Rhode Island General Laws Title 30. Military Affairs and Defense § 30-15-3. Definitions

(1) “Disaster” means occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man made cause, including but not limited to:

(2) “Political subdivision” means any city or town in Rhode Island;

(3) “Unorganized militia” means all able-bodied persons between the ages of sixteen (16) and fifty (50) years;  and

(4) “Bioterrorism” means the intentional use of any microorganism, virus, infectious substance or biological product that may be engineered as a result of biotechnology or any naturally occurring or bioengineered component of any such microorganism, virus, infectious substance, or biological product, to cause death, disease or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant or other living organism.