Oklahoma § 63-683.28 - Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management – Volunteer

§ 63-683.28. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management – Volunteer

programs.

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, in cooperation

with governmental entities, individual volunteers and volunteer

organizations throughout the State of Oklahoma, shall:

1. Assist all state agencies in the development of emergency

management volunteer programs;

2. Operate as a statewide information center for volunteer

programs and needed services that could be delivered by volunteer

programs;

3. Provide or aid in the provision of technical assistance and

training for directors and coordinators of volunteers, for staff,

and for individual volunteers for state, local or private entities;

4. Assess and recognize the needs of communities throughout the

State of Oklahoma and assist volunteer programs to meet emergency

preparedness and disaster recovery programs;

5. Promote and coordinate efforts to expand and improve the

statewide voluntary network;

6. Develop, implement and maintain a volunteer clearinghouse to

disseminate information to support emergency management volunteer

programs and to broaden voluntary involvement throughout the State

of Oklahoma;

7. Promote communication and collaboration between public and

private volunteer programs in the State of Oklahoma and between the

public and private sector's initiatives in meeting emergency human

needs;

8. Establish methods for supporting and promoting private

sector leadership and responsibility for meeting emergency public

needs;

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9. Cooperate with federal, state, and local volunteer groups in

collecting information on federal, state and private resources which

may encourage and improve emergency management volunteer projects

within the State of Oklahoma;

10. Develop a program to inform the public of the opportunities

to volunteer and of the services emergency management volunteers

provide within the State of Oklahoma; and

11. Cooperate with federal, state and local governments and

voluntary groups in developing a plan and operational procedures for

the receiving and disbursement of donated goods during times of

disaster or emergency.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 340, § 3. Amended by Laws 1996, c. 244, § 3,

eff. July 1, 1996. Renumbered from § 8003 of Title 74 by Laws 1996,

c. 244, § 11, eff. July 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2003, c. 329, §

22, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2013, c. 227, § 17, eff. Nov. 1,

2013.