LAC 55:XXI.103. Goals and Objectives

A. The goals of these regulations are: 1. to protect citizens who cannot protect themselves when threatened or endangered by a weather event or disaster; 2. to reduce loss of life due to impediments to self-evacuation from a weather event or disaster; 3. to protect essential workers whose jobs require that they remain in harm's way before, during and after a weather event or disaster; and 4. to protect personal liberty while preserving law and order in areas evacuated due to the threat of a weather event or disaster. B. The objectives of these regulations are: 1. to identify the population which lacks means to self-evacuate; 2. to identify and provide for the use of the nearest available transportation resources for use by local governments during mandatory evacuations; 3. to identify and provide means of protection for essential workers whose employment or commission requires that they remain in areas susceptible to damage and destruction wrought by weather events or disasters; and 4. to provide for establishment of rules by local government for citizens in high risk areas who refuse to leave when a mandatory evacuation is ordered.