<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 17-2. - Definitions.</div>
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               The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of this chapter:
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               <span class="ital">Attack</span> means direct or indirect assault against the county or any of its municipalities,
               their government, their 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 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, riot,
               chemical, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic or other impending or actual
               calamity endangering or threatening to endanger health, life or property of constituted
               government; an occurrence of 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, means to carry out 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 from, and relief, recovery and rehabilitation
               from, effects of an attack by the forces of an enemy nation or the agents thereof,
               and the term "emergency management" includes 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 city and county departments,
               boards, councils, institutions and commissions; and, in addition, the term "emergency
               management forces" includes 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 5-17-1982, art. I, Â§ 3)
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