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C. Responsibility for Notification For any Level Emergency, the observer is responsible to activate the flowchart by contacting the Sherburne County Sheriffs Communications Division (911). The Sherburne County Sheriff's Communications Division will make the determination as to the level of the emergency. For a Level 1 or Level 2 Emergency situation, the Sherburne County Sheriff's Communications Division is responsible for contacting Elk River Municipal Utilities, the Elk River Police Department, and the Elk River Fire Department. The Elk River Police Department shall ensure that downstream residents receive notification in the case of a Level 1 Emergency situation. Communication will be achieved by phone, or by door-to- door notification. The Elk River Fire and Police Departments will activate the Elk River Emergency Operations Center. Elk River Municipal Utilities is authorized to contact all other state and local officials as necessary, including (but not limited to): the National Weather Service, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the Elk River Public Works Department, and the Elk River City Administrator. If a situation arose in which Elk River Municipal Utilities could not be reached, authority to contact all other state and local officials would fall to Elk River Police and Fire Departments. The National Weather Service (Twin Cities, MN Weather Forecast Office) shall issue flood warnings in the case of a Level 1 or Level 2 Emergency. D. Responsibility for Evacuation In case of a Level 1 Emergency, the Elk River Police Department is responsible for evacuation of downstream Elk River residents, and the Wright County Sheriff's Office is responsible for evacuation of downstream Otsego residents. Although the list of residents that fall within the theoretical inundation area will be updated regularly by the EAP coordinator, it could possibly be incomplete at any future time. Evacuation should, therefore, include all residents within or near the inundated areas (shown on the map in Section VII) and not exclusively the residents on the notification flowchart. E. Responsibility for Duration, Security, Termination, and Follow-Up Elk River Municipal Utilities will be responsible for on-site monitoring of the situation at the dam and keeping local authorities informed of developing conditions at the dam from the time that the emergency starts until the emergency has been terminated. In the case of a Level 1 or Level 2 Emergency, assistance may be requested of the DNR for expert supervision and monitoring of a situation. During a Level 1 or Level 2 Emergency, access to the dam shall be restricted by means of temporary barriers and fencing. A Level 1 or Level 2 Emergency at the Elk River Dam will not be terminated until inspected by a qualified engineer, and the DNR State Dam Safety Engineer has been 169