Title: Emergency Services, Department of. Public Information Office
Dates: 1962-2011
Series Number: 32228
Quantity: 12 feet
Abstract: Original accession consists of photographs, negatives, ephemera, video footage, and files on CDs. The photographs and negatives are of the State Radio Communications System, floods and other natural disasters in North Dakota, and from the dedication of the State Radio System (which also includes the ephemera). The video footage is of flooding in Fargo, an episode of Rescue 911, North Dakota National Guard films, and an Emergency Management Agency video.
The files on the CDs include photographs, photograph descriptions, maps, reports, presentations, documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, site inspection records, back up of the website, and weather emergency statistics by county. The files document state and national emergencies, including snow, hail, flooding, wind, tornadoes, fires, an airplane crash, and other disasters. Also included are trainings, meetings, and conferences held by the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES), as well as Presidential Disaster Declarations, exercises, and Preliminary Damage Assessments (PDAs). Groups and individuals include the US Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state Emergency Operations Centers (EOCs), Cub Scouts, North Dakota Department of Transportation (DOT), North Dakota State University (NDSU), Emergency Management, Emergency Management Assessment Program (EMAP), Army Corps of Engineers, and Governor John Hoeven.
October 4, 2011 accession consists of seven discs (CDs and DVDs), including an “Old Agency video,” 2002; Department of Emergency Services/State Radio staff photographs (150); “Homeland Security VISC EMAP-DEM Animation”; “Wind/Flood” video; “E.O.C.” video; “EOC State Radio EOC DEM Video Master”; and “DES Strat Plan Brochure 2010 update.” Please see finding aid (below) for more information about each disc.
November 22, 2011 accession consists of printed material, a scrapbook, photographs, videos, newspapers, and artifacts, dating from about 1974 to 2008
February 8, 2012 accession consists of files on disasters in ND dating from 1965-1989, various slides that were taken or used by the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (formerly Disaster Emergency Services), a map of Signal 100 sites in ND (oversized), publications, printed material, VHS tapes of aerial footage of Bismarck, Napoleon, Wishek, Lehr, Strasburg and the Marmarth levee, and photographs.
September 12, 2013 accession consists of material documenting the 1987 Garrison Dam Safety incident table top exercise, the 1985 Fort Peck dam safety exercise, and records from table top and disaster preparedness exercises held around the state in 2003 and 2004. The exercises are organized by county.
November 18, 2015 accession includes 3 photographic prints and portraits of Agency staff, including Ed Schlenker, and a reminiscence of the history of the North Dakota Office of Civil Defense.
December 23, 2015 accession consists of eleven VHS tapes, and photographs of various disasters, such as floods, fires, and tornados.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the Department of Emergency Services Public Information Office Records from Cecily Fong, Public Information Officer, in November 2008. The collection was processed and the inventory created in September 2009.
Additional material was donated in October 2009, April 2011, October 2011, September 2013 and November and December 2015. The finding aid was updated to reflect the added material. Originally, the title of the collection was Emergency Services, Department of. Public Information Office, Photographs. The name of the collection was changed to Emergency Services, Department of. Public Information Office, Records to reflect added material.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Public Records are not subject to copyright restrictions, although record series may contain copyrighted material. Consideration of such copyrights is the responsibility of the researcher.
Access: The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Transfer:
Collection notes: Boxes one and two were located in a scrapbook - descriptions from the
scrapbook were copied to the back of the photographs. Newspaper clippings, telegrams, and the program from the scrapbook were copied and moved to box 3.
In December 2015, the digital contents of the collection were migrated off of the original media and into the secure digital archive. Digital files can be found in the following folders within the digital archive: 32228_20100304_230201, 32228_20110739_230201, and 32228_20111122_230201
Box / Folder Inventory
Box 1:
32228_01_01 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Temporary location during implementation of new VHF radio system, June 1976
32228_01_02 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Temporary location during implementation of new VHF radio system, June 1976
32228_01_03 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Miller’s Sheet Metal laying new duct work, June 1976
32228_01_04 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Northwester Bell setting up circuit panels, June
32228_01_05 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Don Mund instructing new Business Manager Bob Meidinger, June 1976
32228_01_06 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Glass Electric installing wiring for new system, June 1976
32228_01_07 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Oxtenko & Sons in to paint the new Center, June 1976
32228_01_08 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Oxtenko & Sons in to paint the new Center, June 1976
32228_01_09 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Installation of Northwest Bell circuits, June 1976
32228_01_10 Photograph (from scrapbook) - IBM personnel installing new system 7, June 1976
32228_01_11 Photograph (from scrapbook) - IBM personnel installing new system 7, June 1976
32228_01_12 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Warehouse at 209 S 22nd Street where all new equipment is being stored until installation is complete, 1976
32228_01_13 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Warehouse at 209 S 22nd Street where all new equipment is being stored until installation is complete, 1976
32228_01_14 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Warehouse at 209 S 22nd Street where all new equipment is being stored until installation is complete, 1976
32228_01_15 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Warehouse at 209 S 22nd Street where all new equipment is being stored until installation is complete, 1976
32228_01_16 Photograph (from scrapbook) - The first of the new Motorola Command Consoles to be brought into the Command Center on September 21, 1976
32228_01_17 Photograph (from scrapbook) - The first of the new Motorola Command Consoles to be brought into the Command Center on September 21, 1976
32228_01_18 Photograph (from scrapbook) - The first of the new Motorola Command Consoles to be brought into the Command Center on September 21, 1976
32228_01_19 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Part of Command Control Center?, 1976
32228_01_20 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Unidentified man, perhaps employee?, 1976
32228_01_21 Photograph (from scrapbook) - System 7 went into full operation on Sept. 12, 1976
