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4 ` Discussion Multi-hazard plans are the roadmap of emergency response. Without an effective plan, the likelihood of uncoordinated response and duplication of efforts increase. The proposed updates to the Orange County Multi- hazardplan will attempt to address its identified deficiencies. The Orange County Multi-hazard plan currently has few formal provisions for Continuity of Government/Continuity ofOperations. The effect of this inadequacy was apparent during the recent ice storm in December 2002. While the county departments performed admirably in maintaining essential services to citizens, a formal policy would provide many benefits to citizens and employees alike. Additionally, the Emergency Operations Center section of the Multi-hazard plan is out of date, as new positions and liaisons have been appointed and established that are not reflected in the current plan. The grant proposal includes provisions to update the necessary sections. The plan for the grant will be divided into five phases. Phases one through three will be to develop continuity of operations provisions to the Multi-hazard plan to identify and plan for the continued operation of critical government services: This will involve field research to determine the best locations to provide services, which services are critical, and what procedures to follow to establish these alternative sites. Necessary infrastructure needs to be implemented pending availability of funding will be identified within these phases. Phase 4 will revise the Emergency Operations Center section to ensure effective operations during critical incidents. Labor costs will include the time of one Project Administrator, one designated position or contractor to perform the research and development of the EOP updates, and one temporary time-limited assistant to perform data entry and typing duties. Other expenses will be in the form of leasing computer hardware, leasing a Geographic Positioning System (GPS) receiver, leasing a plotter, purchasing general office supplies, printing costs, vehicle mileage and upkeep, and other miscellaneous consumables. The researcher will utilize a laptop computer in the field to collect information on suitable alternative governmental operations sites and appropriate emergency responder staging areas. The GPS receiver will facilitate the gathering of latitude and longitude coordinates for each site, and will be especially applicable to pre-designating helicopter landing zones. The plotter will be used to print maps utilizing the data collected to be maintained in the EOP.