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Emergency manager urges preparedness, outlines disaster thresholds and training plans
Summary
Emergency manager Ryan McCallum updated the Committee of the Whole on local emergency-management responsibilities, mutual-aid partnerships, disaster-declaration thresholds (county ~ $300,000; state ~ $11,000,000), and 2026–27 goals including plan updates, EOC training and Smart911 outreach.
Ryan McCallum, the city’s emergency manager, told the Fergus Falls Committee of the Whole that local emergency-management work centers on planning, coordination and providing accurate public information during incidents.
McCallum said the city’s emergency-management program is grounded in city ordinance and references Minnesota Statute Chapter 12. “The mayor or the legal successor has the authority to declare a local emergency,” McCallum said, explaining that a local declaration is often the first step to access recovery funds and to coordinate response…
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