New Jersey Statutes Appendix A. Emergency and Temporary Acts § 9-43.3

Each county and municipal Emergency Operations Plan shall conform to all relevant federal and State statutes, rules and regulations concerning emergency operations and shall include the identification of significant hazards affecting the jurisdiction. Each county and municipal Emergency Operations Plan shall be based upon planning criteria, objectives, requirements, responsibilities and concepts of operation for the implementation of all necessary and appropriate protective or remedial measures to be taken in response to an actual or threatened emergency as determined by the State Director of Emergency Management.Each Emergency Operations Plan shall provide for a command structure that affords appropriate command support for the incident commander. Deputy chiefs and battalion chiefs and company officers shall be included in the county fire mutual aid plan to respond to any emergency to supply command support or be assigned to the command structure. Each county and municipal Emergency Operations Plan shall be reviewed and updated at least every two years.