North Dakota Disaster Act of 1985 (North Dakota Century Code: Title 37 – Military; Chapter 37-17.1 - Emergency Services) Country/Territory United States of America Territorial subdivision North Dakota Document type Legislation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., General Keyword Hazards Governance Early warning system Risk assessment/management Public health Institution Procedural matters Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Act regulates disaster management. Its purposes are to: reduce vulnerability of people and communities of this state to damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from natural or manmade disasters or emergencies, threats to homeland security, or hostile military or paramilitary action.; provide a setting conducive to the rapid and orderly start of restoration and rehabilitation of persons and property affected by disasters or emergencies; clarify the roles of the governor, state agencies, and local governments in prevention of, in mitigation of, preparation for, response to, and recovery from disasters or emergencies; authorize and provide for coordination of emergency management activities by agencies and officers of this state, and similar state-local, interstate, federal-state, and foreign activities in which the state and its political subdivisions may participate; provide for a statewide emergency management system embodying all aspects of prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery and incorporating the principles of the national incident management system and its incident command system, as well as other applicable federal mandates. Full text English Website www.legis.nd.gov References - Legislation Implemented by Declaration of State of Emergency in Response to the Public Health Crisis Resulting from the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Activation of the State Emergency Operations Plan (Executive Order 2020-03 of Governor of North Dakota) Legislation | United States of America | 2020 Keyword: Public health, Hazards, Risk assessment/management, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX