Definition: (DOD) Emergencies affecting the public welfare and
occurring within the 50 states, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, US possessions and territories, or any political subdivision thereof, as a
result of enemy attack, insurrection, civil disturbance, earthquake, fire,
flood, or other public disasters or equivalent emergencies that endanger life
and property or disrupt the usual process of government. The term domestic
emergency includes any or all of the emergency conditions defined below: a.
civil defense emergency--A domestic emergency disaster situation resulting from
devastation created by an enemy attack and requiring emergency operations during
and following that attack. It may be proclaimed by appropriate authority in
anticipation of an attack. b. civil disturbances--Riots, acts of violence,
insurrections, unlawful obstructions or assemblages, or other disorders
prejudicial to public law and order. The term civil disturbance includes all
domestic conditions requiring or likely to require the use of Federal Armed
Forces pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15 of Title 10, United States Code.
c. major disaster--Any flood, fire, hurricane, tornado, earthquake, or other
catastrophe which, in the determination of the President, is or threatens to be
of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the
Federal Government under Public Law 606, 91st Congress (42 United States Code
58) to supplement the efforts and available resources of State and local
governments in alleviating the damage, hardship, or suffering caused thereby. d.
natural disaster--All domestic emergencies except those created as a result of
enemy attack or civil disturbance.
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