32228_01_22 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Data Speed 40 terminal?, 1976
32228_01_23 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Work being done by Highway Department personnel at Highway Department sites on the new State Radio VHF system?, 1976
32228_01_24 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Work being done by Highway Department personnel at Highway Department sites on the new State Radio VHF system?, 1976
32228_01_25 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Work being done by Highway Department personnel at Highway Department sites on the new State Radio VHF system?, 1976
32228_01_26 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Work being done by Highway Department personnel at Highway Department sites on the new State Radio VHF system?, 1976
32228_01_27 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Work being done by Highway Department personnel at Highway Department sites on the new State Radio VHF system?, 1976
32228_01_28 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Cake for the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, July 15, 1977
32228_01_29 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Man speaking at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, 1977
32228_01_30 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Father Cook speaking at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, 1977
32228_01_31 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Man speaking at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, 1977
32228_01_32 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Edward J. Klecker speaking at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, 1977
32228_01_33 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Governor Art Link speaking at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, 1977
32228_01_34 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Governor Art Link speaking at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_35 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Governor Art Link speaking at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_36 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Awards ceremony at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, v1977
32228_01_37 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Awards ceremony at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_38 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Awards ceremony at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_39 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Awards ceremony at the dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_40 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Ribbon cutting ceremony, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_41 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Ribbon cutting ceremony, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_42 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Ribbon cutting ceremony, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_43 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Ribbon cutting ceremony, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_44 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Ribbon cutting ceremony, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_45 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Plaque unveiling, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_46 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Plaque unveiling, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_47 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Plaque unveiling, Art Link at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_48 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Dedication (with Governor Art Link) of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_49 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Dedication (with Governor Art Link) of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_50 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_51 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Dedication (with Governor Art Link) of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_52 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Dedication (with Governor Art Link) of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_53 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Woman with cake at dedication of the new VHF State Radio Communications System, Sorenson Hall, Fraine Barracks, July 15, 1977
32228_01_54 Photograph (from scrapbook) - Group in lunch room, June 11, 1977
32228_01_55 Photograph (from scrapbook) - State Radio offices, June 11, 1977
32228_01_56 Photograph (from scrapbook) - State Radio offices, June 11, 1977
Box 2:
32228_02A_[1-25] 25 35mm negatives of Grand Forks and Red River Valley flooding, 1997
32228_02B_[1-25] 25 35mm negatives of Grand Forks and Red River Valley flooding, 1997 32228_02C_[1-25] 25 35mm negatives of Grand Forks and Red River Valley flooding, 1997
32228_02D_[1-24] 24 35mm negatives of Grand Forks and Red River Valley flooding, 2001
32228_02E_[1-13] 13 35mm negatives of Grand Forks and Red River Valley flooding, 2001
32228_02_06 Page photocopied from scrapbook - North Dakota Communications announcement, June 27, 1997; and newspaper clipping “State Radio will Switch to New System,” Bismarck Tribune, July 14, 1977
32228_02_07 Page photocopied from scrapbook - North Dakota Communications announcements, Sept. 7, 1976
32228_02_08 Photograph (laminated) - Wahpeton Park “flizzard” 1997
32228_02_09 Invitation for dedication of new VHF State radio Communications System (from scrapbook), July 15, 1977
32228_02_10 Photograph (laminated) - Cars outside Kirkwood Mall covered in snow (ND received 10-24"), Bismarck, ND, April 6, 1997
32228_02_11 Photograph (laminated) - Tornado knocks over water tower, Elgin, ND, July 4, 1978
32228_02_12 Photograph (laminated) - Spring flood, Grand Forks, 1997
32228_02_13 Photograph (laminated) - Spring flood, Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, 1997
32228_02_14 Photograph (computer printout) – State Radio employees composite, “congratulations, and best wishes, from the staff at State Radio” January 2003
Box 3:
32228_02A_[1, 7-17, 22-25] 16 prints (from negatives in box 2), 1997
32228_02B_[1-18, 21-22, 24]21 prints (from negatives in box 2), 1997
32228_02C_[1, 3, 7-25] 21 prints (from negatives in box 2), 1997
Box 4:
32228_04_01 Photograph - Employees at Command Control Center, ca 1985
32228_04_02 Photograph - Employees at Command Control Center, n.d.
32228_04_03 Photograph - Highway Patrol at site of semi-truck accident (truck tipped over on interstate), Bismarck Tribune, June 3, 1999
32228_04_04 Photograph - Man inspecting uprooted tree which has fallen on a house, Bismarck Tribune, June 3, 1999
32228_02D [1-21] 21 prints (+ 19 duplicate prints) (from negatives in box 2), 2001
32228_02E [1-2] 2 prints (from negatives in box 2), 2001
Box 5:
32228_05_01 Photograph - State Radio Employee at Command Control Center, August (1991, 1996 or 2002)
32228_05_02 Photograph - North Dakota Highway Department building, 1998?
32228_05_03 Photograph - State Radio Employee at Command Control Center, August (1991, 1996 or 2002)
32228_05_04 Photograph - Motorola Command Console, n.d.
