14B NCAC 03 .0403          dispatch of a contract response team to a search and rescue team or specialty rescue team mission

(a)  North Carolina Search and Rescue System's (NC SAR System) system resources shall employ the All-Hazards Disaster Response Model.

(b)  The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management (NCEM) shall maintain direction and control of any deployed system resources that have been deployed through action of NCEM until a time that they have been demobilized or the system resource is needed by the Sponsoring Agency.

(c)  Any resource of the NC SAR System remains a local resource when not deployed by NCEM and may deploy under their local authorities or agreements notwithstanding any action by the State. Participation in the NC SAR System shall not limit or supersede their local authorities, responsibilities, or agreements when the system resource is deploying under those authorities or agreements.

(d) The County Local Emergency Management Coordinator (LEMC) shall have the authority to request system resources. Local law enforcement agencies, fire departments, rescue squads, and any other local AHJ shall route requests for activation of NC SAR System resources to their LEMC who will make the request for support to NCEM.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 166A-66;

Eff. April 1, 2023.