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]BE IT ORDAINED that the following portions of Sections 22-27. 22=28. 22-30, 22- 31, 22-32, and 22-33 of the Code of Ordinances. Cabav,~as County. North Carolina, are hereby amended to read as follows: ARTICLE IL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Sec. 22-26. Short title of article. This article shall be known and may be cited and referred to ns "Emergency Management Ordinance for the County of C. ab,~rus." (Ord. of 5-7-84, § 1) Sec. 22-27. Intent and purpose of article. (a) It is the intent and purpose of this article to ~'.ab!:.~-~ =.': zffi.~ ~.a'. vA!I ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all of the county's resources to combat disaster resulting from enemy actions or other disasters. Co) The county e. ffice zf emergency management se~,~tunction will be the =.~.r~r.a'2ng. agent' v..cr m.u a~-'-"A.%' "-n c~:'~nec'..i.~n ;'.~ emergent' management; :.: -.-Ail be t.~e .~nstrument through which the board of commissioners may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during disaster emergencies. (c) This article will not relieve any county department of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it in the special acts or by local ordinances, nor will it adversely affect the work of any volunteer agencies organized for relief in disaster emergencies. (Ord. of 5-7-84, § 2) Sec. 22-28. Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Attack means direct or indirect assault against the county, its government, its environs, or of the nation, by forces ora hostile nation or the agents thereof, including assault by bonllaing, conventional or nuclear, chemical or biological warfare, or sabotage. C~rdinat~r means the ~ir~t~r c~rdinat~r-~f the ceunty emergency management ag~n~, functi~n~ appointed as prescribed in this article. Disaster means and includes but is not limited to actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic or other impending or actual calamity endangering or threatening to endanger health, life or property of constituted government. Emergency management means, broadly, to carry out the basic govermment functions of maintaining the public peace, health and safety during an emergency. This shall include plans and preparations for protection from, and relief and recovery from, effects of an attack by the forces of an enemy nation or the agents thereof, and it shall also include such activity in connection with disaster. It shall not, however, include any activity that is the primary responsibility of the military forces of the United States. Emergency management shall also mean the employees, equipment and facilities of all county departments, boards, councils, institutions and commissions; and, in addition, it shall include all volunteer personnel, equipment and facilities contributed by, or obtained from, volunteer persons or agencies.