1. Each political subdivision shall adopt and maintain a response plan. Each new or revised plan must be filed within 10 days after adoption or revision with:

(a) The Division; and

(b) Each response agency that provides services to the political subdivision.

2. The response plan required by subsection 1 and any revised response plan pursuant to subsection 3 must include:

(a) A drawing or map of the layout and boundaries of the political subdivision;

(b) A drawing or description of the streets and highways within, and leading into and out of, the political subdivision, including any approved routes for evacuation;

(c) The location and inventory of emergency response equipment and resources within the political subdivision;

(d) The location of any unusually hazardous substances within the political subdivision;

(e) A telephone number that may be used by residents of the political subdivision to receive information and to make reports with respect to an act of terrorism or related emergency;

(f) The location of one or more emergency response command posts that are located within the political subdivision;

(g) A depiction of the location of each police station, sheriff’s office and fire station that is located within the political subdivision;

(h) Plans for the continuity of the operations and services of the political subdivision, which plans must be consistent with the provisions of NRS 239C.260; and

(i) Any other information that the Commission may determine to be relevant.

3. Each political subdivision shall review its response plan at least once each year and, as soon as practicable after the review is completed but not later than December 31 of each year, file with the Division and each response agency that provides services to the political subdivision:

(a) Any revised response plan resulting from the review; or

(b) A written certification that the most recent response plan filed pursuant to subsection 1 is the current response plan for the political subdivision.

4. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 239.0115, a plan filed pursuant to the requirements of this section, including any revisions adopted thereto, is confidential and must be securely maintained by the entities with whom it is filed pursuant to subsection 1 or 3. An officer, employee or other person to whom the plan is entrusted by the entity with whom it is filed shall not disclose the contents of such a plan except:

(a) Upon the lawful order of a court of competent jurisdiction;

(b) As is reasonably necessary in the case of an act of terrorism or related emergency; or

(c) Pursuant to the provisions of NRS 239.0115.

(Added to NRS by 2003, 2458; A 2005, 1535; 2007, 2064; 2019, 2465)