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I 3 i "Mitigation"means sustained actions designed to reduce or eliminate risk of hazards and impacts of disaster events on people and property. "Multi-hazard mitigation plan"means a County-wide plan that identifies risks, vulnerabilities, and ways to minimize damage and losses from natural and manmade disasters. "Prevention"means to avoid or stop an imminent, threatened, or actual natural or manmade disaster. s: i "Protection" means to take necessary actions to avoid or minimize damage,injury, or destruction to residents, visitors,property, and assets. "Recovery"means the process of returning to a normal state of affairs including timely restoration, strengthening; and revitalization of infrastructure, housing and a sustainable economy, as well as the health, social, cultural, historic, and environmental fabric of communities affected by natural and manmade disasters. "Response"means actions designed to save lives, protect property and the environment, and meet basic human needs in the aftermath of an emergency or disaster. "Stakeholder preparedness review"means a three-step self-assessment of a community's capability levels based on the core capability targets established in the threat hazard identification risk assessment. The stakeholder preparedness review identifies any change (lost, sustained, or built) in capabilities from the previous year, M gaps between the target and current capability, actions to take to close gaps or maintain the capability, and how funding sources (County, State, and Federalrg ants)have affected the capability. "State of disaster or emergency"means an occurrence that requires efforts by local, State, or Federal government to protect property, public health, welfare, or safety in the event of a disaster or emergency, or to reduce the threat of a disaster or emergency. "Threat and hazard identification and risk assessment"means an assessment process that helps communities understand risks and how to address those risks. "Warning,point"means a division within the civil defense agency that is charged with receiving and disseminating emergency and non-emergency information to and from State partners, first responders, and local governments in a timely manner. Section 7-1-2. Azency organization; appointments. The civil defense agency shall perform emergency management functions pursuant to chapter 127A and chapter 128A of the Hawaii Revised Statutes and shall consist of the following_ (1) The head of the civil defense agency, who shall be the mayor of the County. (2) A full-time civil defense administrator, who shall be responsible for administrative functions and emergency management operations during non-emergency periods and, within the delegated scope of authority, have all the duties and responsibilities of the mayor during declared emergencies. The administrator shall be hired according to the provisions of chapter 76 of the Hawaii Revised Statutes. (3) Sufficient staff to carry out the duties and functions of the agenc. 3