67 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 7, § 002
Definitions Used in This Chapter.
Disaster means any event or the imminent threat thereof causing widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause.
Emergency means any event or the imminent threat thereof causing serious damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause which, in the determination of the Governor or the principal executive officer of a local government, requires immediate action to accomplish the purpose of the Emergency Management Act and to effectively respond to the event or threat of the event.
Emergency Management means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces are primarily responsible, to mitigate, prevent, minimize, respond to, and recover from injury and damage resulting from disasters, emergencies or cure defense emergencies.
Local government means a county, village, or city of any class.
Mitigation refers to activities which eliminate or reduce the chance of occurrence or the effects of a disaster.
NEMA means the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency.
Preparedness means planning how to respond to an emergency or disaster and working to increase resource capability to respond effectively.
Principal Executive Officer means the mayor in a city of any class or the elected chairperson of the governing body of a village or county.
Official adoption of the plan by a county board and/or city/village board by resolution or ordinance.
Recovery means activities to return systems to normal or near normal functioning. Short-term recovery returns vital life support systems to minimum operating standards. Long-term recovery from a disaster may continue for years until the entire disaster area is completely redeveloped.
Response means activities that provide emergency assistance to victims of an emergency or disaster and reduce the likelihood of secondary damage.
Damages caused indirectly by the effects of a natural or technological disaster.
Technological Hazard means a hazard emanating from the manufacture, transportation, and use of such substances as radioactive materials, chemicals, explosives, flammables, agricultural pesticides, herbicides, disease agents, oil spill, and debris from space.
67 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 7, § 002