§ 3. Definitions. As used in this act the following terms shall mean\nand include:\n 1. "Agency." An office, department, division, bureau, board or\ncommission of the state or of a political subdivision thereof, including\nvolunteer agencies.\n 2. "Attack." Any attack, actual or imminent, or series of attacks by\nan enemy or a foreign nation upon the United States causing, or which\nmay cause, substantial damage or injury to civilian property or persons\nin the United States in any manner by sabotage or by the use of bombs,\nshellfire, or nuclear, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or\nbiological means or other weapons or processes.\n 3. "City director." The director of civil defense heading a city\noffice.\n 4. "City office." A city office of civil defense or a consolidated\ncity office of civil defense.\n 5. "Civil defense." All those activities and measures designed or\nundertaken (l) to minimize the effects upon the civilian population\ncaused or which would be caused by an attack, (2) to deal with the\nimmediate emergency conditions which would be created by any such\nattack, and (3) to effectuate emergency repairs to, or the emergency\nrestoration of, vital utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by\nany such attack. Such term shall include, but shall not be limited to,\n(A) measures to be taken in preparation for anticipated attack\n(including the establishment of appropriate organizations, operational\nplans, and the supporting agreements; the recruitment and training of\npersonnel; the conduct of research; the procurement and stockpiling of\nmaterials necessary to the survival, recovery and rehabilitation of the\nstate and of its inhabitants; the provision of suitable warning systems;\nthe construction or preparation of shelters and control centers;\nprovisions for the continuity of state and local governments; and, when\nappropriate, the non-military evacuation of civil population); (B)\nmeasures to be taken during attack (including the enforcement of passive\ndefense regulations prescribed by duly established military or civil\nauthorities; the movement of personnel to shelters; the control of\ntraffic and panic; and the control and use of lighting and civil\ncommunications); and (C) measures to be taken following attack\n(including but not limited to activities for fire fighting; rescue,\nemergency medical, health and sanitation services; monitoring for\nradiation and other specific hazards of special weapons; decontamination\nprocedures; unexploded bomb reconnaissance; essential debris clearance;\nemergency welfare measures; immediately essential emergency repair or\nrestoration of damaged vital facilities; the implementation of the means\nand methods for the recovery and rehabilitation of the state; effective\nutilization of all persons and materials; care and shelter for those\nmade homeless; distribution of stockpiled food, water, medical supplies,\nmachinery and other equipment; the preservation of raw materials; the\nrestoration of essential community services, industrial and\nmanufacturing capacity, and commercial and financial activities in the\nstate; and the resumption of educational programs).\n 6. "Civil defense forces." Agencies, public officers, employees, and\nenrolled civil defense volunteers, all having duties and\nresponsibilities under or pursuant to this act in connection with civil\ndefense.\n 7. "Commission." The state civil defense commission created by article\nthree of this act.\n 8. "Communication facility" or "communication device" shall not mean\nor include a newspaper.\n 9. "Council." The New York state defense council created by article\ntwo of this act.\n 10. "County director." The director of civil defense heading a county\noffice.\n 11. "County office." A county office of civil defense or a\nconsolidated county office of civil defense.\n l2. "Defense effort." The preparation of the United States and other\nnations cooperating with it for defense against attac
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