Oregon Statutes 401.358 – Definitions for ORS 401.358 to 401.368
As used in ORS § 401.358 to 401.368:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 401.358
- Emergency: means a human created or natural event or circumstance that causes or threatens widespread loss of life, injury to person or property, human suffering or financial loss, including but not limited to:
(a) Fire, wildfire, explosion, flood, severe weather, landslides or mud slides, drought, earthquake, volcanic activity, tsunamis or other oceanic phenomena, spills or releases of oil or hazardous material as defined in ORS § 466. See Oregon Statutes 401.025
- Emergency services: means activities engaged in by state and local government agencies to prepare for an emergency and to prevent, minimize, respond to or recover from an emergency, including but not limited to coordination, preparedness planning, training, interagency liaison, fire fighting, oil or hazardous material spill or release cleanup as defined in ORS § 466. See Oregon Statutes 401.025
- Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
- public body: means state government bodies, local government bodies and special government bodies. See Oregon Statutes 174.109
(1) ‘Emergency service activities’ means:
(a) The provision of emergency services; and
(b) Engaging in training under the direction of a public body, whether by reason of the training being conducted or approved by a public body, for the purpose of preparing qualified emergency service volunteers to perform emergency services.
(2) ‘Qualified emergency service volunteer’ means a person who is:
(a) Registered with the Oregon Department of Emergency Management or other public body to perform emergency service activities;
(b) Acknowledged in writing as a qualified emergency service volunteer, at the time the person offers to volunteer during an emergency, by the Oregon Department of Emergency Management or by another public body;
(c) A member of the Oregon Civil Defense Force; or
(d) A building evaluator certified under the Oregon Safety Assessment Program established under ORS § 401.256. [2009 c.718 § 2; 2017 c.472 § 9; 2019 c.649 § 3; 2021 c.539 § 36]
[Amended by 1953 c.394 § 10; repealed by 1983 c.586 § 49]