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<br />Ramsey Coun(v-Wide Emergency Operations Plan <br /> <br />Revision 5.1, June, 2005 <br /> <br />County Manager <br /> <br />As detailed elsewhere in this plan, the County Manager will assume the <br />role of Incident Manager for all emergencies and disasters as soon as <br />slhe can respond and unless and until slhe delegates that role to another <br />Department Head (e.g. the Director of the St. Paul Ramsey County <br />Department of Public Health, the County Sheriff, or the Director of <br />Emergency Management and Homeland Security). <br /> <br />The County Manager has specific roles in the event of emergency as <br />outlined in the Charter and the Administrative Code of the County. The <br />County Manager can; <br /> <br />. Authorize emergency expenditures <br /> <br />. Authorize the closing of county offices, facilities or departments <br /> <br />. Take "such action as necessary and notify as soon as possible the <br />chair of the county board." (Code, Chapter 3.30.00 f). <br /> <br />. Serve as or designate the Incident Manager for county-based <br />response and recovery efforts <br /> <br />All County Departments <br /> <br />All Ramsey County facilities will develop a critical incident response and <br />recovery plan for the facility. In multiple-tenant occupied facilities the <br />tenants will cooperatively develop a facility wide critical incident plan. Each <br />department will develop a critical incident response plan and an <br />operational continuity and recovery plan for their department. <br /> <br />The critical incident plan will encompass the following elements: <br /> <br />. Direction and Control, the methods of managing resources, <br />analyzing information and making decisions will be used; <br /> <br />. Communications, the methods of communicating with staff, <br />citizens, and outside organizations will be used; <br /> <br />. Life Safety, the methods of protecting the health and safety of <br />everyone in and around the facility will be used; <br /> <br />. Property Protection, the methods of protecting the facilities, <br />equipment and vital records will be used; <br /> <br />. Community Outreach, the methods of building community trust in <br />County operations will be used; and <br /> <br />. Recovery and Restoration, the methods of providing public and <br />employee trauma assistance or restoring operations will be used; <br />and Administration/Logistics/Relocation, the methods of ensuring <br />complete and accurate procedures and records will be used. <br /> <br />Source: County Board Resolution 95-259. <br /> <br />53 <br />