§ 306.2 - Definitions.

Except as otherwise stated, the following terms shall have the following meanings when used in the regulations in this part:

(a) Director, FEMA means the Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

(b) Civil Defense Agency means a unit of a State or of a political subdivision established pursuant to law and responsible for the development of those activities and measures which are authorized for civil defense organizations either under Federal or State or local law.

(c) Civil Defense Director means the person or body having authority over a civil defense agency and any duly authorized designee of such person or body. Such term may refer either to a State Director or to the civil defense director of a political subdivision.

(d) Official articles means articles designated as such by the Director, FEMA and embodying the prescribed insigne.

(e) Organizational equipment means equipment (other than personal equipment) which the Director, FEMA determines is necessary to a civil defense organization for civil defense purposes and which is of such a nature as to require the contribution of Federal funds, but not including items of equipment which the local community normally utilizes in combating local disasters except when required in unusual quantities dictated by the requirements of civil defense plans.

(f) State means any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of the United States.