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<br />prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from disasters <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />caused b;; enemy attack, sabotage, or other enemy hos.tile action, or from <br /> <br />.fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural causes. These functions include, <br /> <br />without limitation, fire-fighting services, police services, uledical and <br /> <br />health services, rescue, engineering, air-raid warning services, <br /> <br />communications, radiological, chemical and other special weapons defense, <br /> <br />evacua tion of persons frorr~ stricken areas, emergency welfare services, <br /> <br />emergency transportation, existing or properl:-/ assigned functions of <br /> <br />plant protection, temporary restoration of' pL\blic utility services, and <br /> <br />other functions related to civilian protection, together with all other <br /> <br />activities necessary or incidental to preparation for ,and carrying out of <br /> <br />the foregoing .functions. <br /> <br />Subdivision 2. flCivil defense emergencytl means an emergency declared <br /> <br />by the governor under Ninn. Stats. Sec. 12.31. <br /> <br />Subdivision 3. "Civil defense forces" means any personnel employed (),y <br /> <br />the village and any other volunteer or paid melnber of the local civil <br /> <br />defense agency engaged in carrying on civil dei'ense functions in accordance <br /> <br />with the provisions of this ordinance or any' rule or order thereunder. <br /> <br />Section 3. Establishment of Civil Defense Agency. Subdivision 1. <br /> <br />There is hereb~rcreated a civil defense agency, which shall be under the <br /> <br />supervision and control of' a director of' civil defense, hereinafter called <br /> <br />the director. The director shall oe appointed by the mayor for an <br /> <br />indefinite term and may be removed by him at any time. He shall serve <br /> <br />without salary, but Shall be paid his necessary expenses. The director <br /> <br />shall have direct responsibility for the organizat.ion, administration and <br /> <br />operation of the civil defense agency, subject to the direction and control <br /> <br />of the mayor. The civil defense agency shall be organized into such <br /> <br />divisions and bureaus, consistent with state and local civil defense plans, <br /> <br />as the director deems necessary to provide for the ei'ficient performance <br /> <br />of local civil defense i'unctions during a civil defense emergency. The <br /> <br />civil defense agency shall perform civil defense functions within the <br /> <br />village and in addition shall conduct such functions outside the village <br />