DIRECTOR. The Director of Emergency Services.

DISASTER. The occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property or extreme peril to the safety of persons or property resulting from any natural or man made causes, including, but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, blight, drought, famine, infestation, air contamination, epidemic, explosion, riot or other acts of civil disobedience which endanger life or property or hostile military or paramilitary action.

EMERGENCY. A situation arising with or without warning, causing or threatening death, injury or disruption to normal life for number of people in excess of those which can be dealt with by the public services operating under normal conditions and which requires special mobilization and organization of those forces.

EMERGENCY FORCES. All governmental and private sector agencies, departments, trained manpower, volunteers and other resources required to perform emergency functions.

EMERGENCY SERVICES. The organization, administration, trained manpower, facilities, equipment, material, supplies, programs, emergency plans, ability to execute emergency plans and all other measures necessary and incidental thereto relating to disaster prevention preparedness response and recovery by all governmental and private sector agencies to protect or save health, life or property.

LOCAL EMERGENCY. The existence of disaster conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons or property within the territorial limits of the county, city or town which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of such political subdivisions as determined by its governing body and which requires the combined efforts of other political subdivisions.

REGULATIONS. The orders, rules and emergency procedures deemed essential for civil preparedness.

STATE OF EMERGENCY. The duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or extreme peril in the state which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment or facilities of any single county, city or town and which requires the combined efforts of the state and the political subdivision.

STATE OF WAR EMERGENCY. The situation which exists immediately whenever this nation is attacked or upon receipt by this state of a warning from the federal government indicating that such an attack is imminent. (Prior Code, § 3-7-2)