<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 12-1. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the
               meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates
               a different meaning:
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               <span class="ital">Attack</span> means direct or indirect assault against the county, its government, or its environs,
               or of the nation, by the forces of a hostile nation or the agents thereof, including
               assault by bombing, conventional or nuclear, chemical or biological warfare or sabotage.
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               <span class="ital">Coordinator</span> means the director of the county office of emergency services, appointed as prescribed
               in this chapter.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency management forces</span> means 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.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency management volunteer</span> means any person duly registered, identified and appointed by the director of the
               county emergency services office and assigned to participate in the emergency management
               activity.
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               <span class="ital">Gouge</span> means the sale of any good, product, or merchandise item, or the provision of repair
               or reconstruction services, for a price in excess of 125 percent of such item's original
               retail price averaged over the preceding 30 days prior to any proclaimed state of
               emergency or disaster.
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               <span class="ital">Regulations</span> includes plans, programs and other emergency procedures deemed essential to emergency
               management.
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               <span class="ital">Volunteer</span> means any person contributing a service, equipment or facilities to the office of
               emergency services without remuneration.
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               (Code 1984, Â§ 6-2; Ord. of 9-8-1981, Â§ III; Ord. of 10-4-1999, Â§ 1)
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            <p class="refstatelaw0" block_type="hang"><b>State Law referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions, G.S. 166A-4.
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