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<br />A.08 Emergency Management: A 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 disasters,
<br />acts of terrorism or other human-caused disasters.
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<br />A.09 Emergency Operations Center (EOC): The physical location at which the coordination of
<br />information and resources to support incident management activities normally takes place. An
<br />EOC may be a temporary facility or maybe in a more central or permanently established facility,
<br />such as at a higher level of organization within a jurisdiction.
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<br />A.10 Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): Federal-level organization that
<br />coordinates the federal government's response to major disasters and emergencies, providing
<br />support and resources to state and local authorities. Its role includes managing disaster relief
<br />efforts, facilitating recovery operations, and helping communities prepare for future incidents.
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<br />A.11 Incident: An occurrence or event, natural or human-caused, which requires a response to
<br />protect life or property. Incidents can, for example, include major disasters, emergencies, terrorist
<br />attacks, terrorist threats, civil unrest, wildland and urban fires, floods, hazardous materials spills,
<br />nuclear accidents, aircraft accidents, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, tropical storms, tsunamis,
<br />war-related disasters, public health and medical emergencies, and other occurrences requiring an
<br />emergency response.
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<br />A.12 Incident Command System (ICS): A standardized on-scene emergency management
<br />construct specifically designed to provide for the adoption of an integrated organizational structure
<br />that reflects the complexity and demands of single or multiple incidents, without being hindered by
<br />jurisdictional boundaries. It is used for all kinds of emergencies and can be applied to small as well
<br />as large and complex incidents.
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<br />A.13 Local Emergency: The duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or extreme peril to
<br />the safety of persons and/or 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 energy
<br />shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, earthquake, tsunami or other conditions which are
<br />likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment and facilities of that local
<br />political subdivision to combat.
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<br />A.14 Local Government: A county, municipality, city, town, township, local public authority,
<br />school district, special district, intrastate district, council of governments (regardless of whether the
<br />council of governments is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under state law;) regional or
<br />interstate government entity or agency or instrumentality of a local government; an Indian tribe or
<br />authorized tribal entity, or in Alaska a Native Village or Alaska Regional Native Corporation; a rural
<br />community, unincorporated town or village or other public entity. See Section 2 (10), Homeland
<br />Security Act of 2002, P.L. 107−296, 116 Stat. 2135 (2002).
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<br />A.15 Mitigation: Activities providing a critical foundation in the effort to reduce the loss of life
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