New York Laws
Article 2-B - State and Local Natural and Man-Made Disaster Preparedness
20 - Natural and Man-Made Disasters; Policy; Definitions.

(1) a county executive or manager of a county;
(2) in a county not having a county executive or manager, the chairman
or other presiding officer of the county legislative body;
(3) a mayor of a city or village, except where a city or village has a
manager, it shall mean such manager; and
(4) a supervisor of a town, except where a town has a manager, it
shall mean such manager.
g. "Disaster emergency response personnel" means agencies, public
officers, employees, or affiliated volunteers having duties and

responsibilities under or pursuant to a comprehensive emergency
management plan.
h. "Emergency management director" means the government official
responsible for emergency preparedness, response and recovery for a
county, city, town, or village.
i. "incident management team" means a state certified team of trained
personnel from different departments, organizations, agencies, and
jurisdictions within the state, or a region of the state, activated to
support and manage major and/or complex incidents requiring a
significant number of local, regional, and state resources.
j. "executive level officer" means a state agency officer with the
authority to deploy agency assets and resources and make decisions
binding a state agency.
k. "third party non-state resources" means any contracted resource
that is not owned or controlled by the state or a political subdivision
including, but not limited to, ambulances, construction crews, or
contractors.