For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ATTACK. Nuclear, cyber, conventional, biological, act of terrorism or chemical warfare action against the United States of America or the state or city.
CORPORATION COUNSEL. As used in the International Fire Code shall be held to mean the City Attorney.
DISASTER. A situation causing or threatening to cause, widespread damage, social disruption or injury or loss of life or property resulting from attack, internal disruption, natural phenomenon or technological hazard.
DISASTER EMERGENCY. Those conditions which may, by investigation, be found actually or likely to:
(1) Affect seriously the safety, health or welfare of a substantial number of the citizens of the city or preclude the operations or use of essential public services and facilities;
(2) Be of such a magnitude or severity to necessitate seeking county or state supplementation of local efforts or resources exerted or utilized in alleviating the danger, damage, suffering or hardship faced; and
(3) Have been caused by forces beyond the control of humans, by reason of civil disorder, riot or disturbance or by factors not foreseen and not known to exist.
EMERGENCY.
(1) A fire which presents a direct and immediate threat to public safety and requires immediate action to mitigate the threat.
(2) A fire proximately caused by the owner or occupier of property or a structure, which presents a direct and immediate threat to public safety and requires immediate action to mitigate the threat, and the fire:
(a) Is caused or contributed to by the failure to comply with an order from any state, county, city or local agency, division or official; or
(b) Occurs as a direct result of an act in violation of state law or the ordinances and/or regulations of the city or other local agency.
(3) A fire that constitutes arson or reckless burning as defined by the Utah Code.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. The judicious planning, assignment and coordination of all available resources in an integrated program of prevention, mitigation, preparedness response and recovery for emergencies of any kind, whether from human-made or natural sources.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE EXPENSES. The actual costs incurred by the city and volunteer personnel, including worker’s compensation benefits, fringe benefits, administrative overhead, costs of equipment, costs of equipment operation, costs of materials, costs of disposal and cost of any contract labor and materials, in responding to or providing for a response to a hazardous materials emergency, and/or false alarm, or a hazardous materials emergency.
EMERGENCY SERVICES. The preparation for and the carrying out of functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent, minimize and provide emergency repair of injury and damage resulting from disaster, together with all other activities necessary or incidental to the preparation for carrying out of those functions. The functions include, without limitation, firefighting services, police services, medical and health services, rescue, engineering, disaster warning services, communications, radiological, shelter, chemical and other special weapons defense, evaluation of persons from stricken areas, emergency resources management, temporary restoration of public utility services and other functions related to civilian protection.
EXPENSES. Actual costs of government and volunteer personnel; including, labor, wages, workers compensation benefits, fringe benefits, administrative overhead, cost of equipment, cost of equipment operations, cost of materials and the cost of any contracted labor and materials.
FALSE ALARM MEDICAL EMERGENCY. An alarm that results in a fire or ambulance unit and/or fire and ambulance personnel being dispatched, and the person transmitting or causing the transmission of the alarm knows or should have known at the time of said transmission that no medical emergency exists.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS EMERGENCY. A sudden or unexpected release of any substance that, because of its quantity, concentration or physical or chemical or infectious characteristics, presents a direct or immediate threat to public safety or the environment and requires action to mitigate the threat.
HUMAN-MADE DISASTER. Any industrial, nuclear, or transportation accident, explosion, conflagration, power failure, natural resource shortage, cyber-attacks or other condition, except enemy action, resulting from human-made causes, such as oil spills and other injurious environmental contamination, which threatens or causes substantial damage to property, human suffering, hardship or loss of life.
INTERNAL DISTURBANCE. A riot, prison break, disruptive terrorism or labor strike.
LOCAL EMERGENCY. The condition declared by the Mayor when, in his or her judgment, the threat or actual occurrence of a disaster is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant coordinated local government action to prevent or alleviate the damage, loss, hardship or suffering threatened or caused thereby.
MEDICAL EMERGENCY. An alarm that results in a fire or ambulance unit and/or fire and ambulance personnel being dispatched.
NATURAL DISASTER. Hurricane, windstorm, tornado, storm, flood, high water, wind-driven water, earthquake, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, explosion or other catastrophe which results in substantial damage to property, hardship, suffering or possible loss of life.
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARD. Any hazardous materials accident, mine accident, train derailment, air crash, radiation incident, pollution, structural fire or explosion.
WAR-CAUSED DISASTER. Any condition following an attack resulting in substantial damage to property or injury to persons caused by use of bombs, missiles, shellfire, nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, other weapons of mass destruction or overt paramilitary actions, or other conditions such as sabotage.
(Prior Code, Ch. 11.01) (Ord. 15-15, passed 9-3-2015)