32228_05_05 Aerial photograph - Grand Forks and East Grand Forks flooding, 1997
32228_05_06 Aerial photograph - Grand Forks flooding, 1997
32228_05_07 Aerial photograph - Grand Forks flooding, 1997
32228_05_08 Aerial photograph - Grand Forks and East Grand Forks flooding, 1997
32228_05_09 Aerial photograph - Grand Forks and East Grand Forks flooding, 1997
32228_05_10 Photograph composite (computer printout), various staff members and events in State Radio History
Box 6:
1 Contains 5 DVDs of photographs, Microsoft Word documents, Microsoft PowerPoint files, text files, and other miscellaneous text and image files.
Disc 1: Contains 413 files arranged in original order by the following topics: 2005, Grand Forks Red River Flood 1997 and Wahpeton flood 1997.
The 2005 items include photographs, reports, presentations, emails, and maps along the following topics: Devils Lake, May 1, 2005; Devils Lake roads as dikes; Edgeley; Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) Photos; Fargo Reserve Center; Hettinger County tornado, June 1, 2005; McHenry County, June 2, 2005; SE (Southeast) snow storm; Sheridan County fuel spill; SR (State Radio?) pictures; and Ward County, June 3, 2005.
The Grand Forks Red River Flood 1997 items include photographs of various image file formats, a map, and a presentation.
The Wahpeton flood 1997 items are all photographs.
Disc 2: Contains 645 files arranged in original order by the following topics: 2004, IEMC, and “temporary pictures construction misc.”
The 2004 items include photographs, presentations, a photograph caption email, contact information, map, press release, damage assessment, and a report along the following topics: Barnes County tornado, July 18; Becy Ault I 29 construction; Bismarck storm, August; Bismarck winter fire; Cyanide barrels, October 11, 2004; Deep Creek fire; Devils Lake, May 12, 2004; Erickson brief; Fallen soldiers; Flood, March 30, 2004; Flood, April 2, 2004; Hannover spill; Ice Verendrye Electric photos; July 18 Tornado; Magpie fire; McHenry County show; Mikes creek fire; ND snow Cass Fargo EMS (Emergency Management Services); NDACO Exercise, September 14, 2004; NDSU EOC Photos; Old Message switch; Police; Treater fire; Walsh County, March 30, 2004; Whitetail Fire; and World Hockey (2005).
The IEMC items include photographs and a presentation.
The “temporary pictures construction misc.” includes photographs, maps and a presentation of the Emergency Operations Center.
Disc 3: Contains 270 photographs of the 1997 flooding in Grand Forks, ND.
Disc 4: Contains 937 files along the following years and topics: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, EMAP, photos from FEMA’s webpage, Grand Forks flood anniversary, Lignite wind, Straw fire 2001, Train incidents, Pembina, Johnson’s Wrecking fire, and Minot train derailment. The disc also contains one photograph of each of the following topics: Johnson’s Wrecking fire, Minot train derailment, State EOC, and train incident.
The 1999 items consist of photographs of a training and conference, EOC Activation, and Devils Lake flooding in 1999.
The 2000 items include photographs, captions for several photos, and a presentation of flooding in Fargo, Grand Forks, and Turtle River State Park and an oil spill in 2000.
The 2001 items include photographs, captions for several of the photographs, maps, scans of newspaper clippings, and presentation of flooding in Fargo, Grand Forks, and Churchs Ferry, tornadoes, hail storm in Bismarck, and a fuel spill fire in Stutsman County.
The 2003 items include photographs, maps, national drought summaries, presentations, correspondence, site inspection records, and weather emergency statistics by county.
The 2006 items consist of photographs of a trench repair and Northwood Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
The Emergency Management Accreditation Program (EMAP) items consist of photographs.
The photos from FEMA’s web page consist of photographs, some with descriptions of flooding on the Red River, hailstorm in Bismarck, road washouts, and flood prevention.
The Grand Forks flood anniversary items consist of photographs.
The straw fire 2001 items includes photographs.
Disc 5: Contains 495 files along the following topics: 2002, 2007, Lonnie State employee of the year, State Radio photos, and Disaster photos (presentation).
The 2002 items consist of: photographs, maps, documents, drought summaries, reports, and presentations from 2002. Topics include a plane crash; tornado damage in August; train derailment in June; Black Hawk helicopters with Governor John Hoeven at the Bismarck airport; certification; Cub Scouts posing for a picture at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC); dams at Icelandic State Park; train derailment work at the EOC; Dickinson EOC; Diligent Warrior training; disaster declaration maps; drought monitor; FEMA mobilization; FEMA inspection of road washout in Walsh County; Byron Seiber’s Flood and Recovery case study of Grand Forks flood presentation; Jamestown EOC; maps of tribal lands in North Dakota by Jon Haugen; legislative district map; fire maps, PSA maps, and EAS maps; fuel tanker fire in median of interstate; tornado in Adams County.
The 2007 items consist of: photographs and photograph descriptions from 2007. Topics include tornado over Langdon; flood in Minot; cleanup in Northwood after tornado.
Lonnie state employee of the year consists of photographs of award presented by Governor John Hoeven.
State Radio consists of photographs from the interior of EOC.
PowerPoint of disaster photographs from various years.
2 “To This Point,” 30 minute video footage shot by FEMA of the flooding in Fargo (DVD)
3
Disc 1: 2009 flood video (DVD)
Disc 2: Emergency Services old website back up disc (CD), contains 1,632 text documents, PDF files, and HTML files, n.d.
Disc 3: Division of Emergency Management Agency Video (DVD), n.d.
