§ 6-03 — Definitions

6-03. Definitions.

In this chapter: 1. BIOLOGICAL AGENT means any of the following: a. A select agent that is a virus, bacterium, rickettsia, fungus, or toxin that is specified under 42 CFR 72, Appendix A. b. A genetically modified micro-organism or genetic element from an organism under par. a that is shown to produce or encode for a factor associated with a disease. Homeland Security c. A genetically modified micro-organism or genetic element that contains nucleic acid sequences coding for a toxin under par. a or its toxic subunit. d. An agent specified by the state department of health services by rule. 2. BIOTERRORISM means the intentional use of any biological, chemical or radiological agent to cause death, disease or biological malfunction in a human, animal, plant or other living organism in order to influence the policy of a governmental unit or to intimidate or coerce the civilian population. 3. CHEMICAL AGENT means a substance that has chemical properties that produce lethal or serious effects in humans, plants, animals, or other living organisms. 4. DIRECTOR means the head of the office of emergency management and homeland security as provided in ch. 323, Wis. Stats. 5. DISASTER means a severe or prolonged natural or human-caused occurrence that threatens or negatively impacts life, health, property, infrastructure, the environment, the security of the city, or critical systems, including computer, telecommunications, or agricultural systems. 6. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY means all measures undertaken by or on behalf of the city to do the following: a. To prepare for and minimize the effect of a disaster or the imminent threat of a disaster. b. To make repairs to or to restore infrastructure or critical systems that are destroyed or damaged by a disaster. 7. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER means the facility from which command and control takes place of a large disaster, catastrophic event or incident requiring extraordinary city resources. 8. EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN means the plan that identifies the various city department functions to be performed during a disaster. 9. GOVERNOR means the governor of the state of Wisconsin or anyone legally administering the office of governor. 10. INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM means a functional management system established to control, direct and manage the roles, responsibilities and operations of all the agencies in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response. 11. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY means the occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that meets the following criteria: a. Is believed to be caused by bioterrorism or a novel or previously controlled or eradicated biological agent. b. Poses a high probability of either of the following: b-1. A large number of deaths or serious or long-term disabilities among humans. b-2. A high probability of widespread exposure to a biological, chemical or radiological agent that creates a significant risk of substantial future harm to a large number of people. 12. RADIOLOGICAL AGENT means radiation or radioactive material at a level that is dangerous to humans, animals or other living organisms.