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Ramsey County | Base Plan 52 5.Direction, Control, and Coordination 5.1 Field Responses and ICS Direction and control of an incident is handled at the lowest level of government, typically by the municipality. The on-scene IC is ultimately responsible for providing tactical command and control of the incident scene, developing, and executing plans to stabilize the incident, and bringing the incident to successful closure and return to steady state operations. During some incidents, this on-scene coordination will be conducted at an ICP and/or an EOC as appropriate (for example, a train derailment response). For other incidents, on-scene coordination is not conducted from a fixed location and may be done virtually (for example, pandemic response). RCEMHS provides a Mobile Incident Command Center (MICC) available for use at any one location as the command post. When the MICC is requested from RCEMHS or at the request of any municipality or at the discretion of the County duty officer, RCEMHS personnel will respond to the scene of incidents that are or threaten to expand in size and complexity. In essence, this elevates the Emergency Level to Operational Level 3. In such events, the IC/UC will ensure the development of an IAP. As part of this process, the situation is continually analyzed. At any point, the IC/UC may determine the need to open the EOC of the affected municipality(s), escalating the Emergency Level to Level 2. 5.2 EOC Support and Coordination Most incidents that require RCEMHS support do not involve the full physical operation of either a municipal EOC or the RCEOC. RCEMHS personnel will typically respond to the on-scene ICP to act as liaison. As an incident increases in scope and/or complexity, the RCEOC may be needed. When practicable, the RCEOC will operate as a virtual entity, and move to physical site operations only for very large, long- term, and/or complex incidents. In either case, when RCEMHS activates it will provide strategic incident management support but will not direct and control response operations. In these instances, the RCEOC will coordinate between jurisdictions to gather and project situational awareness countywide, coordinate public information and resources as requested, and liaise with external organizations (private sector, NGOs, state, and federal agencies) for support as necessary. If a municipal EOC is physically opened, RCEMHS staff will be assigned to liaise with the EOC when possible. In the event of very large scope, multiple-jurisdiction, complex incidents requiring RCEOC operations, the assigned RCEMHS staff will liaise with local EOCs virtually.