For the purpose of this chapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMERGENCY. The actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the city caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake, or other condi-tions, including conditions resulting from war or the imminent threat of war, but other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of the city, requiring the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.
('66 Code, § 4-2.02) (Ord. 222-C-S, passed 7-26-73)