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Ramsey County │ Annex B: Protective Actions 28 <br />• TEP and mass care shelter locations <br />• Recommendation of items to take <br />• Information on sheltering companion animals and livestock and other large animals <br />• Contact information for additional assistance for CTN evacuees <br />Shelter-in-Place <br />• Anticipated impact area and shelter-in-place zones <br />• Directions on how to shelter-in-place, including: <br />• Closing doors, windows, fireplace dampers etc. <br />• Sealing/closing all vents, fans, and other openings in the structure to the outside <br />• Turning off furnaces/air conditioners <br />• Covering and staying away from windows <br />• Minimizing the use of elevators <br />• Contact information for critical needs such as injury or illness, food and water, and home health <br />support <br />3.5.2.4 Evacuation Adjustments <br />During an evacuation, for a wide variety of unanticipated reasons, it may become necessary to adjust or <br />modify procedures stipulated in an Incident Action Plan (IAP). The most readily apparent reasons for <br />such modifications could include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: <br />• Changes in the direction or intensity of the hazard <br />• Blockage or excessive vehicle congestion on an evacuation route <br />• Filling of available capacity at public shelters and hotels/motels in host areas <br />• Anticipated failure to complete the evacuation before hazardous conditions impact evacuees <br />If alternative routes, actions, or resource deployment can be pre-planned to address these possibilities, <br />appropriate procedures will be included in the IAP. For other situations that cannot be anticipated <br />during the planning of an evacuation, the County/municipal EOC will work with responders at the time <br />to make adjustments to the evacuation. <br />In the event of a physical blockage of an evacuation route, the County/municipality will respond as <br />necessary to remove the blockage. If removal is not feasible, the EOC will coordinate with responders to <br />plan and implement alternative routing. <br />3.5.3 IMPACT <br />This phase begins when the County or municipality(s) starts to see adverse impacts on operations. <br />During this phase, for notice events, the County or municipality will work to secure facilities, people, and <br />equipment and clear and close public transit to minimize the impact of the hazard. Within the impact <br />phase, the “zero hour” marks the time needed to ensure the safety of first responders as the hazard