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Important <br />� Terminology <br />Incident- An "incident" U any occurrehce. <br />that requires public -safety response actions to <br />Injolmize. impacts to life, property, economy, <br />and the environment. Incidents may last for <br />hours or days (major fire, ice storm, power <br />failure). Impacts may last for a very long time. <br />While all events, emergencies and disasters <br />areIncid.ent, all incidents are not necessarily <br />emergencies or. disasters. <br />Event -For the purpose of Eriiergency <br />Management, "events" area class of incidents <br />that includes pre -planned or aherwise <br />anticipated activities. Events. may span more <br />than one day, such as White Bear.I.ake. s <br />annual "Marketfest." Although most events <br />Aft not emergencies dr-disaster, the full <br />resources and processes of Emergency <br />Operations Plans are often. requiredto-manage <br />such occurrences. <br />Emergency- Any incidence. that has or is <br />likely to rapidly overwhelm the'usual and <br />standard resources of the impacted <br />municipality. Alternatively, an emergency is <br />also an. -incident occurring suddenly or of a <br />duration or level of complexity -that requires <br />the juiisdiodbn. to seek outside assistance for <br />life safety, incident stabilization and/or <br />.recovery.. <br />Disaster -a disaster is anyemergency that <br />overwhelms or threatens to overwhelm the <br />jurisdiction.governance model in, such.a way <br />as to pose;a realistic threat to the ability to <br />providefor. the public safety or civic services <br />without outside assistance. An emergency can <br />overwhelm.the economic capacity of the: <br />jurisdiction to function or recover, due to <br />dgnaMe to criticailjnfrastivcture. <br />REPORT TITLE 5 <br />