Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 3, 2003 <br />Action Agen~d~a <br />Item No. _~ <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of Grant for Emergency Planning <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />2/13/03 Grant Proposal from Emergency Nick Waters, ext 3030 <br />Management Director <br />5/07/03 Memorandum of Agreement TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider accepting a federal grant to reimburse the County up to $47,147 to <br />update the Domestic Preparedness, Multi-Hazard Plan by developing continuity of operations <br />protocols. <br />BACKGROUND: Consequences of disasters, either natural or manmade, may have long term <br />impacts upon County facilities that could render them unusable. Plans need to address how <br />County departments will continue to operate if their normal workplaces are inaccessible. <br />After staff level meetings about updating the Multi-hazard Plan, it was decided that the <br />Department of Emergency Management would apply for a grant to develop continuity of <br />operations plans. The planning process will prioritize County services and look at the <br />consequences of not providing some services under disaster situations. <br />The plan will attempt to highlight the risks and vulnerabilities that may cause County facilities to <br />become inoperable. Additionally, it will, building by building, explore alternative locations that <br />affected departments could transfer to in times of disaster. The plan will layout additional <br />infrastructure needs such as: <br />- Wiring for computer networks <br />- Increased telephone bank capacities <br />- Logistics of moving an office from one place to another <br />- Parking and citizen access to relocation sites <br />An example would be if the Government Services building were damaged by fire, and clean-up <br />and restoration were to take a month, then this project would have developed a plan for where, <br />when, and how the departments would be relocated. The key to the success is that all of these <br />elements would be identified in advance of a disaster. <br />