[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: 44CFR312.2]



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              TITLE 44--EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND ASSISTANCE

 

 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

                                SECURITY

 

PART 312_USE OF CIVIL DEFENSE PERSONNEL, MATERIALS, AND FACILITIES FOR 

NATURAL DISASTER PURPOSES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 312.2  Definitions.



    Except as otherwise stated, when used in the regulations in this 

part, the meaning of the listed terms are as follows:

    (a) The term attack means any attack or series of attacks by an 

enemy of the United States causing, or which may cause, substantial 

damage or injury to civilian property or persons in the United States in 

any manner by sabotage or by use of bombs, shellfire, or



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atomic-radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or biological means or 

other weapons or processes;

    (b) The term natural disaster means any hurricane, tornado, storm, 

flood, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, 

volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, drought, fire, or 

other catastrophe in any part of the United States which causes, or 

which may cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or 

persons and, for the purposes of the Act, any explosion, civil 

disturbance, or any other manmade catastrophe shall be deemed to be a 

natural disaster;

    (c) The term civil defense means all those activities and measures 

designed or undertaken (1) to minimize the effects upon the civilian 

population caused, or which would be caused, by an attack upon the 

United States, or by natural disaster, (2) to deal with the immediate 

emergency conditions which would be created by any such attack, or 

natural disaster, and (3) to effectuate emergency repairs to, or the 

emergency restoration of vital utilities and facilities destroyed or 

damaged by any such attack or natural disaster. Such term shall include, 

but shall not be limited to, (i) measures to be taken in preparation for 

anticipated attack or natural disaster (including the establishment of 

appropriate organizations, operational plans, and supporting agreements; 

the recruitment and training of personnel; the conduct of research; the 

procurement and stockpiling of necessary materials and supplies; the 

provision of suitable warning systems; the construction or preparation 

of shelter areas, and control centers; and, when appropriate, the non-

military evacuation of civil population); (ii) measures to be taken 

during attack or natural disaster (including the enforcement of passive 

defense regulations prescribed by duly established military or civil 

authorities; the evacuation of personnel to shelter areas; the control 

of traffic and panic; and the control and use of lighting and civil 

communications); and (iii) measures to be taken following attack or 

natural disaster (including activities for firefighting; rescue, 

emergency medical, health and sanitation services; monitoring for 

specific hazards of special weapons; unexploded bomb reconnaissance; 

essential debris clearance; emergency welfare measures; and immediately 

essential emergency repair or restoration of damaged vital facilities);

    (d) The word materials shall include raw materials, supplies, 

medicines, equipment, component parts and technical information and 

processes necessary for civil defense;

    (e) The word facilities, except as otherwise provided herein, shall 

include buildings, shelters, utilities, and land;

    (f) The term United States or States shall include the several 

States, the District of Columbia, the Territories, and the possessions 

of the United States;

    (g) The term political subdivisions shall include local governments, 

including but not limited to cities, towns, incorporated communities, 

counties, parishes, and townships; and

    (h) The term CPG 1-3 refers to FEMA's ``Federal Assistance 

Handbook'' promulgated as Civil Preparedness Guide (CPG) 1-3, as 

amended, by numbered changes thereto and by Civil Preparedness Circulars 

(CPC). CPG 1-3 sets forth detailed guidance on procedures which a State 

and, where applicable, its political subdivisions must follow in order 

to request financial assistance from FEMA. It also sets forth detailed 

requirements, terms, and conditions upon which financial assistance is 

granted.



(Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978, E.O. 12127 and E.O. 12148)



[47 FR 43381, Oct. 1, 1982, as amended at 48 FR 44545, Sept. 29, 1983]