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authority to act as Director to accommodate schedule conflicts, shift relief or other required <br />absence. <br />2. Director of Emergency Services — Powers and Duties <br />The Director of Emergency Services is empowered to: <br />In accordance with the provisions of Section 2 -404A of this Division, request <br />the City Council to proclaim the existence or threatened existence of a Local <br />Emergency, if the City Council is in session; or to issue such proclamation if <br />the City Council is not in session, <br />2. Request the Governor to proclaim a State of Emergency when, in the opinion <br />of the Director, the locally available resources are inadequate to cope with the <br />emergency. (The County of Orange is also empowered to make this request <br />on behalf of the county as a whole, and commonly does so), <br />3. Control and direct the efforts of the Emergency Organization of the City for <br />the accomplishment of the purposes of this Division, <br />4. Direct cooperation between, and coordination of, the services and staff of the <br />Emergency Organization of the City, and to resolve questions of authority and <br />responsibility that may arise among them, <br />5. In the event of the proclamation of a Local Emergency as provided herein, or <br />the proclamation of a State of Emergency by the Governor or the Director of <br />the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, or the existence of a State of <br />War Emergency, the Director is hereby empowered to: <br />a. Make and issue rules, regulations, orders or directives on matters <br />reasonably necessary to the protection of life and property as affected <br />by such emergency; or to suspend rules, regulations, orders or <br />directives- - provided such vales and- regulations or-- suspensions -are <br />confirmed by the City Council at the earliest practicable time, <br />b. Requisition necessary personnel or material of any City department or <br />agency, <br />C. Obtain vital supplies, equipment or other such properties found lacking <br />and needed for the protection of life and property and to obligate the <br />City for the fair value thereof and, if required immediately, to <br />commandeer the same for public use, <br />d. Require emergency service of any City officer or employee, and to <br />command the aid of the citizens of this community, <br />11 B -7 <br />