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<br />Ramsey County-Wide Emergency Operations Plan <br /> <br />Revision 5.1. June, 2005 <br /> <br />The departmental continuity and recovery plan details <br /> <br />. Listing of essential functions <br /> <br />. Methods and locations for protecting and retrieving essential <br />documents <br /> <br />. Chain of command and succession <br /> <br />. Details of process necessary for identifying and reconstituting lost, <br />damaged, or destroyed records of essential functions. <br /> <br />EMHS will assist in developing, reviewing, and approving these plans. <br /> <br />Routine infrastructure status reportino <br /> <br />During regular, non-emergency, operations, the county is responsible <br />for submitting status reports to the State of Minnesota on a monthly <br />basis. During the first week of each month, departments will be asked <br />to submit information about situations that would decrease their ability <br />to provide services should a large emergency occur. These reports are <br />gathered by the EMHS Emergency Management Coordinators and <br />submitted to the State, as are similar reports from the municipal <br />Emergency Managers. <br /> <br />Emeroencv incident status reportino <br /> <br />In any emergency, we may need to quickly and regularly gather <br />information about the ability of departments to provide services. <br /> <br />Department heads may be asked to report the status of their groups, <br />and their ability to provide services to the Planning Officer at the EOC <br />- typically within 8 hours of the declaration. In some cases, those units <br />directly affected by the emergency may be asked to report sooner <br /> <br />In Level 4 situations, county resources will be stressed to the limits. <br />The heads of major departments of the county and the members of the <br />Emergency Operations team have specific requirements: <br /> <br />. Gather information about the status of their department and <br />report it to the Planning Officer at the EOC within 4 hours of the <br />declaration. In some cases, those units directly affected by the <br />emergency may be asked to report sooner <br /> <br />. Follow-up reports are needed at 8 hours, 12 hours and 24 hours <br />after the declaration. Thereafter, a daily report on the status of <br />the departments is needed until emergency operations are <br />terminated. <br /> <br />. "Status" includes reporting on the overall ability to perform the <br />mission of the department, lost data; physical damage; <br />personnel issues, etc. <br /> <br />54 <br />