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the training obtained in the CERT course to save lives and protect property." (DHS,National
<br /> Response Framework(Comment Draft). DHS, September 10, 2007,p. 18)
<br /> 2.4 Command: "Command comprises the IC [Incident Commander] and the Command Staff.
<br /> Command staff positions are established to assign responsibility for key activities not
<br /> specifically identified in the General Staff functional elements. These positions may include the
<br /> Public Information Officer(PIO), Safety Officer(SO), and Liaison Officer(LNO), in addition to
<br /> various others, as required and assigned by the IC." (DHS,NIMS, 2004, p. 13)
<br /> 2.5 Emergency: Any incident, whether natural or manmade,that requires responsive action to
<br /> protect life or property. Under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
<br /> Act, an emergency means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the
<br /> President, federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to
<br /> save lives and to protect property and public health and safety or to lessen or avert the threat of a
<br /> catastrophe in any part of the United States.
<br /> 2.6 Emergency Management: As subset of incident management, the coordination and
<br /> integration of all activities necessary to build, sustain and improve the capability to prepare for,
<br /> protect against, respond to,recover from or mitigate against threatened or actual natural
<br /> disasters, acts of terrorism or other manmade disasters.
<br /> 2.7 Emergency Operations Center(EOC): The physical location at which the coordination of
<br /> information and resources to support incident management(on-scene operations) activities
<br /> normally takes place. An EOC may be a temporary facility or may be located in a more central
<br /> or permanently established facility,perhaps at a higher level of organization within a
<br /> jurisdiction. EOCs may be organized by major functional disciplines (e.g., fire, law enforcement
<br /> and medical services),by jurisdiction (e.g., federal, state,regional,tribal, city, county) or some
<br /> combination thereof.
<br /> 2.8 Incident: An occurrence or event, natural or manmade, which requires a response to protect
<br /> life or property. Incidents can, for example, include major disasters, emergencies,terrorist
<br /> attacks, terrorist threats, civil unrest, wild land and urban fires, floods, hazardous materials spills,
<br /> nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms,
<br /> tsunamis, war-related disasters, public health and medical emergencies and other occurrences
<br /> requiring an emergency response.
<br /> 2.9 Incident Command System(ICS): A standardized on-scene emergency management
<br /> construct specifically designed to provide for the adoption of an integrated organizational
<br /> structure that reflects the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being
<br /> hindered by jurisdictional boundaries. ICS is a management system designed to enable effective
<br /> incident management by integrating a combination of facilities, equipment,personnel,
<br /> procedures and communications operating within a common organizational structure, designed
<br /> to aid in the management of resources during incidents. It is used for all kinds of emergencies
<br /> and is applicable to small as well as large and complex incidents. ICS is used by various
<br /> jurisdictions and functional agencies, both public and private,to organize field-level incident
<br /> management operations.
<br /> 2.10 Local Emergency: The duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or extreme peril
<br /> to the safety of persons and property within territorial limits of a county, city and county, or city
<br /> caused by such conditions as fire, flood, storm, epidemic,riot, drought, sudden and severe
<br /> energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, earthquake, tsunami or other conditions
<br /> which are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of
<br /> that local political subdivision to combat.
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