Disc 4: Episode of Rescue 911 from Sargeant County (DVD), 1994
Disc 5: Photos of the FEMA Congressional Tour of Devils Lake 2010, photos by Tom Kempton R8 (CD), contains 74 JPEG files and features Governor John Hoeven, Byron Dorgan, Kent Conrad, and Earl Pomeroy, 2010
Disc 6: ND National Guard “A Call To Service… Continuing the Call, 2005-2008”
Disc 7: ND National Guard “Guarded Waters: ND National Guard 2009 Flood Fight” DEM-1 Daily newscasts beginning February 01, (digital video cassette), 2001?
4
Disc 1: “Old Agency video,” Produced by Pat Scott, Directed and Edited by Johathan Haugen, created in 2002 (DVD)
Disc 2: Department of Emergency Services/State Radio staff photographs, 150 portraits (JPEG or RAW file type) (CD)
Disc 3: “Homeland Security VISC EMAP-DEM Animation” Includes raw footage for NDDES video, ca 2001; Mercer County 911 dispatch, ca 2001; Mary Senger – Burleigh County Emergency Management, ca 2001; Rick Robinson, Governor Hoeven, Doug Frieze, Wayne Baron, Lynn Clanay, EMAP Accreditation, ca October 2004; Communications training video; and a post-9/11 ND National Guard video.
Disc 4: “Wind/Flood” Includes footage of the ND National Guard cleaning up after a wind storm and Grand Forks flood footage, including Senator Conrad and Vice President Al Gore
Disc 5: “E. O. C.” Includes operations raw footage, flooding or significant event, ca. 2000
Disc 6: “EOC State Radio EOC DEM Video Master” Includes NDDES Agency video with message from Governor Hoeven; footage of an exercise post 2001, “Vigilant Victor”; Raw footage of EOC, ca 2001; post-9/11 ND National Guard video; NDDES agency video (raw footage), Governor Hoeven; flood footage; Garrison Dam footage; aerial footage of Fraine Barracks and capitol critical infrastructure; State Radio raw footage, ca 2000-2002; KFYR-AM studio footage
Disc 7: “DES Strat Plan Brochure 2010 update”
5 Printed material, ca 1977-2006:
State Radio values and mission card (two)
Booklet, “State Radio Communications Department: Nerve Center of ND,” ca 1977
ND Signal 100 Manual, 1989
Access card to NCIC inquiries, 1994
State Radio employee handbook, July 1998
Brochure, “Preparedness and Response to Agricultural Terrorism,” 2005
Brochure – “the Red River of the North Flood Disaster: 10 Years Later,” ca 2006
6 Newspapers documenting the tornado in the Turtle Mountains, 2008 (three)
7 Printed material, 2001-2003:
“Journeys: North Dakota’s Trail Towards Disaster Resistance,” 2001
“Telling the Tale of Disaster Resistance: Tips and Tools to Help You Capture the Story,” 2001
ND Local Emergency Operations Plan booklet, 2002
ND Disaster Procedure handbook, rev. 2003
8 Situation manuals/handbooks for tabletop exercises, 2004:
October 6, 2004, Morton County
December 9, 2004, Cross Border (ND, Manitoba, Saskatchewan)
9 Situation manuals/handbooks for tabletop exercises, 2005:
February 5, 2005, Finely, Steele County, ND
March 14, 2005, Oliver County, ND
March 30, 2005, Nelson County, ND
April 4, 2005, LaMoure County, ND
10 Situation manuals/handbooks for tabletop exercises, 2005:
June 2, 2005, Wash County, ND
September 20, 2005, Eddy and Foster Counties, ND
September 21, 2005, Bottineau County, ND
11 Situation manuals/handbooks for tabletop exercises, 2005 and report, 2008:
September 29, 2005, Ramsey County, ND
September 29, 2005, Stutsman County, ND
“National Exercise Program After Action Report/Improvement Plan: ND Regional Tabletop Exercises, US Department of Homeland Security, 2008”
12 State Radio scrapbook, 1974-2005
13 State Radio scrapbook, 1974-2005 (continued)
14
Disc 1: Disc of photographs – examples of equipment purchased through Homeland Security
grant dollars to augment regional response capabilities
Disc 2: Disc of photographs (JPEG files) and Microsoft Word documents – Glimpses of a Disaster: Disaster photos DR-1334-ND declared June 27, 2000, includes flooding in Fargo, Grand Forks County, Turtle River State Park, and various agricultural disasters in North Dakota
Disc 3: Data disc – “Journeys: North Dakota’s Trail Towards Disaster Resistance” (PDF)
Disc 4: Law Enforcement Explosives Awareness Training video
Disc 5: ND Division of Emergency management, National Emergency Response Plan Briefing, January 29, 2005 (video)
Disc 6: “Pembina Punch,” 2004 (video)
15 VHS – “Amber Alert”
VHS – “ND Personal Protection Kits”
16 VHS – “ND National Guard Operation Snowball, winter 1996-1997
Box 7:
32228-07-01 – 32228-07-14 Photographs - Civil Air Patrol photos of Red River flooding, printed May 1979
32228-07-15 Photograph - Civil Air Patrol photo of Red River flooding in Grand Forks, printed May 1979
32228-07-16 – 32228-07-17 Photographs - Lyle Gallagher, director of State Radio
32228-07-18 Photograph – Rick Hessinger, unidentified and Lyle Gallagher receiving award
