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Ramsey County | Base Plan 1 1.Introduction 1.1 Purpose This Comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan (CEOP) is designed to provide general information about how Ramsey County and its communities will prepare for, respond to, and recover from large incidents. All actions, roles and responsibilities, agency operations, and functions are assumed to be performed as effectively as possible given operational constraints. Agencies, organizations, and departments are assumed to perform in good faith within their constrained and limited operational capabilities. The purpose of this plan is to ensure the effective, coordinated use of resources (including facilities, equipment, personnel, and skills of County and community groups) to: •Maximize the protection of life and property throughout all of Ramsey County. •Ensure the safety of the government workforce, those in the government’s care and in government facilities. •Ensure the continuity of government. This CEOP serves as the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for Ramsey County and most of its municipalities. A list of all municipalities located within Ramsey County, including descriptions of each, may be found at https://www.ramseycountymeansbusiness.com/business/site-selectors/community- profiles. Any municipality that does not choose to adopt this plan as their municipal EOP is required to develop its own plan and file copies of that plan with Ramsey County Emergency Management & Homeland Security (RCEMHS). Currently, the cities of Saint Paul, St. Anthony, Spring Lake Park, and Blaine and the University of Minnesota maintain separate plans. Statements of acceptance of this Plan and the use of the National Incident Management System (NIMS), adopted by the various municipal governments through Resolution, will be maintained by RCEMHS. 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 CEOP and its annexes have 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. Further, nothing in this Plan alters or impedes the ability to carry out the existing authorities of the municipalities and County governmental agencies to perform their incident management responsibilities under the law. The CEOP incorporates and complies with the principles and requirements found in state and federal laws, regulations, and guidelines, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 version 3.0. In addition, this plan is compliant with State of Minnesota crosswalk requirements (MN Walk) and the Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) standards. The CEOP utilizes information regarding hazards and risk impacting the County from the Ramsey County, Minnesota Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan (MHMP). The MHMP represents the efforts of Ramsey County