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MNWALK and Planning Resources

​2023 MNWALK  

The MNWALK update lists the planning requirements for a local jurisdiction’s emergency operations plan. The requirements are consistent with the National Preparedness Goal, FEMA’s Comprehensive Preparedness Guides 101 and 201 and the federal Emergency Management Preparedness Grant. New features include INFO boxes containing additional planning information, LINK boxes to new planning guidelines and documents, and PARTNER boxes with suggested whole community partners for each planning area. 

NOTE: This version of the MNWALK is to remain active until guiding documents are changed. Please continue to keep plans updated per the 2023 MNWALK. Regional Program Coordinators will notify local jurisdictions of any changes.
  • 2023 MNWALK (The latest browser versions of Chrome, Edge and Firefox do not support the coding within the MNWALK. Please use Internet Explorer to open this document ​or download it using Adobe Reader.) 

The following charts compare the 2015 and 2023 MNWALK items:

 
 

Local Planning Resource Documents

 

Sample MOU/LOA Chart

  • Example of a chart listing a jurisdiction’s current Memorandums of Understanding/Letters of Agreement.

Sample Record of Revision

  • Provides a method for listing updates and revisions to an emergency operations plan.

Sample Communication Chart

  • Shows all of the types and methods of communicating used in emergencies by a jurisdiction.

Sample EOC Activation Levels

  • Shows positions to be staffed when opening a jurisdiction’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC).

Sample Responsibility Assignments Chart

  • Catalogs the primary and support functions and responsibilities of local departments and agencies in responding to a disaster.

HSEM Debris Management Guidebook​

  • Guidance provided by HSEM Recovery staff for local debris management implementation, consistent with federal requirements.

Local Donations and Volunteer Management Guidebook

  • Guidance provided by HSEM Recovery staff on developing and implementing local donations and volunteer management plans and partnerships.

Functional Needs Planning Toolkit

  • Guidance and Minnesota-specific resources to assist emergency planners in planning for people with disabilities and others with access and functional needs.

Planning Guidance for Local Mass Care

  • Provides guidance for local emergency shelter planning. This guidance was produced by a mass sheltering workgroup as part of HSEM’s mass care initiative.

ECHO Field Operations Guide

ECHO Emergency Operations Plan

  • The Emergency and Community Health Outreach (ECHO) organization has put together an Emergency Operations Plan and Field Operations Guide defining how it will work with emergency services personnel in communicating emergency information to limited English-proficiency populations in the event of an emergency or disaster.

Minnesota County Foreign Animal Disease Response Support Planning Guide

  • This support guidance from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture assigns specific roles and responsibilities for a response to a Foreign Animal Disease (FAD) and outlines county, state and federal interagency cooperation.

Emergency Management Duties

  • A list of Emergency Management duties with references to state and federal statutes, laws and regulations along with federal and state program requirements and guidance documents.

MNVOAD Long-Term Recovery Manual

  • This manual was produced by a collaboration of voluntary agencies within the Minnesota Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (MNVOAD) organization for providing services in a community’s recovery through the creation of local Long Term Recovery Committees.

Core Capability List

  • A list of core capabilities for each mission area—prevent, protect, mitigate, respond, recover.

Definitions of Various Types of Centers

  • A listing of definitions of different types and functions of “centers” referred to in emergency planning documents and emergency services programs​.
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