(a) “Disaster” shall mean a sudden calamitous emergency event bringing injury, death, damage, loss, or destruction to persons or property.
(b) “Emergency” shall mean a condition of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons arid property caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, hazardous material incident, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestations or disease, the Governor’s warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake, or other conditions (excepting conditions resulting from a labor controversy).
(c) “Emergency Plans” shall mean those official and approved documents which describe principles, policies, concepts of cooperation, methods and procedures to be applied in carrying out emergency operations or rendering mutual aid during emergencies. These plans include such elements as continuity of government, emergency functions of governmental agencies, mobilization and application of resources, mutual aid, and public information.
(§ 1, Ord. 191-NS, eff. February 11, 1971, as amended by §§ 1 and 2, Ord. 197-NS, eff. April 8, 1971, and § 1, Ord. 1360-NS, eff. August 10, 2000)