<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-26. - Definitions.</div>
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               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:
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               <span class="ital">Attack</span> means direct or indirect assault against the county, its government, its 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> means the coordinator of the county emergency management agency, appointed as prescribed
               in this article.
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               <span class="ital">Disaster</span> includes but is not 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> means 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 forces of an
               enemy nation or the agents thereof, or a disaster. It shall not, however, include
               any activity that is the primary responsibility for the military forces of the United
               States.
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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 coordinator of
               the county emergency management agency and assigned to participate in the emergency
               management activity.
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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 contributing a service, equipment or facilities to the emergency management
               agency without remuneration.
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               (Ord. of 10-4-88, Â§ 3)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions and rules of construction generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="12419">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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