The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 20 : Internal Security and Public Safety
Chapter 001 : Emergency Management
(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 41)-
§ 41. State Emergency Management Plan
The Division of Emergency Management, in consultation with stakeholders, shall create, and republish as needed, but not less than every five years, a comprehensive State Emergency Management Plan. The Plan shall:
(1) detail response systems during all-hazards events, including communications; coordination among State, local, private, and volunteer entities; and the deployment of State and federal resources;
(2) detail the State’s emergency preparedness measures and goals, including those for the prevention of, protection against, mitigation of, and recovery from all-hazards events; and
(3) include templates and guidance for regional emergency management and for local emergency plans that support municipalities in their respective emergency management planning. (Added 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. July 1, 2024; amended 2025, No. 57, § 2, eff. July 1, 2025.)
