Section 301.120  Definitions

All definitions set forth in this Section have the following meanings throughout this Part, unless specifically provided otherwise.  Words and terms not defined have the meanings set forth in the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act.

            "Act" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act [20 ILCS 3305].

            "Accreditation" means recognition of an emergency services and disaster agency by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, in accordance with the requirements of Section 301.510 of this Part.

            "Assumptions" means the information, facts and data treated as true for development of the emergency operations plan.

            "Certification" means recognition of a non-mandated emergency services and disaster agency by an accredited county or multiple county emergency services and disaster agency in conjunction with the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, or by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in the event that no accredited county or multiple county emergency services and disaster agency serves the county in which the non-mandated emergency services and disaster agency is located, in accordance with Section 301.520 of this Part.

            "Concept of Operations" means the overall approach of the political subdivision to the management of a disaster, such as who directs response efforts, what should happen, and when it should happen, including, but not limited to, how the political subdivision will implement the concepts and procedures of a recognized incident command system.

            "Coordinator" means the staff assistant to, or the person appointed in accordance with Section 10(i) of the Act by, the principal executive officer of a political subdivision with the duty of coordinating the emergency management programs of that political subdivision.

            "Damage Assessment" means an appraisal or determination of the effects of the disaster on physical, economic and natural resources and on human life.

            "Disaster" means an occurrence or threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or technological cause, including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, hazardous materials spill or other water contamination requiring emergency action to avert danger or damage, epidemic, air contamination, blight, extended periods of severe and inclement weather, drought, infestation, critical shortages of essential fuels and energy, explosion, riot, hostile military or paramilitary action, or acts of domestic terrorism. [20 ILCS 3305/4]

            "Emergency Management" means the efforts of the political subdivisions to develop, plan, analyze, conduct, provide, implement and maintain programs for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.

            "Emergency Operations Center" or "EOC" means a location where policy and strategic management decisions are made during a disaster or disaster exercise.

            "Emergency Operations Plan" or "EOP" means the written plan of a political subdivision describing the organization, mission, and functions of the political subdivision government and supporting services for responding to and recovering from disasters.

            "Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act" or "EPCRA" means the federal Act (42 USC 11001).

            "Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" or "ESDA" means the agency by this name, by the name emergency management  agency or by any other name that is established by ordinance within a political subdivision to coordinate the emergency management program within that political subdivision and with private organizations, other political subdivisions, the State and federal governments.  [20 ILCS 3305/4]

            "Exercise" means a planned event realistically simulating a disaster, conducted for the purpose of evaluating the political subdivision's Coordinated emergency management capabilities, including, but not limited to, testing emergency operations plans. [20 ILCS 3305/4]

            "Exercise Design Team" means the people selected in accordance with Section 301.420(a) of this Part to develop and coordinate the exercise and the team from which a team member is designated to be the design team leader.

            "Federal Fiscal Year" or "FFY" means the federal budget period that begins annually on October 1 and ends the following September 30.  The federal fiscal year is divided into four quarters.  The first quarter is October 1-December 31; the second quarter is January 1-March 31; the third quarter is April 1-June 30; and the fourth quarter is July 1-September 30.

            "FEMA" means the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

            "Full-Scale Exercise" means a time-pressured exercise of a minimum of six functions of the emergency operations plan, involving strategic and tactical decision making, including the direction and control function, activating the emergency operations center and incident command post and deploying responders, equipment, and resources to the field.

            "Functional Exercise" means a time-pressured exercise of a minimum of four functions of the emergency operations plan, involving strategic and tactical decision making, including the direction and control function, activating the emergency operations center or the incident command post, or both.

            "Goals" mean concepts adopted by strategic decision makers to give overall direction to disaster response and recovery, derived from one or more emergency management functions of the emergency operations plan and accomplished through decision makers of the emergency operations center and incident command system.

            "Hazardous Materials Annex" means the annex to the emergency operations plan that is prepared in accordance with the requirements of Section 301.250 of this Part by the emergency services and disaster agency to address chemical hazards of the political subdivision and that includes all applicable portions of a State Emergency Response Commission approved Local Emergency Planning Committee chemical emergency response plan as applicable to the political subdivision preparing the emergency operations plan.

            "IEMA" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.

            "Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act" or "Illinois EPCRA" means 430 ILCS 100.

            "Incident Command" means a system that combines facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications to operate within a common organizational structure and that designates responsibility for the management of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated goals and objectives.

            "Incident Commander" means the individual responsible for the management of all incident command operations.

            "Incident Command Post" means the location at which the primary command functions are executed.

            "Local Emergency Planning Committee" or "LEPC" means the committee appointed in each emergency planning district by the State Emergency Response Commission pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act and the Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act.

            "Mandated Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" or "Mandated ESDA" means each emergency services and disaster agency required to be established pursuant to Section 10 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act [20 ILCS 3305/10]:

            Each county emergency services and disaster agency, unless multiple county emergency services and disaster agency consolidation is authorized by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency with the consent of the respective counties in accordance with Section 301.140 of this Part;

            Each multiple county emergency services and disaster agency authorized in accordance with Section 301.140 of this Part;

            Each emergency services and disaster agency in a municipality with a population of over 500,000; and

            Each emergency services and disaster agency determined by the Governor to be required for a municipal corporation pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Act.

            "Mitigation" means actions taken to eliminate or reduce the degree of risk to life and property from hazards, either prior to or following a disaster.

            "Non-Mandated Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" or "Non-Mandated ESDA" means an emergency services and disaster agency not required to be established pursuant to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, but established by ordinance of the political subdivision it serves.

            "Objectives" mean definable and measurable concepts adopted by tactical decision makers to accomplish the goals of disaster response and recovery, usually derived from one or more emergency management functions of the emergency operations plan.

            "Political Subdivision" means any county, city, village, or incorporated town or township if the township is in a county having a population of more than 2,000,000. [20 ILCS 3305/4]

            "Preparedness" means actions taken and programs and systems developed prior to a disaster to support and enhance response to and recovery from a disaster.

            "Principal Executive Officer" means chair of the county Board, supervisor of a township if the township is in a county having a population of more than 2,000,000, mayor of a city or incorporated town, president of a village, or in their absence or disability, the interim successor as established under Section 7 of the Emergency Interim Executive Succession Act. [20 ILCS 3305/4]

            "Recovery" means restoration actions and programs.

            "Response" means the actions taken to address the immediate and short-term effects of a disaster.

            "State Emergency Response Commission" or "SERC" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency as appointed by the Governor in accordance with the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act to carry out all State responsibilities required by the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act.

            "Strategic Decisions" means policy decisions that determine the goals of disaster response and recovery, usually made by elected officials or by designees appointed by ordinance, law, or emergency operations plan to act on behalf of elected officials during a disaster.

            "Table Top Exercise" means a low stress, non-time-pressured, discussion based exercise of a minimum of four functions of the emergency operations plan, including the direction and control function, held in the Emergency Operations Center, the Incident Command Post, or other suitable facility.

            "Tactical Decisions" means decisions that determine the objectives to satisfy the goals set by strategic decision makers, usually made by designees of the strategic decision makers, including command or general staff within the incident command system.

            "Work Plan" means a narrative description of the emergency services and disaster agency's specific actions to be accomplished during the next federal fiscal year.