(1) “City” means the City of Covington, King County, Washington.

(2) “Director” means the director of the City’s Department of Emergency Management.

(3) “Emergency management” means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which the military forces are primarily responsible, to mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies and disasters, and to aid victims suffering from injury or damage, resulting from disasters caused by all hazards, whether natural, technological, or human caused, and to provide support for search and rescue operations for persons and property in distress. “Emergency management” does not mean preparation for emergency evacuation or relocation of residents in anticipation of nuclear attack.

(4) “Emergency” or “civil emergency” or “disaster” means an event or set of circumstances which demands immediate action to preserve public health, protect life, protect public property, or to provide relief to any stricken community overtaken by such occurrences, which include, but are not limited to, a riot, unlawful assembly, insurrection, enemy attack, sabotage, or other hostile action; a natural or human-caused disaster, including fire, flood, storm, explosion, earthquake, volcanic disturbance, public health emergency, pandemic, or other natural cause.

(5) “Search and rescue” means the acts of searching for, rescuing, or recovering by means of ground, marine, or air activity any person who becomes lost, injured, or is killed while outdoors or as a result of a natural, technological, or human caused disaster, including instances involving searches for downed aircraft when ground personnel are used. (Ord. 08-20 § 2 (Exh. A); Ord. 85-98 § 1)