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<br />Ramscv COI/l/ty- Wide Emergcncl' Operations Plan R('l"isioll 5.1. ./lIlIe, ::005 <br />of the county to provide services elsewhere, and the county itself may not <br />seek to declare an emergency. We recognize our role in this case to <br />support the community and facilitate their activities geared to reducing the <br />impact to the extent we are able. <br />ACTIONS <br />0 Municipality will establish and maintain incident command at the <br /> scene and the local EOC. Internal notifications should take <br /> place as specified in the affected community's emergency <br /> operations plans. The affected municipality may choose to <br /> declare a local state of emergency at their discretion. The local <br /> Emergency Management Director maintains SOP's for this <br /> purpose. <br />0 These situations may require assistance from external <br /> organizations. The municipality will notify the EMHS Duty Officer <br /> as soon as practicable. EMHS will respond to the scene or EOC <br /> and gather intelligence from responding municipal and/or county <br /> agencies and notify the County Manager, and/or Public Health <br /> and the Sheriff. <br />0 EMHS evaluates the scope of the incident, coordinates <br /> essential services, and provides emergency information. <br />0 There would be PARTIAL or FULL utilization of this EOP <br />0 Depending on the nature of the emergency, the County <br /> Manager, Director of Public Health, or the Sheriff may decide to <br /> request notification of the Ramsey County Emergency <br /> Management Council and activation of the RCEOC. <br />level 4 - Countywide Emergency <br />A disaster involving one or more communities within the county, or any <br />situation that will exhaust the ability of the county to provide services will <br />result in the need for a formal declaration of a state of emergency. The <br />main criteria is that all available local resources have been utilized to the <br />best of our ability, and there will be a need for outside assistance <br />This could be a significant national or international event, large-scale civil <br />unrest; results of a tornado; major community emergencies, events that <br />might result in the need to evacuate large areas of one or more <br />communities, and/or events that otherwise threaten to compromise the <br />continuity of governmental functions. <br />Normal governmental operations may be suspended. The effects of this <br />emergency are wide-ranging and complex. A timely resolution of disaster <br />conditions requires countywide cooperation and extensive coordination <br />with external agencies and jurisdictions. <br /> 21 <br />