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28 <br />APPENDIX 4 <br />ORANGE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE <br />The County of Orange Ordains: Article 1 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 enemy actions or other disasters as defined herein <br />and administer the daily functions of the Orange County Emergency <br />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 <br />during disaster emergencies. <br />(3) This Ordinance will not relieve any County Department <br />of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it in the <br />County Charter or by local ordinances, nor will it adversely <br />affect the work of any volunteer agency organized for relief in <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 an attack by the forces of an <br />enemy nation or the agents thereof, or a disaster as defined <br />herein. It shall not, however, include any activity that is the <br />primary responsibility of the military forces of the United <br />States. <br />(b) "Attack" shall mean direct or indirect assault <br />against the County of Orange, its government, its environs, or of <br />the nation, by the forces of a hostile nation or the agents <br />thereof, including assault by bombing, warfare, terrorism, and <br />sabotage. <br />22 <br />