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Ramsey County │ Annex B: Protective Actions 4 planning and incident action planning should include the deployment of mutual aid personnel and equipment to facilitate this process. • The capacity of available public evacuation shelter facilities in and adjacent to the impacted areas may be limited, potentially requiring the full use of all shelters within the evacuation region. A high level of coordination will be necessary to effectively communicate protective action and shelter information to evacuees. • For certain hazards, large populations at risk with limited evacuation road networks may necessitate termination of evacuations before full completion, and evacuees still at risk would need to be directed to refuges-of-last-resort as quickly as possible. • Businesses, community- and faith-based organizations, and individuals may be willing to donate transportation services or loan transportation equipment during emergency situations. • During large-scale emergencies and large-scale population relocation/evacuation requiring the movement of large numbers of people, local transportation resources will be stressed. • Transportation infrastructure (e.g., roads, bridges, and railways) may sustain damage during an incident, making it difficult to use some of the transportation assets that are normally available. • There will be evacuees from diverse populations who may be disproportionately impacted who will require consideration of different levels and types of support, including but limited to, children and unaccompanied minors, self-evacuees, animal evacuees, spontaneous evacuees, and persons with DAFN. • Activation of Emergency Alert Systems (EAS) or other alerting methods may occur in response to common emergency situations or imminent threat which poses a danger to life or property. • For evacuations, local government issues evacuation orders, manages traffic flow, identifies evacuation routes, identifies shelters for residents, and considers processes to reunify caregivers and family members separated from one another. • For shelter-in-place, local government issues shelter-in-place orders, provides ongoing incident information, and may provide support services, such as food distribution, depending on the length of orders. • Response activities guided by this Annex will be conducted in an inclusive, culturally competent manner to ensure that all affected individuals in Ramsey County are effectively served with fair and equitable treatment. 2. Preparedness Targets To achieve an effective protective action response, the following Preparedness Targets are suggested for each municipality’s emergency management agency and for Ramsey County Emergency Management and Homeland Security (RCEMHS): • Inform all affected segments of the public about critical lifesaving and life-sustaining information necessary, including accessible tools, to expedite the delivery of emergency services and aid the public to take protective actions.