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    Emergency Services Division

    Active dates:1974 -
    Authority:
    Minn. Stat. 12.11
    1974 Minn. Laws Chap. 428
    Preceded by:
    Civil Defense Department
    History:

    The Minnesota Civil Defense Department became the Civil Defense Division of the Public Safety Department in 1969 (Laws of Minnesota 1969 chapter 1129, article 1, section 14), and the Emergency Services Division as of July 1, 1974 (Laws of Minnesota 1974, chapter 428). In 1987 (Laws of Minnesota 1987, chapter 71, section 2), the name is changed to Division of Emergency Management within the Public Safety Department.
    Subordinate to:
    Public Safety Department
    Agency heads:

    Director: Wes Lane, January 1975-August 16, 1977; Roger Franke, September 1, 1977- April 1979; Gerald Kittridge, October 1979-August 1980; Ralph Olmos, August 14, 1980 - 
    Documents/Articles:
    News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 1974-1980.
    Record last updated: 10/22/2024
     

    All information on this group from the Library’s collection of agency notebooks has been digitized. These materials are incorporated into the “documents/articles” section of the record. Please contact a librarian with any questions. The Minnesota Agencies database is a work in progress.

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