Illinois Administrative Code › Title 29 - EMERGENCY SERVICES, DISASTERS, AND CIVIL DEFENSE › Part 301 - POLITICAL SUBDIVISION EMERGENCY SERVICES AND DISASTER AGENCIES › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 301.120 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
All definitions set forth in this Section have the following
				  meanings throughout this Part, unless specifically provided otherwise. Words
				  and terms not defined have the meanings set forth in the Illinois Emergency
				  Management Agency Act.
"Act" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act [20
				  ILCS 3305].
"Accreditation" means recognition of an emergency services
				  and disaster agency by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency, in accordance
				  with the requirements of Section
				  301.510.
"Annex" means descriptions in the emergency operations plan
				  of policies, processes, roles and responsibilities that agencies and
				  departments carry out before, during and after any disaster or emergency.
				  Annexes focus on critical operational functions and entities responsible for
				  those functions.
"Assumptions" means the information, facts and data treated
				  as true for development of the emergency operations plan.
"Certification" means recognition of a non-mandated emergency
				  services and disaster agency by an accredited county or multiple county
				  emergency services and disaster agency in conjunction with the Illinois
				  Emergency Management Agency, or by the Illinois Emergency Management Agency in
				  the event that no accredited county or multiple county emergency services and
				  disaster agency serves the county in which the non-mandated emergency services
				  and disaster agency is located, in accordance with Section
				  301.520.
"Concept of Operations" means the overall approach of the
				  political subdivision to the management of a disaster, such as who directs
				  response efforts, what should happen, and when it should happen, including, but
				  not limited to, how the political subdivision will implement the concepts and
				  procedures of a recognized incident command system.
"Coordinator" means the staff assistant to, or the person
				  appointed in accordance with Section 10(i) of the Act by, the principal
				  executive officer of a political subdivision with the duty of coordinating the
				  emergency management programs of that political subdivision.
"Damage Assessment" means an appraisal or determination of
				  the effects of the disaster on physical, economic and natural resources and on
				  human life.
"Disaster" means
an occurrence or threat of
				  widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from
				  any natural or technological cause, including but not limited to fire, flood,
				  earthquake, wind, storm, hazardous materials spill or other water contamination
				  requiring emergency action to avert danger or damage, epidemic, air
				  contamination, blight, extended periods of severe and inclement weather,
				  drought, infestation, critical shortages of essential fuels and energy,
				  explosion, riot, hostile military or paramilitary action, or acts of domestic
				  terrorism
. [20 ILCS
				  3305/4]
"Emergency Management" means the efforts of the political
				  subdivisions to develop, plan, analyze, conduct, provide, implement and
				  maintain programs for disaster mitigation, preparedness, response and
				  recovery.
"Emergency Operations Center" or "EOC" means a location where
				  policy and strategic management decisions are made during a disaster or
				  disaster exercise.
"Emergency Operations Plan" or "EOP" means the written plan
				  of a political subdivision describing the organization, mission, and functions
				  of the political subdivision government and supporting services for responding
				  to and recovering from disasters.
"Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act" or
				  "federal EPCRA" means
				  42
				  USC 11001.
"Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" or "ESDA" means
the agency by this name, by the name emergency management agency, or by
				  any other name that is established by ordinance within a political subdivision
				  to coordinate the emergency management program within that political
				  subdivision and with private organizations, other political subdivisions, the
				  State and federal governments
. [20 ILCS
				  3305/4]
"Exercise" means
a planned event realistically
				  simulating a disaster, conducted for the purpose of evaluating the political
				  subdivision's coordinated emergency management capabilities, including, but not
				  limited to, testing emergency operations plans
. [20 ILCS
				  3305/4]
"Exercise Design Team" means the people selected in
				  accordance with Section
				  301.420(a)
				  to develop and coordinate the exercise and the team from which a team member is
				  designated to be the design team leader.
