La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § XXI-311 - Evacuation and Sheltering Plan
A.
1. The parish Office of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management established pursuant to
R.S.
29:727(B), using the
combined list of at-risk population and essential workers and the combined list
of available means of transportation, shall develop an evacuation and
sheltering plan for each category of at-risk population to include at a
minimum:
a. use of locally available, or
non-local, means of transportation for evacuation of all categories of the
at-risk population;
b. means of
notification of the different categories of the at-risk population of a
mandatory evacuation;
c. means of
notification of the different categories of the at-risk population of available
transportation;
d. determination of
individuals and facilities where the risk of sheltering in place outweighs the
risk of loss of life during the evacuation process;
e. coordination of transportation resources
with a shelter destination outside of a high risk area;
f. provisions for medical emergencies which
occur during the evacuation process;
g. plans and procedures to execute the
evacuation and sheltering plan within 36 hours of declaration of a voluntary
evacuation and within 12 hours of declaration of a mandatory
evacuation.
2. The plan
shall be submitted to GOHSEP on or before March 1, 2007 and updated in the form
and format prescribed by the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and
Emergency Preparedness in conjunction with the other biennial reports described
in this Part.
B. The
parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management shall develop an
evacuation and sheltering plan for essential workers which shall include, at a
minimum, provisions for food, water, and shelter for at least 72 hours
subsequent to a weather event or disaster.
C. Each parish and municipality shall prepare
for the possibility of those citizens who refuse to leave when a mandatory
evacuation is ordered and shall respect the rights of personal liberty and
freedom of all citizens, while protecting and preserving law and order and
accomplishing the goals and objectives enumerated in this Part.
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