§ 8-2. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning respectively ascribed to them by this section:

(a)

Butte County Operational Area. The unincorporated areas of the County of Butte and the incorporated areas of the Cities of Chico, Oroville, Gridley, Biggs and the Town of Paradise.

(b)

Cities. The Cities of Chico, Oroville, Gridley, Biggs and the Town of Paradise.

(c)

Civil defense. The preparation for the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which the military forces are primarily responsible, to prevent and minimize injury and damage resulting from disasters.

(d)

Local emergency. The duly proclaimed existence of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons, the environment, and property within the territorial limits of the County of Butte, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake, hazardous materials or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are, or are likely to be, beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of the County of Butte and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.

(e)

National Response Framework. The National Response Framework is a guide to how the nation conducts all-hazards response. It is built upon scalable, flexible, and adaptable coordinating structures to align key roles and responsibilities across the nation. It describes specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents that range from serious but purely local, to large-scale terrorist attacks or catastrophic natural disasters.

(f)

Service chief. Any person who has been appointed in accordance with this chapter, and who controls and directs individuals or employees performing emergency functions such as law enforcement, fire, medical and health, emergency welfare, and other public services in the protection of life and property within the Butte County Operational Area.

(g)

State emergency plan. The California Emergency Plan as approved by the governor. Included with the state emergency plan is the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) as defined in Section 8607 of the California Government Code.

(h)

State of emergency. When duly proclaimed by the governor or the Secretary of the California Emergency Management Agency, the existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons, the environment, and property within the state, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, earthquake, hazardous materials or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy or conditions causing a "state of war emergency," which conditions, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city, and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat.

(i)

State of war emergency. The condition which exists immediately, with or without a proclamation thereof by the governor, whenever this state or nation is attacked by an enemy of the United States, or upon receipt by the state of a warning from the federal government indicating that such an enemy attack is probable or imminent.

(Ord. No. 3296, § 1, 12-10-96; Ord. No. 4002, § 1, 4-7-09)