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REQUEST FOR COUNGI Date: 4111105 Item No.: 4J'71 Department Approval: � � N1ar�agerAl�l��w�l�� Agenda Section: Consent Item Description: � �� RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE RAMSEY COUNTY EMERGENCY QEPRATIONS PLAN (EOP) BACKGROUND The State of Minnesota requires each county and local jurisdiction to maintain an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP), that conforms to both federal and state Homeland Security/Emergency Management requirements. These Emergency Operations Plans describe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) the jurisdiction will follow in response to an emergency event. The City of Roseville maintains an EOP that follows the Incident Command System and is in conformance with the National Incident Management System (NIMS)IMinnesota Incident Management System (MIMS). The city EOP is updated annually by city emergency management staff. The Ramsey County Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, working in conjunction with the Emergency Management Directors of the municipalities in Ramsey County, has developed a County-wide Emergency Operations Plan. The plan was approved by the State of Minnesota Division of Homeland SecuritylEmergency Management on 03102105. This plan identifies departments and individuals within the county government and the individual municipalities directly responsible for emergency response and critical support services, and provides a management structure for coordinating and deploying essential resources. The Ramsey County EOP was designed to work in tandem with the Ramsey County All-Hazards Mitigation Plan- the EOP applies to city and county response to disasters and homeland security incidents, while the Mitigation Plan provides direction for pre- and post-disaster emergency responses. This Ramsey County EOP contains our process for managing major emergencies that threaten the health, safety, property and resources of the communities within the county. The plan also provides information on how the county will manage major emergencies that threaten county and municipal functions, services and operations. The plan outlines the strategic efforts undertaken by each of the municipalities who adopt the plan. It is intended to be a countywide document that will provide cohesive, coordinated and cooperative interoperability among and between the municipal governments and the county. The City of Roseville emergency management staff will annually update city-specific Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) in the EOP. Nothing in the EOP alters or impedes the ability to carry out the existing authorities of the municipalities and County governmental agencies to perform their incident management responsibilities under law. A copy of the Ramsey County EOP is not inciuded in the council information packet. A copy of the plan is kept by emergency management staff. NOTICE: The Emergency Support Functions. Support, and Functional Annexes of the Plan contain information relevant to protecting the public safety. Under the "Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002" (Title X, Section 1001, of Subchapter I1 of Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code), this information is protected and privilaged. Duplication is strictly prohibited and knowingly distributing this information to persons other than those involved in the protection of the public safety (see HSPD-8) is a violation of law.