6 U.S.C. § 311 : US Code - Section 311: Definitions

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In this subchapter - 
(1) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of the
Agency;
(2) the term "Agency" means the Federal Emergency Management
Agency;
(3) the term "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;
(4) the term "Federal coordinating officer" means a Federal
coordinating officer as described in section 5143 of title 42;
(5) the term "interoperable" has the meaning given the term
"interoperable communications" under section 194(g)(1) of this
title;
(6) the term "National Incident Management System" means a
system to enable effective, efficient, and collaborative incident
management;
(7) the term "National Response Plan" means the National
Response Plan or any successor plan prepared under section
314(a)(6) (!1) of this title;
(8) the term "Regional Administrator" means a Regional
Administrator appointed under section 317 of this title;
(9) the term "Regional Office" means a Regional Office
established under section 317 of this title;
(10) the term "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; and
(11) the term "tribal government" means the government of any
entity described in section 101(10)(B) of this title.