For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COORDINATOR refers to the Coordinator of Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management, the individual with direct responsibility for the development, organization, administration, and operation of the Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management Agency as provided by this chapter.
DISASTER represents the degree and severity of an emergency's impact as declared by the Governor.
EMERGENCY is an occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made accidental, military, paramilitary, weather-related, or riot-related cause.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT includes those measures taken by the populace and governments of federal, state, and local levels to minimize the adverse effect of any type of emergency, which includes the never-ending preparedness cycle of planning, prevention, mitigating, warning, movement, shelter, emergency assistance, and recovery.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY refers to the Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management office, the local government agency charged with coordination of all emergency activities for its jurisdiction.
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN refers to the document, developed by Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Management that assigns responsibilities to organizations and individuals for carrying out specific actions in an emergency/disaster that exceeds the capability or routine responsibility of any one agency and establishes lines of authority and organizational relationships.
MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS are defined to include but not be limited to agreements related to the furnishing or exchange of such supplies, equipment, facilities, personnel, and services as may be needed with provisions for the reimbursement of costs and expenses for equipment, supplies, personnel and similar items upon such terms and conditions as may be necessary.
VOLUNTEER shall mean personnel and agencies contributing a service, equipment, or facilities to the emergency management agency without remuneration.
(Ord. passed 10-17-2022)