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Emergency manager urges board to renew county Emergency Operations Plan; bill would change review cadence
Summary
Chief Hall said the county’s Emergency Operations Plan takes an all-hazards approach and must be renewed every four years under state code; he noted pending legislation would change the required review to every five years and emphasized the plan’s role in clarifying cross-agency roles and community resilience.
Chief Hall, identified in the meeting as Shenandoah County’s Emergency Manager, briefed the board on proposed amendments to the County Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) during the March 10 meeting.
Chief Hall said the draft plan "needs to be renewed and reviewed every four years according to state code" and that a pending bill would change that requirement to every five years. He described the document as an all-hazards plan that uses common language to define roles, leadership and functional coordination across agencies to improve operational efficiency and community resilience; Supervisor Mark Dotson highlighted the need to address individualized needs in unincorporated towns and praised engaged citizen expertise.
No formal vote was taken on the EOP amendments at the meeting; the discussion was recorded for further administrative processing.
