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r <br /> Ramsey County-Wide Emergency Operations Plan Revision 5.1 June, 2005 <br /> Decontamination may be accomplished by 1)treating the surface so as to <br /> remove or decrease the contamination; 2) letting the material stand so that the <br /> radioactivity is decreased as a result of natural decay; and 3) covering the <br /> contamination. <br /> DHS— United States Department of Homeland Security <br /> Direction and Control (D&C) - Managing and coordinating the response of <br /> government forces to a major emergency/disaster. <br /> Disaster- A sudden, unplanned calamitous event that brings about great <br /> damage or loss. Any event that creates an inability on the company's part to <br /> provide critical business functions for some predetermined period of time. <br /> Associated terms: Business Interruption; Outage: Catastrophe. <br /> DO— Duty Officer <br /> E <br /> EAS - Emergency Alert System <br /> EMC — Ramsey County Emergency Management Council <br /> Emergency - An event that demands a response beyond the scope of any single <br /> line agency or service, and that presents a threat to a community or larger area <br /> EMHS — Ramsey County Division of Emergency Management and Homeland <br /> Security <br /> EMS — Emergency Medical Services <br /> EOC - Emergency Operations Center - The protected site from which civil <br /> government officials (municipal, county, state, and federal) exercise direction and <br /> control in an emergency. <br /> EOP - Emergency Operations Plan - A document which describes the way in <br /> which a government intends to respond to a major emergency/disaster. <br /> EOT - Ramsey County Emergency Operations Team <br /> EPA - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency <br /> EPCRA - Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act <br /> ERP — Emergency Response Plan <br /> ESF — Emergency Support Function <br /> Evacuee - An individual who is moved to a less hazardous area. <br /> 129 <br />