For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: The preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions other than functions for which primary responsibility is assigned elsewhere by federal, state or local law or ordinance, to protect the public peace, health and safety, and to preserve lives and property, in the city during any emergency resulting from enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, or from any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, storm or other catastrophe in or near the city and involving imminent or actual peril to life and property in the city. These functions include administration, organization, planning, recruiting, training, education, information, welfare service, relief service, police service, warden service, fire service, rescue service, medical service, health service, transportation service, communications service, streets and sewers service, utilities service, general engineering service, plant protection service, supply service, mutual aid, mobile support, evacuation, and all other functions necessary or incidental to the preparation for and carrying out of the foregoing functions.
ENEMY CAUSED EMERGENCY: Any state of emergency caused by actual or impending attack, sabotage or other hostile action, anywhere within the United States, and involving imminent peril to lives and property in the city. Such emergency shall be deemed to exist only when the mayor shall so declare by public proclamation. Such emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until the mayor shall declare its termination by public proclamation, or until the governing body shall declare its termination by resolution.
NATURAL EMERGENCY: Any state of emergency caused by any actual or impending flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, storm or other catastrophe in or near the city and involving imminent peril to lives and property in the city. Such emergency shall be deemed to exist and to be terminated under the same conditions as prescribed for any "enemy caused emergency". (1980 Code § 10-1; amd. 2003 Code)