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31 <br />in addition, it shall include all volunteer personnel, equipment <br />and facilities contributed by, or obtained from, volunteer <br />persons or agencies. <br />(d) "Volunteer" shall mean contributing a service, <br />equipment, or facilities to the Emergency Management Agency <br />- -withoutMrenumerati:on. - - <br />(e) "Emergency Management Volunteer" shall mean any <br />person duly registered, identified and appointed by the <br />Director of the Orange County Department of Emergency Management <br />and assigned to participate in the Emergency Management Activity. <br />(f) "Director" shall mean the Director of the Orange <br />County Department of Emergency Management, designated as <br />prescribed in this Ordinance. <br />(g) "Regulations" shall include plans, programs, and <br />other emergency procedures deemed essential to emergency <br />—management. <br />Section 4. Organisation and Appointments <br />(1) The organization shall consist of the following: <br />(a) An agency of Emergency Management within the <br />executive department of the Orange County government under the <br />direction of the Orange County Board of Commissioners. The agency <br />head of the Orange County Department of Emergency Management shall <br />be known as the Director, and such assistants and other employees <br />as are deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the agency <br />will be appointed. <br />(b) The employees and resources of all Orange County <br />departments, boards, institutions, and councils shall participate <br />in the emergency management activities. Duties assigned to <br />County departments shall be the same as or similar to the normal <br />duties of the department, where possible. <br />(c) volunteer personnel and agencies offering service <br />:.to.and accepted by the County. <br />(2) The Orange County Manager shall employ a Director of <br />the Department of Emergency Management who shall be a person well <br />versed and trained in planning operations involving the <br />activities of many different agencies which will operate to <br />protect the public health, safety and welfare in the event of <br />danger from disasters as defined in this Ordinance. <br />24 <br />