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Ramsey County │ Annex B: Protective Actions 29 makes impact and it is the designated point in time when it is no longer safe for responders to continue operations. The impact phase is characterized by the following activities: • Final sweep of hazard areas by first responders and front-line workers to support notification and transport of threatened populations • Evacuation of hazard areas by remaining first responders and front-line workers • Alert and warning messages to direct individuals remaining in hazard areas to refuges-of-last- resort • Closure and securing of travel into hazard areas • Continual monitoring of the hazard, including any potential changes to impact areas • Ongoing public information provided utilizing all available communication methods to inform the evacuees of any availability of hotel and public shelter space in host jurisdictions, etc. 3.5.4 DISPLACEMENT / MASS CARE If evacuees must leave their home jurisdiction, they must remain in the host area until their community is safe. Mass Care is mobilized and conducts operations throughout an incident to establish shelters and provide other services, but greater emphasis is placed on these activities during the Mass Care phase. During this phase, the evacuating jurisdictions communicate with the host area to coordinate numbers and types of evacuees, shelters for them, and the potential length of evacuation. Not every evacuation necessitates a robust mass care operation; it is most commonly conducted during long-lasting events. During shelter-in-place operations, mass care may consist of mobile commodity distribution or the establishment of hubs for evacuees to obtain food, water, and information during evacuations that last hours instead of days. The displacement / mass care phase is characterized by the following activities: • Provision of safe, accessible shelter secure from the elements • Safe, equitable and culturally appropriate services are provided at mass care facilities. Availability of culturally appropriate food, water, and emergency relief items to shelter occupants • Provision of medical first aid and disaster mental health counseling to shelter occupants • Facilitation of the sheltering of pets that typically live with shelter occupants • Efforts to support family notification and reunification at shelters • Facilitation of referrals to recovery resources • Efforts to ensure that disaster survivors are provided equal access and equal care Please refer to the Mass Care Annex for additional information.