A. The purpose of this Chapter is to create an Emergency Management Agency for the City to be prepared for, and to function in the event of, emergencies endangering the lives and property of the people of such City. The duty of such Emergency Management Agency shall be the protection of the lives and health of the citizens of the City and of property rights, both private and public, and to perform all functions necessary and incident thereto.
B. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall be construed as follows, unless a contrary intent appears clear from the context:
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT: The preparations 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 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, tornado, earthquake, 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, street and sewer 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 of the City so declares by public proclamation, or when the governing body so declares. Such emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until the Mayor declares its termination by public proclamation, or until the governing body declares its termination by resolution.
NATURAL EMERGENCY: Any state of emergency caused by any actual or impending flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe in or near the City. Such emergency shall be deemed to exist and to be terminated under the same conditions as are prescribed for an enemy-caused emergency. (Prior Code, Sec. 1-31; amd. Res. 97-05, 5-12-1997)
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