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<br />Ramsey County-Wide Emergency Operations Plan <br /> <br />Revision 5.1, June, 2005 <br /> <br />I. . EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZA TtON <br /> <br />CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS <br /> <br />When an emergency has occurred, the municipal government of that <br />jurisdiction in which it occurs has the primary responsibility to respond to <br />save lives and property and to recover from the event The County will be <br />prepared to supplement its emergency resources with those provided by <br />private organizations and volunteers. <br /> <br />If the capabilities within Ramsey County are exceeded, the County will <br />request assistance from the State. The Ramsey County Emergency <br />Operations Center (RCEOC) may submit requests to adjacent or nearby <br />county jurisdictions such as the Metropolitan Airports Commission, the <br />Cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and Dakota, Hennepin or other <br />counties in accordance with existing mutual aid agreements or <br />Memoranda Of Understanding (MOU). Requests for additional State and <br />Federal support will be requested through the Minnesota Division of <br />Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM). <br /> <br />All jurisdictions within Ramsey County have adopted the National <br />Incident Management System (NIMS) as the jurisdiction's "all-hazard" <br />incident manaoement svstem. NIMS will be implemented through the <br />Minnesota Incident Management System (MIMS). Depending upon the <br />situation, the On-Scene Incident Commander may utilize multiple <br />resources, including existing mutual aid agreements, to obtain what is <br />needed. Each jurisdiction and agency is required to maintain current <br />SOG's, procedures, resource lists and checklists as needed to support <br />response operations. <br /> <br />All municipal fire services have mutual aid agreements andlor MOU's <br />covering automatic and requested assistance for fires and specialized <br />response and rescue. MOU's and mutual aid agreements are also in <br />place for all municipal law enforcement agencies and the Ramsey <br />County Sheriff's Office. Where requests for resource assistance are <br />received from another jurisdiction outside of Ramsey County or are <br />beyond existing mutual aid agreements or MOUs, the granting of the <br />requests and the quantities provided will be at the direction of the <br />CoLinty Manager. <br /> <br />For emergency planning purposes, certain areas surrounding an <br />incident or a fixed facility incident will be divided into sub-areas (sectors <br />or cold, warm and hot zones) so that priority of the response effort can <br />be directed toward those closest to the incident. <br /> <br />7 <br />