Emergency Management Act (Nebraska Revised Statute: Chapter 81; sections 81-829.36 to 81-829.75)

This act provides an emergency management system embodying all aspects of preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation; clarifies and strengthens the roles of the Governor, state agencies, and local governments in the mitigation of, prevention of, preparation for, response to, and recovery from disasters, emergencies, or civil defense emergencies; authorizes and provide for cooperation and coordination of activities relating to mitigation of, prevention of, preparedness for, response to, and recovery from disasters, emergencies, and civil defense emergencies by agencies and officers of this state and its political subdivisions and similar state, local, interstate, federal-state, and foreign activities in which the state and its political subdivisions may participate; assists in mitigation and prevention of disasters, emergencies, and civil defense emergencies caused or aggravated by inadequate planning for and regulation of public and private facilities and land use; and provides for the funding of activities incidental to carrying out the purposes of the act.