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DIVISION 2.- EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Sec. 10-164.-Reserved Sec. 10-165.- Intent and purpose. (a) It is the intent and purpose of this Article to establish an office that will insure the complete and efficient utilization of all of the county's resources to combat disaster resulting from enemy or terrorist actions or other disasters as defined herein. (b) The emergency management agency shall be the coordinating entity for all activity in connection with emergency management within the county; it will be the agency through which the board of commissioners will exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in them during states of disaster or local emergency. (c) This Article will not relieve any county department of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it by local ordinance, nor will it adversely affect the work of any volunteer agency organized for relief in disaster emergencies. (d) This Article shall not abridge or modify the authority of the governor or his/her delegates to implement emergency measures during declared states of disaster. Sec. 10-166.- Definitions. For the purpose of this Article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Attack means direct or indirect assault against the county, its government, its environs, or of the nation, by the forces of a hostile nation or the agents thereof, including assault by bombing, conventional or nuclear, chemical or biological warfare, terrorism or sabotage. Coordinator means the coordinator of the emergency services agency, who shall be designated as the Office of Emergency Services Director of Lee County Government, appointed as prescribed in this Article, and may also be identified as a"director." Community emergency response team means a volunteer organization of trained citizens that care for their families and neighbors before, during and after emergencies that have successfully completed a CERT course officially recognized by the emergency management organization and serve on an emergency management recognized CERT team. The team may serve as volunteer support for the emergency management organization upon approval from the emergency management Coordinator. Disaster includes, but is not limited to, actual or threatened enemy attack, sabotage, extraordinary fire, flood, storm, epidemic, accident, chemical spill or other impending or actual calamity endangering or threatening to endanger health, life or property of constituted government. Emergency management means those measures taken by the populace and governments at federal, state, and local levels to minimize the adverse effect of any type of emergency, which