La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § XXI-703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XXI-703 - Eligibility and Process for Request of Public Resources

A. In the event of an emergency or disaster, a local jurisdiction must first utilize its own local resources in response to the event. Once a local jurisdiction exhausts all local resources for a particular need, the local jurisdiction may request public resources from GOHSEP.

B. Public resource requests must be submitted through a parish's OHSEP, which is responsible for establishing its own procedures for receipt and disbursement of those resources throughout the parish. Any municipality or special district within a parish must coordinate with the parish OHSEP to request public resources.

C. A parish OHSEP must submit public resource requests through GOHSEP's web-based emergency management software. A public resource request must include all of the following:

1. a copy of the local parish or municipal declaration of emergency, unless previously submitted to GOHSEP;

2. a detailed description of the public resource that is being requested;

3. a point of contact with a valid telephone number and email address. This point of contact must be a person with knowledge of the individual resource request who can answer questions about the request. If GOHSEP is unable to communicate with the point of contact listed in the public resource request in order to obtain additional information, that request will be placed on hold until communication can be established;

4. a valid address to which the public resource may be delivered; and

5. if the parish OHSEP needs to change the address or point of contact information, that change must be made through a comment within the original public resource request. Once a change is made, the parish OHSEP must check the "significant comment" box to notify GOHSEP of the change.

D. If the public resource requested by the parish OHSEP is a consumable that does not need to be returned, the request will be closed once the consumable is delivered. If the public resource is an asset that must be returned, the public resource request will remain open until the parish OHSEP notifies GOHSEP that the asset is no longer needed and it is returned. The parish OHSEP is responsible for updating GOHSEP on the continued need of the public resource.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § XXI-703

Promulgated by the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, LR 482052, Amended LR 49, Amended LR 491718 (10/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 29:726(E)(30).