§ 7.1. CHAPTER - PURPOSES; "EMERGENCY" DEFINED AND CONSTRUED.

(a) Chapter. The declared purposes of this Chapter are to provide for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the protection of persons and property within this City and County in the event of an emergency; the direction of emergency services; and the coordination of the emergency functions of this City and County with all other public agencies, corporations, organizations, and affected private persons.

(b) "Emergency" Defined and Construed. As used in this Chapter, an emergency shall exist when proclaimed by the Mayor. It shall include, but is not limited to, the actual or threatened existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within this City and County caused by such conditions as air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, or earthquake, including conditions resulting from war or imminent threat of war or any actual or threatened enemy attack or sabotage, and upon which occurrences the responsibility devolves upon the regularly constituted authorities for the maintenance of public peace and order and to preserve life and property, but 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 this City and County, requiring the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat.

(Amended by Ord. 40-72, App. 2/25/72)