North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 166A North Carolina Emergency Management Act

Article 1 - North Carolina Emergency Management Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-1. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-2. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-3. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-4. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-5. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-6. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-6.01. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-6.02. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-6.03. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-6.1. Recodified as G.S. 166A-29 by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-7. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-8. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-9. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-10. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-11. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-12. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-13. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-14. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-15. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-15.1. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-16. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-17. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-18. Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19. Short title
This Article may be cited as "North Carolina Emergency Management Act." (1977, c. 848, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1310, s. 2; 1995,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.1. Purposes
The purposes of this Article are to set forth the authority and responsibility of the Governor, State agencies, and local governments in prevention of,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.2. Limitations
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to do any of the following: (1) Interfere with dissemination of news or comment on public affairs;...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.3. Definitions
The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Account. - The State Emergency Response Account established in G.S. 166A-19.42. (2) Chair of the board...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.4. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.5. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.6. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.7. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.8. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.9. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.10. Powers of the Governor
(a) State Emergency Management Program. - The State Emergency Management Program includes all aspects of preparations for, response to, recovery from, and mitigation against...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.11. Powers of the Secretary of Public Safety
The Secretary shall be responsible to the Governor for State emergency management activities. The Secretary shall have the following powers and duties as delegated...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.12. Powers of the Division of Emergency Management
The Division of Emergency Management shall have the following powers and duties as delegated by the Governor and Secretary of Public Safety: (1) Coordination...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66A-19.13. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 66A-19.14. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.15. County and municipal emergency management
(a) Governing Body of Counties Responsible for Emergency Management. - The governing body of each county is responsible for emergency management within the geographical...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.16. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.17. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.18. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.19. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.20. Gubernatorial or legislative declaration of state of emergency
(a) Declaration. - A state of emergency may be declared by the Governor or by a resolution of the General Assembly, if either of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.21. Gubernatorial disaster declaration
(a) Preliminary Damage Assessment. - When a state of emergency is declared pursuant to G.S. 166A-19.20, the Secretary shall provide the Governor and the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.22. Municipal or county declaration of state of emergency
(a) Declaration. - A state of emergency may be declared by the governing body of a municipality or county, if either of these finds...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.23. Excessive pricing prohibitions
A declaration issued pursuant to this Article shall trigger the prohibitions against excessive pricing during states of disaster, states of emergency, or abnormal market...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.24. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.25. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.26. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.27. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.28. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.29. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.30. Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency
(a) In addition to any other powers conferred upon the Governor by law, during a gubernatorially or legislatively declared state of emergency, the Governor...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.31. Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency
(a) Authority to Enact Prohibitions and Restrictions. - The governing body of any municipality or county may enact ordinances designed to permit the imposition...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.32. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.33. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.34. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.35. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.36. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.37. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.38. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.39. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.40. Use of contingency and emergency funds
(a) Use of Funds for Relief and Assistance. - The Governor may use contingency and emergency funds as necessary and appropriate to provide relief...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.41. State emergency assistance funds
(a) Governor May Make Funds Available for Emergency Assistance. - In the event of a gubernatorially or legislatively declared state of emergency, the Governor...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.42. State Emergency Response Account
(a) Account Established. - There is established a State Emergency Response Account as a reserve in the General Fund. Any funds appropriated to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.43. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.44. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.45. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.46. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.47. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.48. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.49. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.50. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.51. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.52. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.53. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.54. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.55. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.56. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.57. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.58. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.59. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.60. Immunity and exemption
(a) Generally. - All functions hereunder and all other activities relating to emergency management as provided for in this Chapter or elsewhere in the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.61. No private liability
Any person, firm, or corporation, together with any successors in interest, if any, owning or controlling real or personal property who, voluntarily or involuntarily,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.62. Civil liability of persons who willfully ignore a warning in an emergency
In an emergency, a person who willfully ignores a warning regarding personal safety issued by a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, emergency...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.63. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.64. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.65. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.66. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.67. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.68. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.69. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.70. Ensuring availability of emergency supplies and utility services; protection of livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops
(a) Executive Order. - In addition to any other powers conferred on the Governor by law, whenever a curfew has been imposed, the Governor...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.71. Accept services, gifts, grants, and loans
Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof or of any person, firm, or corporation shall offer to the State, or through...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.72. Establishment of mutual aid agreements
(a) Governor Authorized to Enter Agreements with Other States and Federal Government. - The Governor may establish mutual aid agreements with other states and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.73. Compensation
(a) Extent of Compensation. - Compensation for services or for the taking or use of property shall be only to the extent that legal...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.74. Nondiscrimination in emergency management
State and local governmental bodies and other organizations and personnel who carry out emergency management functions under the provisions of this Article are required...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.75. Emergency management personnel
(a) Limitation. - No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any emergency management agency established under this Article if that...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.76. Leave options for voluntary firefighters, rescue squad workers, and emergency medical service personnel called into service
(a) Leave Without Pay. - A member of a volunteer fire department, rescue squad, or emergency medical services agency called into service of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.77. North Carolina Forest Service designated as emergency response agency
The North Carolina Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is designated an emergency response agency of the State of North...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.78. Governor's power to order evacuation of public building
When it is determined by the Governor that a great public crisis, disaster, riot, catastrophe, or any other similar public emergency exists, or the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.79. Severability
If any provision of this Article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other...

