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Emergency or Local Emergency — Means the duly proclaimed existence of
<br />conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the
<br />territorial limits of the City or County, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood,
<br />storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal
<br />infestation or disease, the Governor's warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or
<br />an earthquake, or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor
<br />controversy, which are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel,
<br />equipment, and facilities of the political subdivision and require the combined forces of
<br />other political subdivisions to combat, or with respect to regulated energy utilities, a
<br />sudden and severe energy shortage requires extraordinary measures beyond the authority
<br />vested in the California Public Utilities Commission.
<br />State of Emergency — Means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of
<br />disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the State, caused
<br />by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and
<br />severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, the Governor's warning of
<br />an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake, or other conditions, other than
<br />conditions resulting from a labor controversy or conditions causing a "state of war
<br />emergency", which, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control
<br />of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county,
<br />or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat, or with
<br />respect to regulated energy utilities, a sudden and severe energy shortage requires
<br />extraordinary measures beyond the authority vested in the California Public Utilities
<br />Commission.
<br />State of War Emergency — Means the condition which exists immediately, with or
<br />without a proclamation thereof by the Governor, whenever this state or nation is attacked
<br />by an enemy of the United States, or upon receipt by the state of a warning from the
<br />federal government indicating that such an enemy attack is probable or imminent.
<br />Emergency ServiceslEmergency OperationslEmergency Management — Used
<br />interchangeably, means the preparation for and carrying out of all emergency functions
<br />necessary to mitigate, prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from large
<br />emergencies or disasters caused by all hazards, whether natural, technological or human
<br />caused.
<br />Director or Director of Emergency Services — Means the individual having primary
<br />jurisdiction and authority over the City's response and recovery to emergencies and
<br />disasters and is authorized to act on behalf of the City.
<br />Section 5. Section 2-402 of Chapter 2 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is
<br />hereby added to read as follows:
<br />Sec. 2-402. Emergency Organization,
<br />A. City Organization
<br />All officers and employees of the City, together with those volunteer forces enrolled
<br />to aid them in an emergency, and all groups, organizations and persons who may by
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