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Ramsey County │ Glossary National Response Framework (NRF): A guide establishing a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response. It intends to capture specific authorities and best practices for managing incidents ranging from serious but purely local, to large-scale terrorist attacks or catastrophic natural disasters. Natural hazard: Hazard related to weather patterns and/or physical characteristics of an area. Often natural hazards occur repeatedly in the same geographical locations. Nongovernmental Organization (NGO): An entity with an association that is based on the interests of its members, individuals, or institutions. It is not created by a government, but it may work cooperatively with the government. Such organizations serve a public purpose, not a private benefit. Examples of non- governmental organizations include faith-based charity organizations and the American Red Cross. NGOs, including voluntary and faith-based groups, provide relief services to sustain life, reduce physical and emotional distress, and promote the recovery of disaster victims. Often these groups provide specialized services that help individuals with disabilities. NGOs and voluntary organizations play a major role in assisting emergency managers before, during, and after an emergency. Operational priority: Values-at-risk deemed to be of greatest importance when responding to an incident. Order of succession: Provisions that enable an orderly and predefined transition of leadership should leadership become incapacitated or otherwise unavailable during a continuity event. The order of succession may be lateral, hierarchical, or designated by an individual’s special skill set. Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA): A mechanism used to determine the impact and magnitude of damage and the resulting unmet needs of individuals, businesses, the public sector, and the community as a whole. Information collected is used by the state as a basis for the governor’s request for a Presidential Declaration, and by FEMA to document the recommendation made to the president in response to the governor’s request. PDAs are made by at least one state and one federal representative. A local government representative familiar with the extent and location of damage in the community often participates; other state and federal agencies and voluntary relief organizations also may be asked to participate, as needed. Prevention: Includes core capabilities necessary to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act of terrorism. Unlike other mission areas which are all-hazards by design, prevention-related activities are focused on terrorist threats Protection: Includes core capabilities to safeguard the homeland against acts of terrorism and human- caused or natural disasters. Protective actions: The capability of the jurisdiction to prepare for, execute, and communicate the safe and effective sheltering-in-place of a population at-risk (and pets and service animals), and/or the organized and managed evacuation of the population at-risk (and pets and service animals) to areas of safe refuge in response to a potential or dangerous environment. In addition, protective actions encompass the safe reentry of the population when feasible. Public Assistance (PA): PA provides reimbursement to local, tribal, and state government agencies and certain nonprofit organizations for the costs of emergency response, debris remova,l and restoration of