In accordance with applicable provisions of ORS Chapter 183, the Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management may adopt rules necessary for the administration of the laws that the department is charged with administering. [Formerly 401.265; 2021 c.539 § 6]

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 401.076

  • Emergency: means a human created or natural event or circumstance that causes or threatens widespread loss of life, injury to person or property, human suffering or financial loss, including but not limited to:

    (a) Fire, wildfire, explosion, flood, severe weather, landslides or mud slides, drought, earthquake, volcanic activity, tsunamis or other oceanic phenomena, spills or releases of oil or hazardous material as defined in ORS § 466. See Oregon Statutes 401.025

 

[Amended by 1953 c.6 § 4; 1967 c.595 § 4; 1975 c.379 § 11; repealed by 1983 c.586 § 49]