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Ramsey County │ Annex D: Public Health and Medical 2 • Coordinating or providing medical and public and environmental health surveillance and monitoring activities with other medical service providers and support agencies. • Managing the surveillance for and treatment of communicable or other diseases in an emergency or disaster. • Establishing and maintaining effective and reliable means of communication with health services agencies, health care providers, support agencies, the general public, and the media. • Assisting with crisis intervention and mental health services during and following an emergency or disaster event. • Coordinating care of individuals with disabilities and access and functional needs (DAFN). • Coordinating with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office within the scope of the Fatality Management Annex of the CEOP for the recovery of fatalities, conducting forensic investigations, and determining the cause and manner of death. As an operational plan, this Annex does not address response tactics. Response tactics are outlined in the subject or threat-specific plans and procedures created and maintained by relevant agencies and departments. Such plans and procedures are cited within this Annex and the reference section. During the use of this and other plans and procedures, the overall emergency management concepts, policies, and procedures contained in the CEOP remain in place. 1.3 Planning Assumptions The following assumptions were taken into consideration during the development of this Annex: • SPRCPH will work under the direction of the SPRCPH All Hazards Response and Recovery Plan during all emergencies. • SPRCPH will be the Incident Commander (IC) for all public health emergencies within Ramsey County, and RCEMHS and other agencies will support accordingly. For all other emergencies, SPRCPH will be the lead agency to coordinate public health and medical responses. • As the public health agency for the City of Saint Paul as well as all other jurisdictions in Ramsey County, SPRCPH will be responsible for day-to-day activities and responding to an active incident. • The Environmental Health Division of SPRCPH serves all of Ramsey County in various capacities, except for certain services within the cities of St. Paul and Maplewood which have their own municipal environmental health agencies. • SPRCPH, area hospitals, emergency medical services (EMS), and the other supporting agencies have the capability to respond to an emergency 24/7; those providers and facilities that do not will be incorporated into an emergency response as needed. • Health and medical agencies have planned and prepared to maintain emergency response capability under emergency or disaster conditions. • SPRCPH, medical services, and emergency response agencies will collaborate to assure a coordinated response within the health and medical systems.