Wyoming Statutes Title 19. Defense Forces and Affairs § 19-13-102. Definitions

(i) “County or county-city program” means a program created in accordance with the provisions of this act by the state or a political subdivision to perform local homeland security functions;

(ii) “Homeland security” means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions essential to the recovery and restoration of the economy by supply and resupply of resources to meet urgent survival and military needs, other than functions for which armed forces are primarily responsible, necessary to deal with disasters caused by enemy attack, sabotage, terrorism, civil disorder or other hostile action, or by fire, flood, earthquake, other natural causes and other technological, industrial, civil and political events. These functions include without limitation the coordination of fire-fighting services, police services, medical and health services, rescue, engineering, attack warning services, communications, radiological events, evacuation of persons from stricken areas, emergency welfare services (civilian war aid), emergency transportation, existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, temporary restoration of public utility services, mitigation activities in areas threatened by natural or technological hazards, and other functions related to civilian protection, together with all other activities necessary or incidental to the preparation for any carrying out of the foregoing functions;

(iii) “Emergency support task force” means a homeland security organization created in accordance with the provisions of this act by the state or a political subdivision to supplement homeland security programs in a stricken area;

(iv) “Political subdivision” means an incorporated community or a county in Wyoming;

(v) “Director” means the director, office of homeland security appointed pursuant to W.S. 19-13-104;

(vi) “Public safety agencies” means any federal, state or political subdivision entity that provides emergency and public safety services, including state agencies employing peace officers enumerated in W.S. 6-1-104(a)(vi)(C) through (F) and approved for participation by the commission, fire management services, correctional services, homeland security, emergency and disaster relief services and if desired by county, municipal and federal law enforcement agencies;

(vii) “Ammunition” means a cartridge, shell or other device containing explosive or incendiary material designed and intended for use in a firearm;

(viii) “Firearm” means any weapon which will or is designed to expel any projectile by the action of an explosive.