<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-28. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this article:
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               <span class="ital">Attack</span> shall mean direct or indirect assault against Halifax County, its government, environs,
               or of the nations, by the forces of a hostile nation or the agents thereof, including
               assault by bombing, conventional or nuclear, chemical or biological warfare, terrorism
               or sabotage.
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               <span class="ital">Coordinator</span> shall mean the coordinator of the Halifax County Emergency Management Agency, appointed
               as prescribed in this article.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency</span> shall mean 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. It shall include but not be
               limited to actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood,
               storm, epidemic, accident, chemical spill or other impending or actual calamity endangering
               or threatening to endanger health, life or property of constituted government.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency management</span> shall mean those measures taken by the populace and government of Halifax County
               to minimize the adverse effect of any type of emergency, which include the never-ending
               preparedness cycle of prevention, mitigation, warning, movement, shelter, emergency
               assistance and recovery. Emergency management shall include the basic government functions
               of maintaining the public peace, health and safety during an emergency. This term
               shall include plans and preparations for protection and relief, recovery and rehabilitation
               from effects of an attack by the forces of an enemy nation or the agents thereof,
               or an emergency as defined herein. It shall not, however, include any activity that
               is the primary responsibility of the military forces of the United States.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency management forces</span> shall mean 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.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency management volunteer</span> shall mean any person duly registered, identified and appointed by the coordinator
               or the Halifax County Emergency Management Agency and assigned to participate in the
               emergency management activity.
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               <span class="ital">Regulations</span> shall mean plans, programs and other emergency procedures deemed essential to emergency
               management, including any rules, regulations, procedures or forms promulgated under
               section 26-77 of this article.
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               <span class="ital">Volunteer</span> shall mean contributing a service, equipment or facilities to the emergency management
               agency without remuneration.
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               (Res. of 8-12-19(1))
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