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• Anoka County Multi- Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan dispensing sites have been identified, and a process for administering medicines is being refined and tested. • Practice exercises are conducted between HSEM, NWS, FBI, Anoka County Emergency Medical Services, city first responders and Anoka County Emergency Management to assure preparedness. • All facilities involved with hazardous materials provide annual TIER II reports. • Cities throughout Anoka County continue to add outdoor warning sirens to improve warning effectiveness, and to maintain existing sirens to insure proper operation. • The American Red Cross has multiple designated emergency shelters. • Anoka County is part of the North Metro Drug Task Force, which is active in methamphetamine and other drug enforcement, effectively reducing the number of clandestine labs in the county. • Multiple Anoka County communities have been active in the Firewise program, which works with the state Department of Natural Resources to remove potential fuel sources that may be involved in wild land fires. This mitigation effort limits the spread of wild land fires, and helps to protect homes. • Anoka County participates in the Joint Terrorism Task Force. State mitigation efforts and programs that are significant to Anoka County include the following: State of Minnesota Pipeline Safety Plan: The state of Minnesota, along with gas and oil pipeline providers, maintains a pipeline safety plan. Pipeline providers are required to schedule meetings with local officials to facilitate discussions about mitigation and response to pipeline disasters. The State Emergency Response Commission is responsible for implementing federal Emergency Planning and Community Right -to -Know Act (EPCRA) provisions in Minnesota and serving as a technical advisor and information clearinghouse for state and federal hazardous materials programs. The Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency is the lead agency responsible for implementing EPCRA. Minnesota Emergency Management Plan (MEOP): The Minnesota Emergency Operations Plan (MMP) is the document that provides the foundation for all disaster and emergency response operations conducted within the state of Minnesota. Minnesota state law requires HSEM to develop this plan and update it on a periodic basis. HSEM Regional Offices: HSEM has six Regional Offices. The regional office serves as the primary day -to -day point of contact with local governments and the citizens of the state. A Regional Program Coordinator heads each office. The Area Coordinators travel to local Emergency Management offices to help coordinate planning and preparedness activities, ensure that federally assisted counties are complying with grant requirements, and provide training to emergency responders. The RPC also serves as the agency's conduit to state assistance to major emergencies. An HSEM RPC responds to any major emergency, emergencies involving multiple state agencies, hazardous materials, multiple fatalities, and other events upon the request of local officials. Each county in Minnesota has its own Local Emergency Management Director, and at least one designated Assistant Director, who serve at the direction of the respective County Boards. Because disasters occur at the local government level, the Local Director is the key to