[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 44, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

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.