Disaster definition

Disaster means a sudden emergency occurrence beyond the control of the licensee, whether natural, technological, or man-made, that renders the licensee unable to operate the facility or makes the facility uninhabitable.
Disaster means the occurrence of one or more events which, either separately or cumulatively, mean that the Goods and/or Services, or a material part of it will be unavailable for the period set out in Schedule 1 (Specification Schedule) or which is reasonably anticipated will mean that the Goods and/or Services or a material part will be unavailable for that period.
Disaster means a catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave occurrence in any area, arising from natural or man made causes, or by accident or negligence which results in substantial loss of life or human suffering or damage to, and destruction of, property, or damage to, or degradation of, environment, and is of such a nature or magnitude as to be beyond the coping capacity of the community of the affected area;

Examples of Disaster in a sentence

  • A catastrophic event that results in significant or potentially significant Unscheduled Downtime or disruption of the Production Environment and requires Contractor to provide Disaster Recovery as specified in Exhibit C (Service Level Agreement) and/or Attachment A.1 (Tasks and Deliverables) to Exhibit A (Statement of Work).

  • If necessary, they initiate the Disaster Recovery Plan and notify the other members of the Disaster Recovery Team (DRT).


More Definitions of Disaster

Disaster means an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from a natural or human-made cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, snowstorm, ice storm, tornado, windstorm, wave action, oil spill, water contamination, utility failure, hazardous peacetime radiological incident, major transportation accident, hazardous materials incident, epidemic, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, or hostile military action or paramilitary action, or similar occurrences resulting from terrorist activities, riots, or civil disorders.
Disaster means the occurrence of one or more events which, either separately or cumulatively, mean that the Services, or a material part thereof will be unavailable (or could reasonably be anticipated to be unavailable) for the period specified in the Call Off Order Form (for the purposes of this definition the “Disaster Period”);
Disaster means human-caused, technological or natural occurrences, such as fire, flood, drought, earthquake, tornado, windstorm, hazardous substance or nuclear power plant accident or incident, which threaten the public peace, health and safety of the people or which damage or destroy public or private property. The term includes terrorism, enemy attack, sabotage, or other hostile action from without the state.
Disaster means an event that results in serious harm to the safety, health or welfare of people or in widespread damage to property;
Disaster means an event that makes it impossible for Contractor to perform the Work out of its regular facility or facilities, and may include, but is not limited to, natural disasters, fire or terrorist attacks.
Disaster shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2.9 of the Order Form;
Disaster means an occurrence beyond the control of a licensee, whether natural, technological, or man-made, that renders a home uninhabitable on a temporary, extended, or permanent basis.