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<br />Ramsey County-Wide Emergency Operations Plan <br /> <br />Revision 5.1, June, 2005 <br /> <br />LEAD PIO: City Manager <br /> <br />EOC Activation <br /> <br />Excised <br /> <br />ce <br /> <br />The functions performed at the EOC will vary according to the type and <br />scope of the disaster, but will generally involve: <br /> <br />1. Coordinating the city government response to the disastcr <br />(including coordinating with and supporting the on-scene <br />commander ifICS is implemented). <br />2. Coordinating with any adjacent local government(s) affected by <br />and/or responding to the disaster. <br />3. Coordinating with any county, state and/or federal agencies <br />responding to the disaster. <br />4. Coordinating with any businesseslindustries directly affected by <br />and/or responding to the disaster. <br />5. Generating appropriate public information. <br />6. Coordinating and channeling the services of volunteers (specific <br />task assignment to, and the management of volunteers will <br />normally be provided by the applicable service chiefs). <br /> <br />The Emergency Management Director is responsible for maintaining the <br />operational readiness of the primary and alternate EOC s. This involves <br />ensuring that the EOC has the necessary maps, displays, tables and chairs, <br />message togs, etc. <br /> <br />The degree of EOC activation will be determined by the severity of the <br />emergency. <br /> <br />1. The EOC many be partiallv activated due to a potential threat to <br />life or property from severe weather (e.g. tornado, blizzard); <br />hazardous materials incident/accident that is beyond the <br />capabilities of field operations, pipeline leaks and by us going to <br />a level red. <br />2. The EOC may be fullv activated in response to a major <br />emergency/disaster resulting in an actual threat to life and <br />property. This will include, but is not limited to: a tornado <br />touchdown or pipeline leak which causes damage to the public <br />or private sector and requires a coordinated response effort; a <br />hazardous materials incident/accident involving the response of <br />several agencies (including county, federal, or state as well as <br />surrounding municiualitiesl, enemv attack and by us going to a <br /> <br />72 <br />