Article 2 - Hazardous Materials Emergency Response.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-20. Title, purpose
(a) This Article may be cited as the "North Carolina Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Act." (b) The purpose of this Article is to establish...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-21. Definitions
As used in this Article: (1) "Hazardous materials emergency response team" or "hazmat team" means an organized group of persons specially trained and equipped...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-22. Hazardous materials emergency response program
(a) The Secretary shall adopt rules establishing a regional response program for hazardous materials emergencies and terrorist incidents, to be administered by the Division...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-23. Contracts; equipment loans
(a) The Secretary may contract with any unit or units of local government for the provision of a regional response team to implement the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-24. Immunity of Regional Response Team Personnel
Members of a regional response team shall be protected from liability under the provisions of G.S. 166A-19.60(a) while responding to a hazardous materials or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-25. Right of entry
A regional response team, when authorized to respond to a release or threatened release of hazardous materials or when authorized to respond to a...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-26. Regional Response Team Advisory Committee
(a) The Regional Response Team Advisory Committee is created. The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Committee and shall designate the chair. In...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-27. Action for the recovery of costs of hazardous materials emergency response
(a) A person who causes the release of a hazardous material requiring the activation of a regional response team shall be liable for all...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-28. Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Fund
There is established in the Department of Public Safety a fund for those monies collected pursuant to G.S. 166A-27. The Fund is also authorized...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-29. Emergency planning; charge
(a) Every person, firm, corporation or municipality who is licensed to construct or who is operating a fixed nuclear facility for the production of...

Article 3 - Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-30. Short title
This act may be cited as the Disaster Service Volunteer Leave Act. (1993, c. 13, s. 1.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-31. Definitions
As used in this Article: (1) "Certified disaster service volunteer" means a person who has completed the necessary training for and been certified as...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-32. Disaster service volunteer leave
An employee of a State agency who is a disaster service volunteer of the American Red Cross may be granted leave from his work...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-33. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-34. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-35. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-36. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-37. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-38. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-39. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 4 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-40. Title of Article; entering into Compact
(a) This Article may be cited as the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. (b) The Emergency Management Assistance Compact, hereinafter "Compact", is hereby enacted into...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-41. Purposes and authorities
(a) The purpose of this Compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the party states in managing any emergency or disaster that is...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-42. General implementation
(a) Each party state recognizes that many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other emergencies...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-43. Party state responsibilities
(a) It shall be the responsibility of each party state to formulate procedural plans and programs for interstate cooperation in the performance of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-44. Limitations
(a) Any party state requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall take such action as is necessary...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-45. Licenses and permits
Whenever any person holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any party state evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-46. Liability
Officers or employees of a party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this Compact shall be considered agents of the requesting state...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-47. Supplementary agreements
Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two or more states may differ from...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-48. Compensation
Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-49. Reimbursement
Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this Compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving the aid for any...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-50. Evacuation
Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception of portions of the civilian population as the result of any emergency or disaster of sufficient...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-51. Effective date
(a) This Compact shall become operative immediately upon its enactment into law by any two states; thereafter, this Compact shall become effective as to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-52. Validity
If any provision of this Compact is declared unconstitutional, or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-53. Additional provisions
Nothing in this Compact shall authorize or permit the use of military force by the National Guard of a state at any place outside...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-54. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-55. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-56. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-57. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-58. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-59. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 5 - Emergency Management Certification Program.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-60. Emergency Management Certification Program authority; purpose
The Division of Emergency Management in the Department of Public Safety shall establish, as a voluntary program, an Emergency Management Certification Program as provided...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-61. Program standards and guidelines
(a) The Division shall establish standards and guidelines for administration of the Program, including: (1) Minimum educational and training standards that must be met...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-62. Emergency Management Training and Standards Advisory Board
(a) The Secretary of Public Safety shall establish and appoint the Emergency Management Training and Standards Advisory Board to provide oversight of training and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-63. Issuance of certification; reciprocity; renewal
(a) The Emergency Management Training and Standards Advisory Board shall issue documentation of certification, in a form and manner prescribed by the Division, to...

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