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In this chapter the following definitions apply:

Disaster” means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, loss of life or property, or shortage of food, water, or fuel resulting from:

A. An incident such as storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, tsunami, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, avalanche, snowstorm, prolonged extreme cold, drought, fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, or riot;

B. The release of oil or a hazardous substance if the release requires prompt action to avert environmental danger or mitigate environmental damage;

C. Equipment failure if the failure is not a predictably frequent or recurring event or preventable by adequate equipment maintenance or operation;

D. Enemy or terrorist attack or a credible threat of imminent enemy or terrorist attack in or against the state that the adjutant general of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs or a designee of the adjutant general, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety or a designee of the commissioner of public safety, certifies to the Governor has a high probability of occurring in the near future; the certification must meet the standards of AS 26.20.040(c); in this subsection, “attack” has the meaning given under AS 26.20.200;

E. An outbreak of disease or a credible threat of an imminent outbreak of disease that the Commissioner of Health and Social Services or a designee of the Commissioner of Health and Social Services certifies to the governor has a high probability of occurring in the near future; the certification must be based on specific information received from a local, state, federal, or international agency, or another source that the commissioner or the designee determines is reliable; or

F. A cyber-attack or serious cyber incident that affects critical infrastructure in the state, an information system owned or operated by the state or the Borough, information that is stored on, processed by, or transmitted on an information system owned or operated by the state or the Borough or a credible threat of an imminent cyber-attack or serious cyber incident that the commissioner of administration or commissioner’s designee certifies to the Governor has a high probability of occurring in the near future; the certification must be based on specific information that critical infrastructure in the state, an information system owned or operated by the state or the Borough, or information that is stored on, processed by, or transmitted on an information system owned or operated by the state or the Borough may be affected; in this subsection,

1. Critical infrastructure” means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the state or the Borough that the incapacity or destruction of the systems and assets would have a debilitating effect on security, state economic security, state public health or safety, or any combination of those matters;

2. Serious cyber incident” means an incident that has a confirmed effect on the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of systems and data, has legal or privacy implications, affects other agencies, or requires security experience or resources not otherwise available.

Disaster emergency” means the condition declared by the Mayor to designate the imminence or occurrence of a disaster. (Ord. 2022-60 § 2, 2022; Ord. 2012-35 § 2, 2012; Ord. 89-002 § 4, 1989; Ord. 86-017 § 21, 1986; Ord. 84-78 § 2, 1984; Ord. 80-5 § 2, 1980. 2004 Code § 2.28.021.)