"FEMA" means the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
"Goals" mean concepts adopted by strategic decision makers to
				  give overall direction to disaster response and recovery, derived from one or
				  more emergency management functions of the emergency operations plan and
				  accomplished through decision makers of the emergency operations center and
				  incident command system.
"Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program" or
				  "HSEEP" means a guiding set of fundamental principles for exercise programs
				  through which exercise program managers can develop, execute, and evaluate
				  exercises that address the priorities established by a
				  jurisdiction's/organization's senior leaders. It provides a method for
				  jurisdictions/organizations to shape planning, assess and validate
				  capabilities, and address areas for improvement in their emergency management
				  programs. Further information regarding HSEEP may be found on FEMA's website at
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/national-preparedness/exercises/hseep
.
"IEMA" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
"Illinois Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act"
				  or "Illinois EPCRA" means 430 ILCS 100.
"Incident Command" means a system that combines facilities,
				  equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications to operate within a common
				  organizational structure and that designates responsibility for the management
				  of assigned resources to effectively accomplish stated goals and
				  objectives.
"Local Emergency Planning Committee" or "LEPC" means the
				  committee appointed in each emergency planning district by the State Emergency
				  Response Commission pursuant to federal EPCRA and Illinois EPCRA.
"Mandated Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" or
				  "Mandated ESDA" means each ESDA required to be established pursuant to Section
				  10 of the Act:
Each county ESDA, unless multiple county ESDA consolidation
				  is authorized by IEMA with the consent of the respective counties in accordance
				  with Section
				  301.140;
Each multiple county ESDA authorized in accordance with
				  Section 301.140;
Each ESDA in a municipality with a population of over
				  500,000; and
Each ESDA determined by the Governor to be required for a
				  municipal corporation pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Act.
"Mitigation" means actions taken to eliminate or reduce the
				  degree of risk to life and property from hazards, either prior to or following
				  a disaster.
"National Standard" means the version of the Emergency
				  Management Standard developed by the Emergency Management Accreditation Program
				  and accepted by IEMA. The National Standard can be obtained at
https://www.emap.org
or by contacting
				  an IEMA regional office (
https://www2.illinois.gov/iema/Contacts/Pages/Contacts-Regional.aspx
).
"Non-Mandated Emergency Services and Disaster Agency" or
				  "Non-Mandated ESDA" means an ESDA not required to be established pursuant to
				  the Act, but established by ordinance of the political subdivision it
				  serves.
"Objectives" mean definable and measurable concepts adopted
				  by tactical decision makers to accomplish the goals of disaster response and
				  recovery, usually derived from one or more emergency management functions of
				  the emergency operations plan.
"Political Subdivision" means
any county, city,
				  village, or incorporated town or township if the township is in a county having
				  a population of more than 2,000,000
. [20 ILCS
				  3305/4]
"Preparedness" means actions taken and programs and systems
				  developed prior to a disaster to support and enhance response to and recovery
				  from a disaster.
"Principal Executive Officer" means
chair of the
				  county board, supervisor of a township if the township is in a county having a
				  population of more than 2,000,000, mayor of a city or incorporated town,
				  president of a village, or in their absence or disability, the interim
				  successor as established under Section 7 of the Emergency Interim Executive
				  Succession Act
[5 ILCS 275]. [20 ILCS
				  3305/4]
"Recovery" means restoration actions and programs.
"Response" means the actions taken to address the immediate
				  and short-term effects of a disaster.
"State Emergency Response Commission" or "SERC" means the
				  Illinois Emergency Management Agency in accordance with Illinois EPCRA.
"Strategic Decisions" means policy decisions that determine
				  the goals of disaster response and recovery, usually made by elected officials
				  or by designees appointed by ordinance, law, or emergency operations plan to
				  act on behalf of elected officials during a disaster.
"Tactical Decisions" means decisions that determine the
				  objectives to satisfy the goals set by strategic decision makers, usually made
				  by designees of the strategic decision makers, including command or general
				  staff within the incident command system.
"Work Plan" means a narrative description of the ESDA's
				  specific actions to be accomplished.