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APPENDIX 4 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE <br /> The County of Orange Ordains: Article l Orange County <br /> Department of Emergency Management. <br /> -Section• 1-;-- Short-,Title <br /> This ordinance shall be known and may be cited and referred <br /> to as "Emergency Management Ordinance" for the County of Orange. <br /> Section 2 . Intent and Purpose <br /> ( 1) It is the intent and purpose of this Ordinance to <br /> establish an office that will insure the complete and efficient <br /> utilization of all of the County's resources to combat disaster <br /> resulting from disasters as defined herein and administer the <br /> daily functions of the Orange County Emergency Management. <br /> (2) The Orange County Department of Emergency Management <br /> will be the coordinating agency for all activity in connection <br /> with Emergency Management. It will be the instrument through <br /> which the Orange County Board of Commissioners may exercise the <br /> authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during <br /> disaster emergencies . <br /> Section 3. Definitions <br /> ( 1) The following definitions shall apply in the <br /> interpretation of this Article: <br /> (a) "Emergency Management" is the basic government <br /> functions of maintaining the public peace, health, and safety <br /> during an emergency. This term shall include plans and <br /> preparations for protection and relief, recovery and <br /> rehabilitation from effects of a disaster as defined herein. It <br /> shall not, however, include any activity that is the primary <br /> responsibility of the military forces of the United States . <br /> (b) - "Disaster". .includes but is not -limited to actual <br /> or-..threatened- sabotage,. extraordinary fire, flood, storm, <br /> epidemic,- accident, chemical spill or other impending or actual <br /> calamity endangering or threatening to endanger health, life or <br /> property of constituted government. <br /> (c) "Emergency Management Forces" shall mean the <br /> employees, equipment and facilities of all County <br /> departments, boards, councils, institutions and commissions; and <br /> 23 <br />