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(4) The employees and resources of all County departments, agencies, and offices in emergency management activities as needed. (5) Non-governmental organizations offering emergency management services pursuant to an agreement with the County, or accepted by the County when no agreement exists. Section 7-1-3. Duties; functions. The civil defense agency shall: (1) Organize, administer, and operationalize a comprehensive emergency management program that includes prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery operations within the County; (2) Facilitate development and maintenance of all plans necessary to ensure preparedness, emergency management, hazard mitigation, and continuity of operations; (3) Maintain liaison with all State and Federal emergency management agencies and ensure necessary systems are established to receive State and Federal funds during times of disaster or emergency; (4) Manage the emergency operations center as the central coordinating entity during major disasters or emergencies; (5) Monitor any and all threats, emergencies, or disasters that pose a risk to the lives and safety of residents and visitors, and advise the mayor on proposed solutions for how to best protect people and property from danger; (6) Coordinate with all alerting organizations on issuance of emergency public information and warnings; (7) Establish a warning point that will be a primary means of coordination with alerting organizations and of issuing emergency public information and that will operate twenty-four hour-a-day and seven days-a-week; (8) Manage the County's land mobile radio system to ensure system capability, responsiveness, and capacity; (9) Enter into memorandums of agreement with other jurisdictions and non-governmental organizations to provide aid and assistance to residents and visitors during emergency response and short-term recovery; (10) Educate the public through community engagement as to the actions necessary and required to prepare and protect persons and property in the event of a natural or man- made disaster or emergency event; and (11) Conduct training and exercises to ensure the efficient mobilization and coordination of emergency management forces and familiarize residents and organizations with emergency management plans,procedures, and operations. Section 7-1-4. Emergency management plans. (a) The following comprehensive emergency management plans shall be developed and maintained by the civil defense agency to ensure coordination in all phases of emergency management and filed with the County council: (1) The comprehensive emergency management plan shall be developed by March 1, 2023 and reviewed annually. (2) The threat andhazard identification and risk assessment shall be completed in April every three years, with a stakeholder preparedness review conducted annually. 4