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It shall be the responsibility of the Director of Civil Defense for Rappahannock County to engage in such activities and perform such functions and duties as will further the defense of the County and tHT State in either natural emergencies or emergencies created by hostile acts of foreign governments. The Director will carry out the policies of the Board of Supervisors which are, or will hereafter be, adopted by the Board. When a local emergency does arise, it shall be the duty of the Director in collaboration with the Board of Supervisors, to declare that a state of emergency does exist. This fact must be communicated without delay, to the State Control Center at Richmond, Virginia, if the regional office is not activated.

During periods of declared emergency national, state or local, the Director of Civil Defense for Rappahannock County is Executive Head of government with exclusive operational control until such time as the emergency shall

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