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Lancaster deputy chief backs code updates to clarify emergency management roles and alternate EOC sites

Lancaster City Council (committees of council) · January 7, 2026

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Summary

Deputy Chief DeLong presented proposed edits to city code chapter 136, updating terminology, adding 'all hazards' language, specifying that the emergency management coordinator will directly connect with county, state and federal partners, and adding the fire bureau as an alternate emergency operations center location; committee voted to forward the ordinance to the Jan. 13 meeting for first reading.

Deputy Chief DeLong told the public safety committee on Jan. 6 that proposed revisions to chapter 136 of the Lancaster city code are primarily updates to modernize terminology and to strengthen coordination roles.

"Most of the revisions that we're looking to do tonight are just updating terms," DeLong said. He added the draft adds…

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