32228-07-19 – 32228-07-27 Photographs – Probably an APCO conference, presenters are unidentified
32228-07-28 – 32228-07-29 Photographs – Lyle Gallagher, director of State Radio, presenting
32228-07-30 Photograph – former Barnes County Emergency Manager
32228-07-31 Photograph – fire in Dickinson (unidentified location)
32228-07-32 – 32228-07-36 Photographs – State Radio artwork
32228-07-37 Photograph – Lyle Gallagher on left, others unidentified
32228-07-38 – 32228-07-49 Photographs – unidentified, probably an exercise involving the Burleigh County Sheriff, ca. 1980
32228-07-50 – 32228-07-51 Photographs - ambulance driver, Mandan, ND, ca late 1970s
32228-07-52 – 32228-07-53 Photographs – Bill Haas
32228-07-54 Photograph – Dave Kulackoski
32228-07-55 Photograph – Janell Quinlan engaged in an exercise for either State Radio or the Department of Emergency Management
Box 8:
32228-08-01 – 32228-08-02 Photographs – Wes Hendrickson
32228-08-03 Photograph – Jim Luger
32228-08-04 Photograph – Left to right: Dave Kulackoski, Gary Monzelensky, Adam Heck, Jim Boehm
32228-08-05 – 32228-08-06 Photographs – Jim Boehm
32228-08-07 – 32228-08-08 Photographs – State Radio control room
32228-08-09 Photograph – ND State Radio Communications System sign
32228-08-10 – 32228-08-11 Photographs – State Radio Tower
32228-08-12 Photograph – State Radio door
32228-08-13 Photograph – ND State Radio Communications Centrally Dispatched
VHF Radio Sites map
32228-08-14 – 32228-08-20 Photographs – State Radio film strip
32228-08-21 – 32228-08-24 Photographs – State Radio staff working in control room
32228-08-25 Photograph – Bill Haas, Communications Specialist
32228-08-26 Photograph – Gary Monzelowsky, Communications Supervisor
32228-08-27 Photograph – Chuck Hendrickson, Communications Specialist
32228-08-28 Photograph – Elaine Czeczok, Communications Specialist
32228-08-29 Photograph – Chuck Weisser, Communications Specialist
32228-08-30 Photograph – Cindy Kambeitz, Communications Specialist, 1991
32228-08-31 Photograph – Ray Flanagan, Communications Specialist
32228-08-32 Photograph – Renee Heinz, Communications Specialist
32228-08-33 Photograph – Peggy Golke, Communications Specialist
32228-08-34 Photograph – Ed Schlenker, Communications Specialist
32228-08-35 Photograph – Adam Heck, Communications Supervisor
32228-08-36 Photograph – Rick Robinson, Communications Specialist
32228-08-37 Photograph – Jacque Jensen, Communications Specialist
32228-08-38 Photograph – Brian Sauter, Communications Specialist
32228-08-39 Photograph – Todd Gums, Communications Specialist
32228-08-40 Photograph – Bob Tracy, Communications Specialist
32228-08-41 Photograph – Dennis Czichotzki, Communications Specialist
32228-08-42 Photograph – Bruce Schauer, Communications Specialist
32228-08-43 Photograph – Jim Boehm, Communications Supervisor
32228-08-44 Photograph – Holly Duciaume, Communications Specialist
32228-08-45 Photograph – Dave Kulackoski, Communications Supervisor
Box 9:
1 Flooding, 1965-1976
2 Drought, 1977
3 Blizzard, 1978 (FSAA-3061-EM)
4 Flood, 1978 I (FDAA-554-DR)
5 Flood, 1978 I (FDAA-554-DR) (continued)
6 Flood, 1978 II (FDAA-554-DR)
7 Tornado, 1978 (FDAA-3065-EM)
8 Tornado, 1978 (FDAA-3065-EM) (continued)
9 Flood, 1979 I (FDAA-581-DR)
10 Flood, 1979 II (FDAA-581-DR)
11 Flood, 1979 II (FDAA-581-DR) (continued)
12 Drought and fire hazard; severe storm Richland County, 1980
13 Drought, severe weather, Dickinson pipeline, 1981
14 Agricultural disaster, emergency loan request, 1981-1982
15 Flood hay shortage, 1982
16 Agricultural disaster – emergency loans – fmHA, 1982-1983
17 Ice storm, 1983
18 Ice storm, 1983
Box 10:
1 SBA-PIK USDA, 1985
2 Agriculture, 1986-1988
3 Severe Summer storm, Agricultural Drought Impact, 1983
4 Rural fire threat, 1984
5 April 1984 blizzard, 1984-1986 USDA activity
6 April 1984 blizzard, 1984-1986 USDA activity (continued)
7 Water shortage calls, 1988
8 Water shortage calls, 1988 (continued)
9 Spring flooding, Red River Valley, 1989
10 Spring flooding, Red River Valley, 1989 (continued)
11 Slides:
“The Basic Effects of Nuclear Weapons” (34 slides)
General Nawas briefing (26 slides)
“What is Civil Defense?” (16 slides)
Vandalism (4 slides)
Disaster scenes (41 slides)
Rapid City flood, June 1972 (16 slides)
Alaskan earthquake (56 slides)
Civil Defense briefing (37 slides)
12 Slides:
Hebron flood, June 1972 (17 slides)
“The Teaching and Learning Process” (40 slides)
Flood damage (12 slides)
Department of Emergency Services staff miscellaneous (8 slides)
Washington state Emergency Operations Center (12 slides)
Tornado damage scenes (8 slides)
Miscellaneous Department of Emergency Services office (20 slides)
Miscellaneous tornado shots (11 slides)
“Slides used by Gen. Murry to explain Guard and DES. See script” (10 slides)
ND Emergency Operations Center (38 slides)
