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<br />Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan | July 2012 5-1 <br />Section 5 <br />HAZARD MITIGATION GOALS AND OBJECTIVES <br />5.1 Previous Hazard Mitigation Accomplishments <br /> <br />In the previous Ramsey County All-Hazard Mitigation Plan, several action items were identified to <br />mitigate hazards in the community. The following activities have taken place in accordance with the <br />action steps listed: <br />Extreme Temperatures <br /> The county worked with the Minnesota Department of Health to create a plan and public information <br />response for high temperatures. <br /> ECHO has developed programs to educate about the health risks of extreme temperatures. <br /> Get Ready Gopher programs to educate about the health risk of extreme temperatures to coincide with <br />Weather Awareness Weeks <br /> The National Weather Service has warning programs in place to alert people of extreme temperatures. <br />Pandemic Influenza (formerly Disease Outbreak) <br /> The county worked with St. Paul/Ramsey County Public Health to improve plans to deal with <br />infectious disease outbreak, regardless of the cause. Plans are in place and being improved. <br />Precipitation / Flooding / Dam Failure <br /> The County worked with the City of St. Paul and the Ramsey Washington Watershed District on <br />contingency plans for dam failure as the McKnight Road water retention facility. The dam is located <br />in Maplewood, but over flow only affects St. Paul. <br /> To include warning of affected populations and road closures. <br />Drought <br /> Public education and information coordinated with the regional water providers about water <br />conservation. <br />Severe Storms and Tornadoes <br /> Improve the warning system so that it will include IPAWS. <br /> Improve outdoor warning system so that it only sounds sirens in the warned area, rather then all of <br />Ramsey County. <br /> Ensure that the Emergency Communications Center (Warning Point) has the technology and training <br />to effectively activate warning systems. <br />44 CFR Requirement 201.6 (d) (3) <br />A local jurisdiction must review and revise its plan to reflect changes in development, progress in <br />local mitigation efforts, and changes in priorities, and resubmit if for approval within 5 years in order <br />to continue to be eligible for mitigation project grant funding. <br />