2005 Minnesota Statutes

     12.09 Duties of Division of Emergency Management. 

    Subdivision 1.    Coordination.  The division shall 
 coordinate state agency preparedness for and emergency response 
 to all types of natural and other emergencies and disasters, 
 including discharges of oil and hazardous substances. 

    Subd. 2.    State emergency plan.  The division shall 
 develop and maintain a comprehensive state emergency operations 
 plan and emergency management program in accord with section 
 12.21, subdivision 3, clause (2), and ensure that other state 
 emergency plans that may be developed are coordinated and 
 consistent with the comprehensive state emergency operations 
 plan. 

    Subd. 3.    State answering point system.  The division 
 shall establish and maintain a single state answering point 
 system for use by persons responsible for reporting emergency 
 incidents and conditions involving hazardous substances or oil, 
 nuclear power plant incidents or accidents, or other emergencies 
 or disasters to state agencies, and for requesting state or 
 federal assistance during and following an emergency or disaster.

    Subd. 4.    Activation of emergency operations centers.  
 The division shall activate the state and regional emergency 
 operations centers when an emergency or disaster threatens or 
 has occurred. 

    Subd. 5.    Assistance to political subdivisions.  The 
 division shall provide guidance, information, and training 
 sufficient to allow local political subdivisions to request 
 state and federal disaster assistance. 

    Subd. 6.    Coordination of local programs.  The 
 division shall coordinate the development and maintenance of 
 emergency operations plans and emergency management programs by 
 the political subdivisions of this state, with the plans and 
 programs integrated into and coordinated with the emergency 
 operations plan and emergency management program of this state 
 to the fullest possible extent. 

    Subd. 7.    Hazard mitigation plan.  The division shall 
 develop and maintain a comprehensive hazard mitigation plan for 
 this state, with the plan integrated into and coordinated with 
 the hazard mitigation plans of the federal government to the 
 fullest possible extent.  The division shall coordinate the 
 preparation of hazard mitigation plans by the political 
 subdivisions, with the plans integrated into and coordinated 
 with the hazard mitigation plan of this state to the fullest 
 possible extent. 

    Subd. 8.    Exercise coordination.  The division shall 
 coordinate the development and conduct of emergency preparedness 
 drills and exercises involving multiple Minnesota state agencies.

    Subd. 9.    Volunteer resources coordination.  The 
 division shall provide ongoing coordination of a network of 
 state, local, and federal government agencies and private 
 organizations to ensure the smooth coordination of donations and 
 volunteerism during major disasters.  Duties include:  

    (1) hotline management, including training, staffing, 
 information distribution, and coordination with emergency 
 operations management; 

    (2) coordination between government and private relief 
 agencies; 

    (3) networking with volunteer organizations; 

    (4) locating resources for anticipated disaster needs and 
 making these resources available to local governments in a 
 database; 

    (5) training in disaster preparation; 

    (6) revising existing plans based on experience with 
 disasters and testing the plans with simulated disasters; and 

    (7) maintaining public information about disaster donations 
 and volunteerism. 

    HIST: 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 5; 1998 c 367 art 11 s 1