Slides from handbook I old series (20 slides)
Unidentified (16 slides)
Slides of Governor Olson (2 slides)
13 Script with Alaska slides, 1964
14 Printed material:
“Interagency Hazard Mitigation Report,” FEMA-DR-1174-ND May 14, 1997
“Final Report of the President’s Long-term Recovery Task Force: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota,” December 1997
14 Printed material (continued)
“State of North Dakota Hazard Mitigation Interagency Team Report: Long Term Recovery Strategy in Response to 1220-DR-ND Flooding, Ground Saturation and Severe Storms Declared June 15, 1998,” September 1998
“Fire in the West, Fire Season 2000: A Report for the Western State Fire Managers” by William C. Teie and Brian F. Weatherford, ca 2001
Newspapers about flooding in Mott, 1978
15 Printed material:
Fedgazette (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) “A Flood of Floods” issue about Minot, ND flooding, October 2011
“The Next Flood: Getting Prepared,” final report of the International Red River Basin Task Force to the International Joint Commission, April 2000
“The Floods of 1997: A Special Report,” North Dakota State Water Commission, June 1997
16 Photographs:
32228-10-01 Jim Lueder, Wes Hendrickson, Dave Kulakowski, Jim Boehm, Adam Heck and Dewey (Duane) Markel
32228-10-02 Ed Schlenker
32228-10-03 Gary Manzelowski
32228-10-04 Kevin Mattern
32228-10-05 Brian Sauter
32228-10-06 Elaine Czeczok
32228-10-07 North Dakota Disaster Emergency Services staff, ca 1970, Dave Kulakowski, Jim Schwab, Sam Lovold, Jim Lueder, Marlow Bales, Lyle Gallagher, Duane Markel, Joe, Wes Hendrickson, Del Adolf
17 VHS:
NDDOT flight – 1/20/1997 Bismarck, Wahpeton, Wishek, Lehr, Strasburg Marmarth levee
18 Photographic prints and portraits of Agency staff, including Ed Schlenker, and a reminiscence of the history of the North Dakota Office of Civil Defense, n.d.
Box 11:
1 Dam safety (FEMA publications and printed material), 1979-1990
2 Dam safety (continued)
3 Staff guidance materials (given to Exercise Design Teams), 1987
4 Garrison Dam facts, 1987
5 Exercise data: Burleigh, Emmons, McLean and Mercer Counties, 1987
6 Exercise data: Morton, Oliver and Sioux Counties, 1987
7 State Response during exercise, 1987
8 Dam safety incident tabletop exercise, state program rating criteria, model law (USCOLD), 1987
9 Dam failure/evacuation contingency guidelines, n.d.
10 Contingency plan for emergencies: Garrison Dam-Lake Sakakawea, 1984
11 VHS – safety exercise and press conference, 1987
12 Fort Peck Dam safety exercise, 1985
13 Fort Peck Dam safety exercise (continued)
14 Immediate post exercise critique, ca. 1980s
15 Dam failure evacuation contingency guidelines development, n.d.
16 Correspondence about and calendars of exercise drills, 2003-2004
17 North Dakota Department of Health Drill, August 26, 2004
18 Biological large scale epidemic, October 19, 2004
19 Adams County drills, 2003-2004
20 Barnes County drills, 2003-2004
21 Benson County drills, 2003-2004
22 Billings County drills, 2003-2004
23 Billings and Golden Valley Counties drill, April 24, 2004
24 Bottineau County drills, 2003-2004
25 Bowman County drills, 2003-2004
26 Bowman and Slope Counties drills, September 2004
27 Burke County drills, 2003-2004
Box 12:
1 Burleigh County drills, 2003-2004
2 Cass County drills, 2003-2004
3 Dickey County drills, 2003-2004
4 Divide County drills, 2003-2004
5 Dunn County drills, 2003-2004
6 Eddy County drills, 2003-2004
7 Emmons County drills, 2003-2004
8 Foster County drills, 2003-2004
9 Grand Forks County drills, 2003-2004
10 Golden Valley County drills, 2003-2004
11 Grant County drills, 2003-2004
12 Griggs County drills, 2003-2004
13 Hettinger County drills, 2003-2004
14 Kidder County drills, 2003-2004
15 LaMoure County drills, 2003-2004
16 Logan County drills, 2003-2004
17 McHenry County drills, 2003-2004
18 McIntosh County drills, 2003-2004
19 McKenzie County drills, 2003-2004
20 McLean County drills, 2003-2004
21 Mercer County drills, 2003-2004
22 Morton County drills, 2003-2004
23 Mountrail County drills, 2003-2004
24 Nelson County drills, 2003-2004
25 Oliver County drills, 2003-2004
26 Pembina County drills, 2003-2004
27 Pierce County drills, 2003-2004
28 Ramsey County drills, 2003-2004
29 Ransom County drills, 2003-2004
30 Renville County drills, 2003-2004
31 Richland County drills, 2003-2004
32 Rolette County drills, 2003-2004
33 Sargent County drills, 2003-2004
Box 13:
1 Sheridan County drills, 2003-2004
2 Sioux County drills, 2003-2004
3 Slope County drills, 2003-2004
4 Spirit Lake Sioux Tribe drills, 2003-2004
5 Stark County drills, 2003-2004
6 Stutsman County drills, 2003-2004
7 Towner County drills, 2003-2004
8 Traill County drills, 2003-2004
9 Ward County drills, 2003-2004
10 Walsh County drills, 2003-2004
Box 14:
