[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 44, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 44CFR150.2]

[Page 380-381]
 
              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE
 
 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
                                SECURITY
 
PART 150_PUBLIC SAFETY AWARDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 150.2  Definitions.

    Civil defense officer (or member of a recognized civil defense or 
emergency preparedness organization) means any individual who is 
assigned to and is performing the assigned tasks of the unit or 
organization which has been given a mission under the direction or 
operational control of a Civil Defense or Emergency Preparedness 
Director/Coordinator in accordance with a Federal, State or local 
emergency plan and sanctioned by the government concerned. This also 
includes emergency management officers. This includes volunteers and 
paid employees for any governmental entity.
    Distinguished Public Safety Service Award means the Secretary's 
Award for Distinguished Public Safety Service, presented by either the 
Attorney General or the Director of FEMA to public safety officers for 
distinguished service in the field of public safety.
    FEMA means the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
    Firefighter means a member, regardless of rank or duties, of any 
organization (including such Federal organizations) in any State 
consisting of personnel, apparatus, and equipment which has as its 
purpose protecting property and maintaining the safety and welfare of 
the public from the dangers of fire. This term includes volunteer or 
paid employees. The location of any such organization may include, but 
is not limited to, a Federal installation, a State, city, town, borough, 
parish, county, fire district, rural fire district or other special 
district.
    Joint Board means the Joint Public Safety Awards Board established 
by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the 
Attorney General to carry out the purposes of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974.
    Law enforcement officer means a person involved in the control or 
reduction of crime and juvenile delinquency or enforcement of the 
criminal laws. This includes, but is not limited to, police, 
corrections, probation, parole, and court officers, and Federal civilian 
officers in such capacities.
    Nominating official means the head of a Federal government 
department or agency, or his delegatee(s), the governor or other head of 
a State, or the chief executive or executives of any

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general governmental unit within any State.
    President's Award means the President's Award for Outstanding Public 
Safety Service, presented by the President of the United States to 
public safety officers for extraordinary valor in the line of duty or 
for outstanding contributions to public safety.
    Public safety officer means a person serving a public agency, with 
or without compensation, as a firefighter, a civil defense officer (or 
member of a recognized civil defense or emergency preparedness 
organization), or a law enforcement officer, including a corrections or 
court officer.
    State means any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific 
Islands and any other territory or possession of the United States.