“Assembly” means the elected body of representatives known as the Kodiak Island Borough assembly.

“Borough” means the Kodiak Island Borough and its geographic area.

“Borough manager” means the person appointed by the Kodiak Island Borough assembly to the administrative position of borough manager.

“Borough mayor” or “the person designated as acting mayor” means the person elected to the position of mayor of the Kodiak Island Borough.

“City” means the city of Kodiak and its geographic area.

“City council” means that elected body of representatives known as the city of Kodiak city council.

“City manager” means the person appointed by the city of Kodiak city council to the administrative position of city manager.

“City mayor” or “the person designated as acting mayor” means the person elected to the position of mayor of the city of Kodiak.

“Council” means the emergency services council.

“Director” means the emergency services director who shall be the city of Kodiak city manager or the designated successor to the emergency services director who shall serve as the chairperson for the emergency services council and shall exercise the powers and responsibilities outlined in KIBC 2.110.040.

“Disaster” means actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, riot, or other similar public calamity.

“Emergency operations plan” means the Kodiak emergency operations plan, which is the regional emergency preparedness and response plan adopted by the emergency services council to guide emergency preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery in the city of Kodiak and the Kodiak Island Borough.

“Emergency services” means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which military forces are responsible, to prevent, minimize, and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters.

“Emergency services coordinator” means the person who serves as chairperson of the emergency services organization and the local emergency planning committee, exercises the powers and responsibilities outlined in KIBC 2.110.050, and who shall be the city of Kodiak fire chief.

“Emergency services council” means that group of people empowered to develop disaster emergency response policies and to exercise the authorities enumerated in KIBC 2.110.030.

“Emergency services organization” means those officers and employees of the city and the borough, together with officers and employees of other local, state, and federal government agencies and volunteers from public and private organizations who participate in emergency planning and preparedness exercises, meetings, and activities in the Kodiak Island Borough and the city of Kodiak.

“Incident” means an occurrence or event, either human-caused or natural phenomena, that requires action by emergency services personnel to prevent or minimize loss of life or damage to property and/or natural resources.

“Incident command system (ICS)” means a system which provides incident management through the combination of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications operating within a common organizational structure to effectively accomplish stated objectives pertaining to an incident.

“Incident management team” means the Kodiak incident management team, which is that group of local government officers and employees, emergency response personnel, state and federal agency representatives and all other persons organized under an incident command system to achieve stated incident objectives utilizing the incident command system management functions to respond to incidents in the city and borough.

“Local emergency planning committee” means the group established in compliance with Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act) that serves the functions outlined in the federal act and in KIBC 2.110.060. [Ord. 00-13 §2; Ord. 98-02 §8, 1998; Ord. 89-25-O §2, 1989; Ord. 85-31-O §1, 1985; Ord. 85-26-O §1, 1985; Ord. 84-61-O §8, 1984; Ord. 83-68-O §2, 1983. Formerly §2.41.020].