- Administrator
means the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- Agency
means the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
- appropriate committees of Congress
means—
- capability
means the ability to provide the means to accomplish one or more tasks under specific conditions and to specific performance standards.
- catastrophic incident
means any natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster that results in extraordinary levels of casualties or damage or disruption severely affecting the population (including mass evacuations), infrastructure, environment, economy, national morale, or government functions in an area;
- Child Locator Center
means the National Emergency Child Locator Center established under subsection (b).
- critical infrastructure
has the meaning given such term in section 5195c(e) of title 42.
- declared event
means a major disaster or emergency.
- Department
means the Department of Homeland Security;
- displaced adult
means an individual 21 years of age or older who is displaced from the habitual residence of that individual as a result of a declared event.
- displaced child
means an individual under 21 years of age who is displaced from the habitual residence of that individual as a result of a declared event.
- displaced individual
means an individual displaced by an emergency or major disaster;
- emergency management
means the governmental function that coordinates and integrates all activities necessary to build, sustain, and improve the capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, or mitigate against threatened or actual natural disasters, acts of terrorism, or other man-made disasters;
- emergency response provider
has the meaning given the term in section 101 of this title;
- existential risk
means the potential for an outcome that would result in human extinction.
- Federal coordinating officer
means a Federal coordinating officer as described in section 5143 of title 42;
- global catastrophic and existential threats
means threats that with varying likelihood may produce consequences severe enough to result in systemic failure or destruction of critical infrastructure or significant harm to human civilization.
- global catastrophic risk
means the risk of events or incidents consequential enough to significantly harm or set back human civilization at the global scale.
- hazard
has the meaning given that term under section 5195a(a)(1) of title 42.
- Indian Tribal government
has the meaning given the term “Indian tribal government” in section 5122 of title 42.
- individual with a disability
has the meaning given the term in section 12102 of title 42;
- mission assignment
means a work order issued to a Federal agency by the Agency, directing completion by that agency of a specified task and setting forth funding, other managerial controls, and guidance.
- National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System
means the National Emergency Family Registry and Locator System established under subsection (b).
- national exercise program
means activities carried out to test and evaluate the national preparedness goal and related plans and strategies as described in section 748(b) of this title.
- National Incident Management System
means a system to enable effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management;
- national preparedness goal
means the national preparedness goal established under section 743 of this title.
- national preparedness system
means the national preparedness system established under section 744 of this title.
- National Response Plan
means the National Response Plan or any successor plan prepared under section 314(a)(6) of this title;
- national training program
means the national training program established under section 748(a) of this title.
- operational readiness
means the capability of an organization, an asset, a system, or equipment to perform the missions or functions for which it is organized or designed.
- oversight funds
means funds referred to in subsection (a) that are designated for use in performing oversight activities.
- performance measure
means a quantitative or qualitative characteristic used to gauge the results of an outcome compared to its intended purpose.
- performance metric
means a particular value or characteristic used to measure the outcome that is generally expressed in terms of a baseline and a target.
- prevention
means any activity undertaken to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act of terrorism.
- program
means the emergency management performance grants program described in subsection (b);
- registry
means the registry created under subsection (b);
- resources
has the meaning given that term in section 311 of this title.
- Secretary
means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
- State
has the meaning given that term in section 102 of the Robert T.
- surge capacity
means the ability to rapidly and substantially increase the provision of search and rescue capabilities, food, water, medicine, shelter and housing, medical care, evacuation capacity, staffing (including disaster assistance employees), and other resources necessary to save lives and protect property during a catastrophic incident;
- tribal government
means the government of an Indian tribe or authorized tribal organization, or in Alaska a Native village or Alaska Regional Native Corporation.
- type
means a classification of resources that refers to the capability of a resource.