Emergency Management Division

Emergency Management

The emergency management director, Captain Dan Pelkey, is in charge of coordinating the emergency preparedness for both the police department and the City of Blaine. The process consists of mitigating, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from emergencies.

As part of those duties and responsibilities, the emergency management division seeks to prepare the community for coordinated and planned special events as well as disasters and emergencies. This division was kept extremely busy during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, many annual events were scaled down or canceled all together due to the pandemic.

Below are some of the divisional highlights from the year:

 The annual 3M Open golf tournament took place without any spectators, therefore, the emergency management planning was downgraded tremendously.  A new outdoor warning siren was added to the City. Maintenance and removal of several trees hindering outdoor warning sirens performance was completed.  Updates were made to damage assessment forms in the EOC software.

 A full security review with the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust (LMCIT), was completed on city hall.  Ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), training.  Emergency management certification training was completed by several staff members so as to have back ups in place if needed.  Command vehicle camera upgrades were implemented, (vehicle pictured below.)