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Ramsey County-Wide Emergency Operations Plan Revision 5.1,June, 2005 , <br /> The scope of the Minnesota State Duty Officer Program includes, but is <br /> not limited to, actual or impending events such as the following: <br /> • Hazardous materials incidents <br /> • Pipeline leaks or breaks <br /> • Radiological incidents <br /> • Requests for National Guard/Civil Air Patrol <br /> • Aircraft accidents/incidents <br /> • Search and rescue assistance <br /> • Bomb squad information <br /> • Natural disasters (tornado, flood, fire, etc.) <br /> • Requests for CAT/ERT teams <br /> • Homeland security threats <br /> Contact the State Duty Officer for any incident where assistance is needed <br /> from one or more of the following state agencies, or, when one or more of <br /> the following state agencies has a reporting requirement: <br /> • Pollution Control Agency <br /> • Department of Health <br /> • Department of Natural Resources <br /> • Department of Transportation <br /> • Department of Agriculture <br /> • Department of Public Safety <br /> When the Minnesota Duty Officer receives a call of an incident, he or she <br /> will make notifications to state agency personnel with the expertise and/or <br /> resources to assist the caller. Furthermore, if an incident occurs in which <br /> one or more federal or state laws require notification to the state, one call <br /> to the Minnesota Duty Officer will satisfy that requirement. <br /> When reports of hazardous materials spills are received, a copy of the <br /> report will be faxed back to the city for informational purposes only. Local <br /> emergency management personnel are encouraged to call the Minnesota <br /> Duty Officer for status reports of ongoing incidents within their city. <br /> The telephone numbers to be used to contact the Minnesota Duty <br /> Officer are: (651) 649-5451 (Metro area) or (800) 422-0798 (Greater <br /> Minnesota). <br /> 100 <br />