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<br />PUBLIC PROTECTION
<br />CHAPTER 5.04. EMERGENCY SERVICES
<br />ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL (RESERVED)
<br />ARTICLE II. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
<br />Sec. 5.04.110. Definitions.
<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when
<br />used in this article, shall have the meanings
<br />ascribed to them in this section, except where
<br />the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
<br />Disaster means a situation which creates an
<br />immediate and serious impairment to the health
<br />and safety of any person, or a situation which
<br />has resulted in or is likely to result in major loss
<br />to property, and for which traditional sources of
<br />relief and assistance within the affected area are
<br />unable to repair or prevent the injury or loss.
<br />Emergency means an unforeseen combination
<br />of circumstances which calls for immediate action
<br />to respond, or prevent from developing or occur-
<br />ring.
<br />Emergency management means the prepara-
<br />tion for and the carrying out of all emergency
<br />functions, to prevent, minimize and repair injury
<br />and damage resulting from disasters caused by
<br />fire, flood, tornado and other acts of nature, or
<br />from sabotage, hostile action, or from industrial
<br />hazardous material mishaps or other major
<br />incidents. These functions include, without limita-
<br />tion, firefighting services, police services,
<br />emergency medical services, engineering, warn-
<br />ing services, communications, radiological and
<br />chemical, evacuation, congregate care, emergency
<br />transportation, existing or properly assigned
<br />functions of plant protection, temporary restora-
<br />tion of public utility services and other functions
<br />related to civil protection, together with all other
<br />activities necessary or incidental for carrying out
<br />such functions. Emergency management includes
<br />those activities sometimes referred to as civil
<br />defense or emergency preparedness functions.
<br />Emergency management forces means the total
<br />personnel resources engaged in city -level
<br />emergency management functions in accordance
<br />with the provisions of this article or any rule or
<br />§ 5.04.120
<br />order under this article. This includes personnel
<br />from city departments, authorized volunteers,
<br />and private organizations and agencies.
<br />Emergency management mutual aid means
<br />any disaster or major incident which requires
<br />the dispatching of city personnel, equipment or
<br />other necessary resources within or without the
<br />city limits.
<br />Emergency management organization means
<br />the staff element responsible for coordinating
<br />city -level planning and preparation for disaster
<br />response. This organization provides city liaison
<br />and coordination with federal, state and local
<br />jurisdictions relative to disaster preparedness
<br />activities, major incidents, mutual aid, and other
<br />projects consistent with this article and ensures
<br />implementation of federal, state, county and
<br />other program requirements.
<br />Lake Minnetonka Regional Emergency Manage-
<br />ment, Preparedness Planning and Review Com-
<br />mittee means a committee made up of the Lake
<br />Minnetonka area emergency management direc-
<br />tors which develops, renews and establishes a
<br />basic emergency plan, and identifies and
<br />coordinates training for member communities
<br />and reviews local plans, exercises, major incidents
<br />and disaster responses which are consistent with
<br />this article.
<br />Major incident means any incident which
<br />exhausts local resources.
<br />(Code 1984, § 9.36(2); Code 2003, § 42-31; Ord.
<br />No. 185(2nd series), § 1, 2-22-1999)
<br />Sec. 5.04.120. Policy and purpose.
<br />Because of the existing possibility of the occur-
<br />rence of disasters of unprecedented size and
<br />destruction resulting from fire, flood, tornado,
<br />blizzard, destructive winds or other natural
<br />causes, or from sabotage, hostile action, or from
<br />hazardous material mishaps of catastrophic
<br />measure or other major incidents, and in order to
<br />ensure that preparations of the city will be
<br />adequate to deal with such disasters and, gener-
<br />ally, to provide for the common defense and to
<br />protect the public peace, health and safety, and
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