(a) The following requirements are hereby established for the position of certified local emergency management director created herein:
(1) Satisfactory completion of two years of college level education.
(2) At least three years of work experience in the area of emergency response, emergency management, or qualified military service.
(3) Two hundred hours of course work in emergency management as established by the Director of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.
Any person who is serving as a local emergency management director on June 14, 2007, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for two years of college level education if he or she has a minimum five years' work experience as a local emergency management director provided he or she meets all other requirements for certification.
(b) Any local emergency management director meeting the standards set out in subsection (a) shall be granted the designation of local emergency management director without the completion of any further requirements unless the requirements are approved by the governing board of the Alabama Local Government Training Institute established in Section 11-3-44.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.
Chapter 9 - Emergency Management.
Article 3 - Local Emergency Management Agency Assistance Fund.
Section 31-9-60 - Fund Established; Disbursements.
Section 31-9-61 - Certified Local Emergency Management Director.
Section 31-9-62 - Salary Supplement; Allocation of Federal Funds.