<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 17-33. - 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">Director</span> means the Director of the New Hanover County Department of Emergency Management.
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               <span class="ital">Disaster</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
               or paramilitary cause.
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               <span class="ital">Emergency management</span> in its broad meaning is the carrying out of the basic governmental functions of maintaining
               the public peace, health and safety during an emergency. This shall include plans
               and preparations for protection from, and relief, recovery and rehabilitation from,
               effect of an attack by the forces of an enemy nation or its agents; and it shall also
               include such activity in connection with disaster. 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 volunteer</span> means any person duly registered, identified and appointed by the director and assigned
               to participate in an emergency management activity.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 6.7-3)
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            <p class="refcross0" block_type="hang"><b>Cross referenceâ€” </b>
               Definitions generally, <a href="" data-chunk-id="COOR_CH1GEPR_S1-2DERUCO" class="section-link" data-product-id="11337">Â§ 1-2</a>.
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