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Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training. Services for the community: - Community Emergency Response Training (CERT): 20 hour class to help prepare for emergencies and disasters in the home or community. Practice first aid and triage, using fire extinguishers, and basic search and rescue in a casual atmosphere. Build your own evacuation and shelter kits. - Firewise: Resource to for homeowners to reduce the risk of a fire damage to their home by taking some simple preventive actions. Homeowners can become a recognized Firewise USA site. - Volunteer Opportunities: - CERT team supports emergency response to natural and man-made emergencies and disasters through education, training, response and recovery - Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services / Amateur Radio Emergency Services (RACES/ARES) serves as a back-up for public safety communications during emergencies and disasters, when traditional methods of communication are overwhelmed or fail - Emergency Services Chaplains provide emotional and spiritual support to all emergency responders and their families, as well as victims of crime or crisis served by our responders

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training. Provides: - Community planning for disaster response - Home safety and emergency plans - Volunteer recruitment and training for Medical Reserve Corps to be used if there is a health emergency

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

The Emergency Management Director's office is a combination command and control and resource management allocation/acquisition activity. - Disaster preparedness, response, and recovery - Emergency management during a disaster - General disaster information - Emergency operations center - Emergency communications - Safety alerts - Severe weather safety information

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

- Provides major disaster programs - Offers shelter information for emergency need due to major disaster - Provides food and water for shelter - Gives procedure for response to disasters, nuclear radiation, or chemical accidents - Measures suspected radiation - Coordinates application for Federal/State Government aid due to disaster - Provides all Lake of the Woods County emergency numbers (Fire #s) - Make the emergency plans for Lake of the Woods County - Coordinates weather spotters (Skywarn) - Coordinates Amateur Radio Association (Ham Operators) - Mine Safety Inspector - Safety Officer for Lake of the Woods County - Coordinates Civil Air Patrol for disasters

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Provides: - Disaster preparedness - Emergency communications - Emergency management during a disaster - Emergency operations center - General disaster Information - Safety alerts - Weather warnings to county fire departments and Montevideo cable TV including cold weather, extreme heat, flood, tornado, and winter storm advisories

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Prepares and responds to emergencies, working with emergency officials and volunteers. Also, works with local, state, and federal agencies on public health emergencies. Emergency preparedness and response include: - Hazard Mitigation: Reduce or cut long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards which involves floods, storms, high winds, wildfires, and earthquakes - Industrial Accidents: Accidents that happen such as pipelines, aviation, nuclear, or hydropower energy hazards - Make a Plan: Online resource information about how to make a plan and prepare for disasters for the public - Natural Disasters: Response to landslides, sinkholes, and earthquakes - Outdoor Warning Sirens: The county activates sirens at the recommendation of the National Weather Service when a tornado warning or strong winds are present - Terrorism: Security threats or actions that threaten public safety and security. Lead by federal, local law enforcement, and security agencies at all levels are responsible for detecting and defending against security threats.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

CLOSED United States Postal Services Free COVID-19 Testing Update 9/25/2023: Beginning September 25, every U.S. household can again place an order to receive four free COVID-19 rapid tests delivered directly to their home through the United States Postal Service. To place an order, visit website www.covid.gov/tests or call (800)232-0233. CLOSED Federal At-Home Testing More information on how to get the At-Home Over-The-Counter COVID-19 Test for free can be found on the US Department of Health and Human Services webpage. The tests will be available via mail starting at the end of September, 2024. State At-Home Testing Update 6/16/2025: Visit the Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 Testing website for more information on where to test, which test to take, when to test and more information on testing. Also, offers information to the public on who can get medications to treat COVID-19 and how to access them. Learn more at COVID-19 Medication Options. CLOSED Minnesotans can order free rapid at-home COVID-19 test kits for residents of eligible communities. Residents can enter their zip code to see if tests are available in their area through the Minnesota Department of Health's Say Yes! COVID Test website here. The website is available in English, Hmoob/Hmong, Soomaali/Somali, Español/Spanish, and more! More information can be found on the Minnesota Department of Health's Order Your Free At-Home Rapid Tests website here. Residents can also call the Minnesota Department of Health COVID-19 Public Hotline at 1-833-431-2053 9 am - 5 pm Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and 9 am - 7 pm Tuesday and Thursday. Language assistance is available. Telehealth Test to Treat CLOSED Update 6/20/24: The Minnesota Department of Health has partnered with Cue Health for a free telehealth test-to-treat program to help ensure Minnesotans have easy access to care, treatments, and COVID-19 medication delivery. This service is free and available seven days a week, additional information can be accessed here. CLOSED The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Strategic Preparedness & Response website provides information regarding Test to Treat. Get fast, easy access to life-saving COVID-19 treatments. CLOSED A Test to Treat locator is available to help find participating sites. A call center is available at 1-800-232-0233 (TTY 1-888-720-7489) to get help in English, Español/Spanish, and more than 150 other languages. The Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) is available at 1-888-677-1199 or via email to specifically help people with disabilities access services. A Test to Treat fact sheet is also available online in English and Español/Spanish.

- Disaster preparedness - Emergency management during a disaster - Emergency Operations Center - General disaster information - Severe weather safety information

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.