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<br />002839 <br /> <br />Emergency Preparedness <br /> <br />The Division of Disaster Emergency Services (DODES) within the Department of <br />Public Safety was established by the Colorado Disaster Emergency Act of 1973. <br />It is the primary state agency responsible for emergency preparedness. The <br />duties and responsibilities of this and other state agencies to prepare for <br />flood emergencies and to coordinate recovery efforts are set forth in the <br />following authorities: <br /> <br />-0 <br /> <br />Title 24, Article 33.5, Part 7-11, Colorado Revised Statutes, <br />Colorado Disaster Emergency Act of 1973, as amended. <br />Governor's Executive Order, April 1, 1978, Colorado Natural Disaster <br />Emergency Operations Plan. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Organization of Governmental Responsibilities <br /> <br />Coping with landsliding in Colorado involves cooperation of many types of <br />public and private institutions and all levels of government: federal, state, <br />regional, county, city, and town. Some of the roles of government in hazard <br />mitigation are listed in Table <br /> <br />Local Government Role <br />- - <br /> <br />Local governments make most decisions affecting vulnerability and response to <br />natural hazards; they are on the front line in the hazard management battle. <br />State and federal government agencies play important, but supporting roles, <br />primarily providing financial, technical, and administrative assistance and <br />coordination. <br /> <br />Local governments may assume a number of landslide hazard management <br />responsibilities, including: <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />Selecting goals and objectives. <br />Controlling land use. <br />Providing information and technical assistance. <br />Planning, financing, and implementing relatively modest mitigation <br />projects. <br />Operating landslide hazard management projects on a day to day basis. <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />- 54 - <br />