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12-85-101. Definitions.
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12-85-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Certified disaster service volunteer” means a person who has completed the necessary training for being and has been certified as a disaster service technician, specialist, coordinator, or officer by the American Red Cross;
(2) “Disaster” means a natural or technological event as defined in § 12-75-103(2) in which victims cannot recover without assistance when such disaster is designated at Level II or above in the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures;
(3) “Specialized disaster relief” means one (1) or more of the following American Red Cross service categories in which a certified disaster service volunteer is trained:
(A) Shelter management;
(B) Mass feeding;
(C) Family services;
(D) Health services;
(E) Public assistance inquiries;
(F) Damage assessment;
(G) A support function for services provided under subdivisions (3)(A)-(F) of this section; and
(H) Any other service performed for the American Red Cross for which training is required; and
(4)(A) “State agency” means any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, council, department, office, or officer of the state receiving an appropriation by the General Assembly.
(B) The term does not include state-supported institutions of higher learning or any county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the State of Arkansas.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-85-101
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12-85-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Certified disaster service volunteer” means a person who has completed the necessary training for being and has been certified as a disaster service technician, specialist, coordinator, or officer by the American Red Cross;
(2) “Disaster” means a natural or technological event as defined in § 12-75-103(2) in which victims cannot recover without assistance when such disaster is designated at Level II or above in the American National Red Cross Regulations and Procedures;
(3) “Specialized disaster relief” means one (1) or more of the following American Red Cross service categories in which a certified disaster service volunteer is trained:
(A) Shelter management;
(B) Mass feeding;
(C) Family services;
(D) Health services;
(E) Public assistance inquiries;
(F) Damage assessment;
(G) A support function for services provided under subdivisions (3)(A)-(F) of this section; and
(H) Any other service performed for the American Red Cross for which training is required; and
(4)(A) “State agency” means any agency, authority, board, bureau, commission, council, department, office, or officer of the state receiving an appropriation by the General Assembly.
(B) The term does not include state-supported institutions of higher learning or any county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of the State of Arkansas.
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12-75-103. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Chief executive” means a head of government, the Governor, a county judge, and a mayor or city manager of incorporated places, dependent on the form and level of government;
(2) “Disaster” means any tornado, storm, flood, high water, earthquake, drought, fire, radiological incident, air or surface-borne toxic or other hazardous material contamination, or other catastrophe, whether caused by natural forces, enemy attack, or any other means which:
(A) In the determination of the Governor or the Director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management or his or her designee is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant state action or to require assistance by the state to supplement the efforts and available resources of local governments and relief organizations in alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering caused thereby, and with respect to which the chief executive of any political subdivision in which the disaster occurs or threatens to occur certifies the need for state assistance and gives assurance of the local government for alleviating the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering resulting from such disaster; or
(B)(i) Results in an interruption in the delivery of utility services when emergency declarations are required and when delays in obtaining an emergency declaration from the Governor or the director or his or her designee would hamper and delay restoration of utility service.
(ii) In those instances, the Governor or the director or his or her designee may make such emergency determination subsequent to the initiation of the restoration work;
(3) “Emergency jurisdiction” means any one (1) of the seventy-five (75) counties or specified local offices of emerge
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-75-103
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