§ 3.01

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following words and phrases shall, when used in this Chapter the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this Section:

A.

State of War Emergency means the condition which exists immediately, with or without a proclamation thereof by the Governor, whenever this State or nation is attacked by an enemy of the United States, or upon receipt by the State of a warning from the Federal government indicating that such an enemy attack is probable or imminent.

B.

State of Emergency means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the State caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, or earthquake or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy or conditions causing a "State of War Emergency," which conditions, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and require the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions to combat.

C.

Local Emergency means the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a county, city and county, or city, caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot or earthquake or other conditions, other than conditions resulting from a labor controversy, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.

(Ord. 1958. (01/20/1998); Ord. 2518. (03/14/2023))

The declared purposes of this Chapter are to provide for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the Emergency Services required for persons and property within the County in the event of an emergency or disaster and to provide for the coordination of the emergency functions of the County with all other public agencies and affected private persons, corporations and organizations.

(Ord. 1958. (01/20/1998); Ord. 2518. (03/14/2023))

Any expenditures made in connection with emergency activities, including mutual aid activities, shall be deemed conclusively to be for the direct protection and benefit of the inhabitants and property of the County.

(Ord. 1958. (01/20/1998); Ord. 2518. (03/14/2023))

If a declared emergency as per Section 3.01.010, is of a catastrophic event of such magnitude and the emergency results in a Board member being killed, missing, or so seriously injured as to be unable to perform their duties, each member of the Board may designate, pursuant to Cal. Gov't Code § 8635, in advance, such standby Officers to serve when that Board member is unable to serve. Such standby Officers shall serve with compensation.

(Ord. 1958. (01/20/1998); Ord. 2518. (03/14/2023))

In the event of the death, serious injury, incapacity, or unavailability of the Emergency Services Director, during an emergency, the following officers shall assume the duties, powers, and responsibilities of the Emergency Services Director in the following order:

A.

Assistant Emergency Services Director or designee.

B.

County Executive Officer or designee.

C.

Community Development Agency Director or designee.

(Ord. 1958. (01/20/1998); Ord. 2518. (03/14/2023))

The Emergency Services organization of Nevada County shall conform to the policies and procedures of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Governor's Office of Emergency Services, and their successors, as those policies and procedures mandate the organizational use of the Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) and/or National Incident Management System (NIMS), Operational Area, Multi-Agency Command System (MACS), and Incident Command System (ICS).

(Ord. 1958. (01/20/1998); Ord. 2518. (03/14/2023))