<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 22-3. - 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, 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 coordinator of the Wayne County Emergency Management Agency, appointed
               as prescribed in this chapter.
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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 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 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 and relief, recovery and rehabilitation 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 disaster 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> 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 activities.
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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 10-2-1984, Â§ 3)
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