New Jersey § app:a-9

§ app:a-9.

The State Office of Emergency Management shall adopt a State Emergency Operations

Plan, including rules, regulations, and guidelines, that shall be reviewed and updated

at least every two years. a. The plan shall include, but not be limited to, provisions which shall be developed

in consultation with: (1) the Department of Agriculture, to support the needs of animals and individuals

with an animal under their care, including domestic livestock, a domesticated animal,

or a service animal, in a major disaster or emergency; and (2) the Department of Health, to provide for a coordinated Statewide evacuation strategy

for all hospitals and other health care facilities in the State, alternative sources

of care for evacuated patients, and proposed sites of temporary shelter in the event

of an emergency. The Statewide evacuation strategy shall be based on evacuation plans prepared pursuant

to section 19 of P.L.1989, c. 222 (C.App.A:9-43.2) and submitted to the State Office of Emergency Management by each

county and municipality in the State pursuant to section 21 of P.L.1989, c. 222 (C.App.A:9-43.4). b. The plan shall: (1) include provisions that specifically address the need for the safe and timely

evacuation of the families and dependents of the emergency responders rendering major

disaster or emergency services; (2) incorporate the results of the risk assessment conducted in accordance with the

county storm preparedness funding program established pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2017, c. 63 (C.App.A:9-43.17) ; and (3) incorporate a framework to address cybersecurity incidents that shall, at a minimum,

serve as a mechanism to facilitate and coordinate preparation for detection, analysis,

containment and eradication of, and recovery from, a cybersecurity incident, and to

prescribe post-incident activity . c. In addition, the State Office of Emergency Management and each county and municipal

emergency management agency shall take appropriate steps to educate the public regarding

the resources available in the event of an emergency and the importance of emergency

preparedness planning.