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<br />Ramsey County-Wide Emergency Operations Plan <br /> <br />Revision 5. J June, 2005 <br /> <br />B <br /> <br />BEC - Building Emergency Coordinator - works to create emergency plans and <br />teams within specific governmental buildings. <br /> <br />c <br /> <br />CAMEO - Computer Aided Management of Emergency Operations - A <br />specialized hazardous materials planning and response software package used <br />by many emergency managers and first responders. <br /> <br />CAP - Civil Air Patrol <br /> <br />CBRNE - Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive weapons - <br />Sometimes referred to as Weapons of Mass Destruction or "WMD." <br /> <br />CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and <br />Liability Act of 1980 (PL 96-510) <br /> <br />Community Resources - Assets, including people, organizations, programs, <br />equipment, and funds that can be applied to all aspects of emergency <br />management <br /> <br />Congregate Care Facilities - Public or private buildings that may be used to <br />lodge and care for evacuees. Generally, assigned space is approximately 40 <br />square feet per person. The facility mayor may not meet criteria for designation <br />as a "fallout shelter." <br /> <br />Contamination - The deposit of radioactive or other hazardous material on the <br />surfaces of structures, areas, objects, or personnel, following a nuclear explosion <br />or hazardous materials incident/accident. (Radioactive material generally <br />consists of fallout, in which fission products and other weapon debris have <br />become incorporated with particles of dirt, etc. Radioactive contamination can <br />also occur from the radioactivity induced in certain substances by the action of <br />neutrons from a nuclear explosion.) <br /> <br />COOP - Continuity of Operations Plan (sometimes referred to as Continuity of <br />Government or "COG" plan. See "OCP." <br /> <br />D <br /> <br />DEC - Department Emergency Coordinator - person tasked with developing <br />emergency plans for an individual governmental department. <br /> <br />Decontamination - The reduction or removal of contaminating radioactive or <br />other hazardous material from a structure, area, object, or person. <br /> <br />128 <br />