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HASTINGS FIRE DEPARTMENT
MICHAEL T. SCHUTT, FIRE & EMS DIRECTOR
115 West 5'h Street
Hastings, MN 55033-1815
Business Office (651) 480-6150
Fax (651) 480-6170
TO: Honorable Mayor Hicks and City Council Members
FROM: Michael T. Schutt, Fire & EMS Director ~~li
DATE: December 10, 2008
SUBJECT: Emergency Operations Plan (EOP)
Description
An updated version of the City of Hastings' Emergency Operations Plan has been completed. Some of
the major updates include: updating individual departmental continuity of operations plan, relocation
plan, evacuation plan, a massive care needs plan, bio-hazards, target hazards, storm warnings and
shelters, severe- weather measures for TRAC operations, contact lists, and a bridge catastrophe plan.
With the retirements of council members Ed Riveness and Turney Hazlet, new council members Joe
Balsanek and Tony Nelson will be added on January 1, 2009. In addition, appropriate changes such as
acting mayor will be updated.
The major purpose of this EOP is to help plan and facilitate for operations in the event of a major
disaster of city buildings, operations, infrastructure within the city, and to maintain a continuity of
government.
Since 2001, under Federal Terroristic Law, most of this plan is private data. If you would like to see
this plan prior to its approval, which is approximately 270 pages in size, it is available for your review.
Please contact me and I will provide you a copy.
Background
This updated EOP will replace the current version which was approved by the city council in 2006.
This updated EOP has been reviewed and approved by David Gisch, Emergency Manager for Dakota
County. Mr. Gisch is also on the review panel for the Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency
Management Division. Upon approval of this current version by the city council, a copy will be
provided to each council member, appropriate staff within the city, Dakota County Emergency
Management and Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division. I would like
to thank all department heads, Community Relations Specialist Shannon Rausch, and staff who have
assisted us in this project.
Requested Action
Staff is recommending approving the updated version of the City of Hastings' Emergency Operations
Plan.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me anytime at 651-775-5547. I will be in
attendance at the December 15, 2008 city council meeting if you should have any questions at that
time.
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