Disaster Prevention and Protection Act Article 2
The terms of the Act are defined as follows:1. Disaster: hazards caused by any of the following disasters:(1)Natural disasters including windstorm, flooding, earthquake (including soil liquefaction), drought, frost, debris flow and large-scale landslide disaster, and volcanic disaster; and(2) Fire, explosion, public gas, fuel pipe line and power transmission line failure, mining disaster, air crash, shipwreck, land traffic accidents, forest fire, toxic and concerned chemical substances disaster , biological disaster, animal and plant diseases, radiation disaster, industrial pipeline disaster, and suspended particulate disaster.2. Disaster Prevention and Protection：Refers to measures including mitigation and preparedness before disaster, response actions during disaster, and recovery after disaster.3. Plans of Disaster Prevention and Protection: including the Basic Plan, operation plan and regional plan of disaster prevention and protection.4. Basic Plan of Disaster Prevention and Protection: refers to the nationwide disaster prevention and protection plan authorized by the Central Disasters Prevention and Protection Council.5. Operation Plan of Disaster Prevention and Protection: refers to the Disaster Prevention and Protection plan prepared by the central regulating authorities of disaster prevention and protection business or the public enterprises for their respective business or administrative functions.6. Regional Plan of Disaster Prevention and Protection: refers to the municipal government, county (city), township (city) and mountain indigenous districts of special municipalities (hereinafter referred to as indigenous district) disaster prevention and protection plan respectively authorized by the municipal government, county(city), or township(city) and indigenous districts Disaster Prevention and Protection Council.
中文原文 災害防救法第2條
本法用詞，定義如下：
一、災害：指下列災難所造成之禍害：
（一）風災、水災、震災（含土壤液化）、旱災、寒害、土石流及大規模崩塌災害、火山災害等天然災害。
（二）火災、爆炸、公用氣體與油料管線、輸電線路災害、礦災、空難、海難、陸上交通事故、森林火災、毒性及關注化學物質災害、生物病原災害、動植物疫災、輻射災害、工業管線災害、懸浮微粒物質災害等災害。
二、災害防救：指災害之預防、災害發生時之應變及災後之復原重建等措施。
三、災害防救計畫：指災害防救基本計畫、災害防救業務計畫及地區災害防救計畫。
四、災害防救基本計畫：指由中央災害防救會報核定之全國性災害防救計畫。
五、災害防救業務計畫：指由中央災害防救業務主管機關及公共事業就其掌理業務或事務擬訂之災害防救計畫。
六、地區災害防救計畫：指由直轄市、縣（市）、鄉（鎮、市）及直轄市山地原住民區（以下簡稱山地原住民區）災害防救會報核定之直轄市、縣（市）、鄉（鎮、市）及山地原住民區災害防救計畫。
一、災害：指下列災難所造成之禍害：
（一）風災、水災、震災（含土壤液化）、旱災、寒害、土石流及大規模崩塌災害、火山災害等天然災害。
（二）火災、爆炸、公用氣體與油料管線、輸電線路災害、礦災、空難、海難、陸上交通事故、森林火災、毒性及關注化學物質災害、生物病原災害、動植物疫災、輻射災害、工業管線災害、懸浮微粒物質災害等災害。
二、災害防救：指災害之預防、災害發生時之應變及災後之復原重建等措施。
三、災害防救計畫：指災害防救基本計畫、災害防救業務計畫及地區災害防救計畫。
四、災害防救基本計畫：指由中央災害防救會報核定之全國性災害防救計畫。
五、災害防救業務計畫：指由中央災害防救業務主管機關及公共事業就其掌理業務或事務擬訂之災害防救計畫。
六、地區災害防救計畫：指由直轄市、縣（市）、鄉（鎮、市）及直轄市山地原住民區（以下簡稱山地原住民區）災害防救會報核定之直轄市、縣（市）、鄉（鎮、市）及山地原住民區災害防救計畫。