1 Wells County drills, 2003-2004
2 Williams County drills, 2003-2004
Box 15: VHS:
James River south of Jamestown (N.D.), Pipestem Creek from ? to Heaton (N.D.), August 6, 1993
James River south of Jamestown (N.D.), James River from Jamestown, Pingree, Kensal, Jamestown (N.D.) to Aberdeen (S.D.), July 17, 1993
James River south of Jamestown (N.D.), Jamestown Dam to New Rockford (N.D.), August 5, 1993
Maddock-Esmond tornado, July 8, 1989
Grand Forks Air Force Base hazmat, April 1989
Grand Forks chemical fire, April 20, 1989
Emergency flood fighting
McLean Bottoms fire, April 16, 1990
Red River/Wild Rice flooding, April 5, 1989 and Fargo, April 8, 1989
Devils Lake flight, April 6, 1995 and Devils Lake site, April 12, 1995
Emmons County flood, 1995
Box 16:
Microfiche of survey forms describing fallout shelters throughout the state, includes drawings and specifications, arranged alphabetically by county, ca. 1960s
Negatives:
32228-16-01 – 32228-16-02 Fargo (N.D.) flood, 1975
32228-16-03 Minot (N.D.) flood, 1976
32228-16-04 North Dakota National Guard members fill helicopter with hay bales near Medora (N.D.), April 9, 1975
32228-16-05 – 32228-16-07 Aerial of tornado damage in Mott (N.D.), 1975
32228-16-08 – 32228-16-10 Aerial of flooding in Fargo (N.D.), 1975
32228-16-11 – 32228-16-12 Minot (N.D.) flood, 1976
32228-16-13 Snow removal southwest of Mandan (N.D.), 1975
32228-16-14 – 32228-16-16 Minot (N.D.) flood, 1976
Box 17: Photographs:
32228-17-01 – 32228-17-05 Flooding in Minot (N.D.), March 23, 1976
32228-17-06 – 32228-17-08 Snow in Sawyer (N.D.), February 16, 1976
32228-17-09 – 32228-17-14 Snow in Velva (N.D.), February 16, 1976
32228-17-15 – 32228-17-20 Lamb Oil & Supply fire in Michigan (N.D.), August 25, 1990
32228-17-21 – 32228-17-51 Tornado damage in Elgin (N.D.), July 4, 1978
32228-17-52 Interior of room of Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Williston (N.D.), ca. 1967
32228-17-53 Flooding of Heart River near railroad bridge in Mandan (N.D.), March 3, 1967
32228-17-54 House with sandbags around it, Heart River flooding in Mandan (N.D.), March 3, 1967
32228-17-55 Flooded Heart River near Mandan (N.D.), March 3, 1967
32228-17-56 Disaster officials meet with Governor William Guy, includes General Melhouse, Sheppard, Hutton, Eddy, and Stave, ca. 1965
32228-17-57 Three men stand next to map of North Dakota, documenting something regarding Barnes County, ca. 1965
32228-17-58 Aerial of flooded land north of Manvel (N.D.), April 23, 1962
32228-17-59 Aerial of flooded Forrest River and Red River near Ardoch Lake, April 23, 1962
32228-17-60 – 32228-17-62 Aerial of flooded Pembina River and Tongue River, April 23, 1962
32228-17-63 – 32228-17-66 Aerial of flooded lands near Grafton (N.D.), April 23, 1962
Box 18: Photographs:
32228-18-01 – 32228-18-02 Aerial of flooded land near Drayton (N.D.), April 23, 1965
32228-18-03 – 32228-18-12 Levees and dikes in Minot (N.D.), March 23, 1976
32228-18-13 – 32228-18-30 Flooding and dikes in Velva (N.D.), March 23, 1976
32228-18-31 – 32228-18-42 Flooding and dikes in Sawyer (N.D.), March 23, 1976
32228-18-43 – 32228-18-53 Flooding near Velva, Sawyer, and Towner (N.D.), April 15, 1976
32228-18-54 – 32228-18-62 Flooding near Velva and Sawyer (N.D.), April 15, 1976
32228-18-63 – 32228-18-76 Flooding in Sawyer (N.D.), ca. 1976
Box 19: Photographs:
32228-19-01 Flooding near Towner (N.D.), 1976
32228-19-02 Flooding near Highway 5, southeast of West Hope (N.D.), 1976
32228-19-03 – 32228-19-08 Flooding near Maxbass (N.D.), 1976
32228-19-09 – 32228-19-15 Flooding in Maxbass (N.D.), 1976
32228-19-16 – 32228-19-21 Flooding near Logan (N.D.), 1976
32228-19-22 – 32228-19-26 Flooding near Towner (N.D.), 1976
32228-19-27 – 32228-19-30 Aerials of Lake Darling area, ca. 1975
32228-19-31 – 32228-19-32 Flooding near Burlington (N.D.), 1976
32228-19-33 Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Williston (N.D.), 1967
32228-19-34 Two men standing outside of the Civil Air Patrol Mobile Communications Center, possibly in Williston (N.D.), 1967
32228-19-35 Pumping water over the Soo Line Railroad tracks in Enderlin (N.D.), a flooded Maple River is in the background, 1969
32228-19-36 Fertilizer plant protected by sandbags in Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-37 Flooded street in Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-38 Maple River flooded, north of Highway 46, Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-39 Sandbagging at Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-40 Flooded street in Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-41 Aerial of flooded Maple River near Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-42 Flooded area in Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-43 North Dakota National Guard trying to slow down water flow over road near Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-44 Man standing on dike in flooded Enderlin (N.D.), 1969
