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Ramsey County-Wide Emergency Operations Plan Revision 5.1,June,2005 <br /> Responding agencies have Core Competencies, such as those depicted <br /> in the NIMS Structure diagram above. The agencies representing the <br /> initially affected (or "requesting') municipality have the authority to direct <br /> operations related to their Core Competencies at incidents, including <br /> giving tactical direction by the ranking officer to other agencies performing <br /> operations within that competency <br /> If the initially affected municipality requests resources which that <br /> municipality does not provide on its own (for instance, a state bomb <br /> squad), the ranking officer of that resource has authority to direct <br /> operations related to its Core Competency, including giving tactical <br /> direction by the ranking officer to other agencies performing operations <br /> within that competency. <br /> Sample Unified Command Matrix <br /> INCIDENT TYPE PRIMARY AGENCIES <br /> Aviation Incident Municipal Fire Department <br /> MAC <br /> Municipal Law Enforcement Agency <br /> Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Municipal Fire Department <br /> Nuclear(CBRN)/Haz-Mat Incident State HazMat team <br /> Countywide Public Health Emergency SPRCDPH <br /> MDH <br /> Explosion Municipal Fire Department <br /> Municipal Law Enforcement Agency <br /> State Bomb Squad <br /> Natural Disaster/Weather Emergency Municipal Fire Department <br /> EMHS <br /> Public Works <br /> MnDOT <br /> Power Outage Municipal Law Enforcement Agency <br /> Public Works <br /> Utility Provider <br /> Rail Incident Municipal Fire Department <br /> Telecommunications Outage Municipal and County IS <br /> Telecommunications Provider <br /> PSAP's <br /> Utility Incident Municipal Fire Department <br /> Water Main Break Municipal Fire Department <br /> Public Works <br /> The Planning Section Chief develops the IAP, which is approved by the <br /> UC. The Operations Section Chief directs the tactical implementation of <br /> the IAP. All participants agree on the designation of the Operations <br /> Section Chief. <br /> EMHS, as the County's Coordinating Agency, will respond to multi-agency <br /> incidents and participate in the Unified Command. EMHS is responsible <br /> for coordinating resources from Emergency Support Function agencies, <br /> relaying situation information to the County's and the affected City's <br /> Emergency Operations Center, and supporting logistics needs. <br /> 36 <br />