<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-3. - 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">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> means a gubernatorial declaration that the impact or anticipated impact of an emergency
               constitutes a disaster of one of the types enumerated in G.S. 16A-19.21(b).
               
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               <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 manmade accidental, military,
               paramilitary, weather-related, or riot-related cause.
               
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               <span class="ital">Emergency area</span> means the geographical area covered by a state of emergency.
               
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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. The term "emergency management" includes 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 a disaster as defined herein.
               It shall not, however, include any activity that is the primary responsibility of
               the military forces of the United States. The term "emergency management" also includes
               those measures taken by the populace and governments at federal, state, and local
               levels to minimize the adverse effect of any type emergency, which includes the never-ending
               preparedness cycle of planning, prevention, mitigation, warning, movement, shelter,
               emergency assistance, and recovery.
               
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               <span class="ital">Emergency management forces</span> means the employees, equipment and facilities of all city and county departments,
               boards, councils, institutions and commissions that may be used during an emergency;
               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> include plans, programs and other emergency procedures deemed essential to emergency
               management.
               
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               <span class="ital">State of emergency</span> means a finding and declaration by any of the following authorities that an emergency
               exists:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  The governor, acting under the authority of G.S. 166A-19.20.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  The general assembly, acting under the authority of G.S. 166A-19.20.
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  The governing body of a municipality or the mayor of a municipality, acting under
                  the authority of G.S. 166A-19.22.
                  
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                  (4)
                  
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                  The governing body of a county or the chairperson of the board of commissioners of
                  a county, acting under the authority of G.S. 166A-19.22.
                  
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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. No. 1988-2, Â§ 3, 3-1-1988)
               
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