<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 22-28. - Definitions.</div>
<div class="chunk-content">
            <p class="p0">
               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
               
            </p>
            <p class="p0">
               <span class="ital">Attack</span> means direct or indirect assault against the county, its government, its environs,
               or of the nation, by forces of a hostile nation or the agents thereof, including assault
               by bombing, conventional or nuclear, chemical or biological warfare, or sabotage.
               
            </p>
            <p class="p0">
               <span class="ital">Coordinator</span> means the coordinator of the county emergency management function, appointed as prescribed
               in this article.
               
            </p>
            <p class="p0">
               <span class="ital">Emergency</span> means an occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or
               loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made accidental, military,
               paramilitary, weather-related, or riot-related cause.
               
            </p>
            <p class="p0">
               <span class="ital">Emergency management</span> means, broadly, to carry out the basic government functions of maintaining the public
               peace, health and safety during an emergency. This shall include plans and preparations
               for protection from, and relief and recovery from, effects of an attack by the forces
               of an enemy nation or the agents thereof, and it shall also include such activity
               in connection with emergencies. It shall not, however, include any activity that is
               the primary responsibility of the military forces of the United States. Emergency
               management shall also mean the employees, equipment and facilities of all county departments,
               boards, councils, institutions and commissions; and, in addition, it shall include
               all volunteer personnel, equipment and facilities contributed by, or obtained from,
               volunteer persons or agencies.
               
            </p>
            <p class="p0">
               <span class="ital">Emergency management volunteer</span> means any person duly registered, identified and appointed by the emergency management
               coordinator of the county and assigned to participate in the integrated emergency
               management activities.
               
            </p>
            <p class="p0">
               <span class="ital">Regulations</span> means and includes plans, programs and other emergency procedures deemed essential
               to emergency management as made by the coordinator.
               
            </p>
            <p class="p0">
               <span class="ital">Volunteer</span> means contributing a service, equipment or facilities to emergency management activities
               without remuneration.
               
            </p>
            <p class="historynote0">
               (Ord. of 5-7-84, Â§ 3; Ord. No. 1997-19, 10-20-97; Ord. No. 2016-42, 10-17-16)
               
            </p>
            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally,<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2RUCODE" class="section-link" data-product-id="12658"> Â§ 1-2</a>.
               
            </p></div>