Emergency or disaster definition

Emergency or disaster means an event or set of circumstances which: (a) demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life, protect public property or to provide relief to any stricken community overtaken by such occurrences or (b) reaches such a dimension or degree of destructiveness as to warrant the governor declaring a state of emergency pursuant to RCW 43.06.010.
Emergency or disaster as used in this chapter shall mean an event or set of circumstances which: (a) demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life, protect property, protect public property, or to provide relief to any stricken neighborhood overtaken by such occurrences, or (b) reaches such a dimension or degree of destructiveness as to warrant the City Council or City Manager Mayor proclaiming the existence of a disaster or emergency or the Governor declaring a state of emergency in accordance with appropriate local and State statute.
Emergency or disaster means an event or set of circumstances which: (a) Demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life, protect public property, or to provide relief to any stricken community overtaken by such occurrences; or (b) reaches such a dimension or degree of destructiveness as to warrant the governor proclaiming a state of emergency pursuant to RCW 43.06.010.

Examples of Emergency or disaster in a sentence

  • Party TGs may not have Tribal Health Officers on their staffs or on contract at the time that a Public Health Incident, Emergency or Disaster occurs.

  • Each Party HD and Party TG desires to voluntarily aid and assist each other by the interchange of public health resources and services in the event that a Public Health Incident, Emergency or Disaster situation should occur.

  • Training and exercising mutual aid protocols, in advance of a Public Health Incident, Emergency or Disaster, will enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of each responding party.

  • None of the Party HDs or Party TGs to this Agreement possesses all of the necessary resources to cope with every possible Public Health Incident, Emergency or Disaster by itself, and a more efficient, effective response can best be achieved by the application and leveraging of collective resources.


More Definitions of Emergency or disaster

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Emergency or disaster as used in this chapter shall mean an event or set of circumstances which: (1) demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life, protect public property, or to provide relief to any stricken area within the City overtaken by such occurrences, or (2) reaches such a dimension or degree of destructiveness as to warrant the Mayor proclaiming the existence of a disaster or the Governor declaring a state of emergency in accordance with appropriate local ordinances and State statute. (Ord. 13-1005 § 1 (part): Ord. 07-1007 § 1: Ord. 96-1021 § 1)