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Ramsey County | Base Plan 5 RCEMHS will request assistance from neighboring jurisdictions through mutual aid, or state assistance from the State of Minnesota. If needs exceed State resources, the EMAC may be activated and/or federal assistance may be requested. •Mutual aid, state, and federal assistance, when provided, will supplement, not supplant, the relief provided by Ramsey County government. •Outside assistance, especially federal assistance, may take up to 72 hours or longer to arrive. Considering this assumption, assistance will be requested as soon as the need for it is anticipated. •Planning will make use of and integrate with regional, state, and federal response and recovery plans, protocols, and frameworks, including but not limited to compliance with ICS, NIMS, and NRF, to ensure efficient operational integration. •Due to the reasons listed above, it is in the best interest of Ramsey County government, its municipalities, and its residents to build a culture of preparedness; to integrate emergency management considerations into all government planning processes, to build strong regional partnerships with neighboring emergency management and response agencies, and to promote individual readiness throughout the community. The CEOP relies upon the following common definitions for incidents, events, emergencies, and disasters: •Incident: any occurrence that requires public safety response actions to minimize impacts to life, property, economy, and/or the environment. Incidents may be short or long in duration, and multiple incidents may be occurring consecutively. All events, emergencies, and disasters are incidents, however, not all incidents will rise to the level of event, emergency, or disaster which necessitate the activation of the CEOP. •Event: pre-planned or anticipated activities that require significant resources from government, private sector, and community organizations. Events gather large crowds which may be vulnerable in the case of a natural, technological, or human-caused emergency or disaster. •Emergency: an incident that overwhelms the day-to-day resources of a jurisdiction. The jurisdiction may seek external assistance to support response and recovery actions to protect life safety. •Disaster: an incident that overwhelms a jurisdiction’s governance model to the degree that the continuity of public safety and/or civic services is threatened or disrupted. The jurisdiction requires external assistance to support response and recovery actions to protect life safety. 1.4 Situation Overview The development of the CEOP is based on the hazard and vulnerability analysis identified in the MHMP. The following sections will provide a brief overview of Ramsey County as well as associated hazards and vulnerabilities. 1.4.1 HAZARD ANALYSIS OVERVIEW