For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. The preparations for and the carrying out of all emergency functions other than functions for which primary responsibilities are 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 town, during any emergency resulting from enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile action, or from any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm or other catastrophe in or near the town, and involving imminent or actual peril to life and property in the town. These functions include administration, organization, planning, recruiting, training, education, information, welfare service, medical service, health service, transportation service, communications service, relief service, police service, warden service, fire service, rescue service, street and sewer service, utility 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 carrying out 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 town. Such emergency shall be deemed to exist only when the Mayor of the town shall so declare by public proclamation. Such emergency shall be deemed to continue to exist until the Mayor shall declare 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 town, and involving imminent peril to lives and property in the town. Such emergency shall be deemed to exist and to be terminated under the same conditions as prescribed for an enemy-caused emergency.
(Prior Code, § 6-2-2)