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Ramsey County │ Annex D: Public Health and Medical 5 • Provide technical assistance, including environmental health, food safety, and agricultural issues. 3.1.3 CRITICAL TASKS During a response, critical tasks for SPRCPH or designee may include the following: • Coordinate culturally inclusive information gathering and distribution with the medical community. • Support culturally competent public information and diverse community engagement efforts, such as dissemination of guidance about protective measures. • Assess available medical equipment, personnel, and supplies, including personal protective equipment (PPE). • Request and deploy additional medical equipment, personnel, and supplies, including PPE. • Establish alternate care sites (ACS). • Establish public surveillance and testing sites. • Establish point of distribution (POD) sites for medical countermeasure (MCM) distribution. • Conduct public health surveillance and monitoring, ensuring equitable practices include disproportionately impacted individuals and high-risk populations. • Identify, monitor, and mitigate environmental hazards. • Coordinate and prioritize health care organization needs. • Coordinate with Minnesota Department of Health Regional Behavioral Health Coordinators regarding behavioral health services for affected populations within the community, including disaster workers. 3.2 Organization All incidents begin and end at the local level. Municipalities retain primary responsibility for command and control of incidents occurring within their jurisdiction unless a delegation of authority is in place. This annex has been created with the understanding that critical tasks and key operational activities are applicable to municipalities first unless there is a delegation of authority in place, the responsibility for that function is already assigned to a county agency, or county support has been requested. Typically, a municipality will organize an EOC response to support field response when support and coordination of an incident is necessary. RCEOC activation is done at the discretion of the RCEMHS Director or duty officer when large or extremely complex incidents occur to provide multi-jurisdictional coordination, or at the request of an affected municipality. The SPRCPH will be the lead and coordinating entity for public health and medical services during all types of emergencies. SPRCPH will activate their STAR room, as appropriate. SPRCPH will also recommend the declaration of public health emergencies and act as IC for a public health emergency in Ramsey County. Other agencies, such as RCEMHS, will have a role in a public health emergency and will provide necessary support.