions of this section are operative only during the existence of a state of emergency or state of preparedness. The existence of a state of emergency or state of preparedness may be proclaimed by the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature if the Governor in the proclamation, or the Legislature in […]
§15-5-6a. Temporary Suspension of Nutrition Standards in Public Schools
This section is operative only during the existence of a state of emergency or state of preparedness proclaimed by the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. During a state of emergency or state of preparedness, the Governor or the Legislature may, to facilitate uninterrupted days of instruction, temporarily suspend legislative rules establishing nutrition […]
§15-5-7. Mobile Support Units
The Governor or his duly authorized representative may create and establish such number of mobile support units as are necessary to reinforce emergency service organizations in stricken areas and with due consideration of the plans of the federal government and of other states. He shall appoint a commander for each such unit who shall have […]
§15-5-8. Local Organization for Emergency Services
Each political subdivision of this state is hereby authorized and directed to establish a local organization for emergency services in accordance with the state plan and program for the provision of emergency services. Such political subdivision may confer or authorize the conferring upon members of the auxiliary police the powers of peace officers, subject to […]
§15-5-9. Mutual Aid Agreements
The director of each local organization for emergency services may, in collaborating with other public and private agencies within this state, develop or cause to be developed mutual aid agreements for reciprocal aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to be dealt with unassisted. Such agreements shall be made in conformity with the […]
§15-5-1. Policy and Purpose
In view of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness and large-scale threats, resulting from terrorism, enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, or from fire, flood, earthquakes or other natural or man-made causes and in order to insure that preparations of this state will be adequate […]
§15-5-2. Definitions
As used in this article: “Board” means the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Board created by this article; “Code” means the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; “Community facilities” means a specific work, or improvement within this state or a specific item of equipment or tangible personal property owned or operated by any political subdivision […]