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085 (C) The Chairperson is hereby authorized and empowered to limit by the proclamation the application of all or any part of such restriction to any area specifically designated or described within the county and to specific hours of the day or night; and to exempt from all or any part of such restriction, while acting in the line of and within the scope of their respective duties, law enforcement officers, firefighters and public employees, rescue squad members, doctors, nurses, employees of hospitals and other medical facilities; on-duty military personnel, whether state or federal; on-duty employees of public utilities, public transportation companies, and newspaper, magazine, radio broadcasting, and television broadcasting corporations operating for profit; and such other classes of persons as may be essential to the preservation of public order and immediately necessary to serve the safety, health, and welfare needs of people within the county. Section 3. PROCLAMATION IMPOSING PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS (A) The Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners by proclamation may impose the prohibitions and restrictions specified in Section 4 through Section 9 of this subchapter in the manner described in those sections. The Chairperson may impose as many of those specified prohibitions and restrictions as he finds necessary, because of an emergency, to maintain an acceptable level of public order and services, and to protect lives, safety, and property. The Chairperson shall recite his findings in the proclamation. (B) The proclamation shall be in writing. The Chairperson shall take reasonable steps to give notice of the terms of the proclamation to those affected by it and shall post ® a copy of it in the County Courthouse. The Chairperson shall send reports of the substance of the proclamation to the mass communications media which serves the affected area. The Chairperson shall retain a text of the proclamation and furnish upon request certified copies of it. Section 4. EVACUATION (A) The Chairperson may direct and compel the evacuation of all or part of the population of the county, to prescribe routes, modes of transportation, and destination in connection with evacuation; and to control ingress and egress of a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein. Details of the evacuation may be set forth or amended in a subsequent proclamation which shall be well publicized. (B) In the event of an immediate danger to life and health, the Emergency Management Coordinator or his/her designee is authorized to impose the provisions specified in section Section 4, subsection (A). The Emergency Management Coordinator or designee must make appropriate efforts to notify the Chairperson as soon as the situation will allow. At that time the Chairperson will choose to continue or terminate the order issued by the Emergency Management Coordinator. Section 5. CURFEW (A) The proclamation may impose a curfew prohibiting in certain areas and during certain periods the appearance in pubic of anyone who is not a member of an exempted . class. The proclamation shall specify the geographical area or areas and the period