32228-19-45 Flooding in Grand Forks (N.D.), 1966
32228-19-46 – 32228-19-47 Breaking up ice under bridge on Sheyenne River on Highway 32 near Lisbon (N.D.), 1968
32228-19-48 – 32228-19-49 Ice on the Heart River west of Mandan (N.D.), March 3, 1967
32228-19-50 – 32228-19-54 Snow in Bismarck (N.D.) after blizzard, March 1966
32228-19-55 – 32228-19-56 Dump truck dumping dirt near Heart River bridge in Mandan (N.D.), ca. 1967
32228-19-57 Bridge flooded from Heart River in Mandan (N.D.), ca. 1970
32228-19-58 Peavey Elevator in Werner (N.D.) damaged, ca. 1965
32228-19-59 – 32228-19-60 Washed out roads in Walsh County (N.D.), circa 1970
32228-19-61 Creating a dike in Valley City (N.D.), 1966
32228-19-62 Woman standing next to snow pile on 5th Avenue NW in Valley City (N.D.), March 1966
32228-19-63 – 32228-19-64 North Dakota National Guard members fill helicopter with hay bales, April 9, 1975
32228-19-65 – 32228-19-69 Damage from tornado in Braddock (N.D.), August 19, 1974
32228-19-70 – 32228-19-76 Aerials of the Missouri River flooding near Bismarck and Mandan (N.D.), ca/ 2000
32228-19-77 – 32228-19-80 Aerials of refinery in Mandan (N.D.), ca. 2000
32228-19-81 – 32228-19-81 Aerial of North Dakota Veterans Cemetery and Fort Abraham Lincoln, Mandan (N.D.), ca. 2000
32228-19-82 – 32228-19-83 Aerials of Bismarck (N.D.), ca. 2000
32228-19-84 – 32228-19-88 Snow after blizzard in central North Dakota, ca. 1996
Box 20: Photographs:
32228-20-01 – 32228-20-07 Minot (N.D.) flood, 1969
32228-20-08 John Boelter, Civil Defense Director of Burleigh County, and Leslie Norstedt examine the reservoir at Annunciation Priory that would be available for the fallout shelter occupants, Bismarck (N.D.), May 1, 1969
32228-20-09 Stephen Osarczuk, Personnel Director of St. Joseph’s Hospital, Harold Carnahan, War County Civil Defense Director, and Sister Mary Elms, Administrator at St. Joseph’s Hospital discuss the hospital’s emergency operation plan, Minot (N.D.), May 11, 1969
32228-20-10 Walsh County Civil Defense director C. L. Johnston and Chief of Police Ray Johnson go over emergency operation plans while Communications Chief at the Police Department, Al Zinke, checks equipment in the background, Grafton (N.D.), May 6, 1969
32228-20-11 Clare Magel, Charles Swenson, John Boelter, Eugene Haffman and Pius Gross discuss radiological monitoring instruments at Annunciation Priory, Bismarck (N.D.), May 1, 1969
32228-20-12 Clare Magel charges a radiological dosimeter under the supervision of John Boelter at Annunciation Priory, Bismarck (N.D.), May 1, 1969
32228-20-13 Harold Carnahan goes over emergency operation plans with staff members at the Emergency Operation Center at the Ward County Courthouse, Minot (N.D.), May 11, 1969
32228-20-14 Herman O’Connell listens for incoming calls at the Walsh County communications center, Grafton (N.D.), May 6, 1969
32228-20-15 Walsh County Civil Defense Director C. L. Johnston explains that an artesian well provides an assured supply of potable water for the local government’s Emergency Operation Center, Grafton (N.D.), May 6, 1969
32228-20-16 Aerial of Bismarck (N.D.), ca. 1965
32228-20-17 Flooded farms near Neche (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-18 Looking east from Neche (N.D.) area along the Canadian border, April 1974
32228-20-19 – 32228-20-20 Flooded farms southeast of Neche (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-21 Leak in dike east of Neche (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-22 Customs building surrounded by flooded lands, north of Neche (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-23 Flooded farm southeast of Neche (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-24 Bridge erosion from flood at Walhalla (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-25 Flooded farm at Drayton (N.D.), ca. 1974
32228-20-26 Army vehicle crossing from Minnesota to North Dakota at Drayton (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-27 Flooded farm northeast of Leroy (N.D.), April 1974
32228-20-28 Flooded farm northeast of Leroy (N.D.) showing removal of farm driveway to relieve water, April 1974
32228-20-29 – 32228-20-32 Tornado damage at Bottineau, June 1974
32228-20-33 – 32228-20-50 Grafton (N.D.) flood, 1962
32228-20-51 – 32228-20-56 Tornado damage at Focht Farm in Hettinger County (N.D.), 1975
Box 21: Photographs:
32228-21-01 Lakehead Pipeline fire on property of Oscar and Art DeGelder in Pembina County near Joliette (N.D.), April 1990
32228-21-02 – 32228-21-04 Fargo (N.D.) flood, 1969
Oversized (map case drawer) Map of Signal 100 sites in North Dakota
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