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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 15, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _~_ <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) <br />Supplemental Funds <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Grant Award Packet Clint Osborn, 968-2050 <br />PURPOSE: To accept the Supplemental Award of $7,639.31 for the 2007 Emergency <br />Management Performance Grant from the State Emergency Management Agency to help <br />support the County emergency management programming. <br />BACKGROUND: The State provides grants to local governments to help support local <br />emergency management programs. The grant is based on the county population and a share of <br />the program costa Counties with a population over 200,000 are eligible fora 100 percent <br />matching cost grant based on certain emergency management functions. Counties with less <br />than a population of 200,000 are eligible for a fifty (50) percent match. The grants are awarded <br />each year and may vary depending on the federal funding available. This year, Orange County <br />received funding during the primary grant process. However, additional funding was earmarked <br />in the form of this Supplemental Award in the amount of $7,639.31. Orange County has already <br />met the NIMS implementation compliance requirements for this grant. <br />Orange County Emergency Services (OCES) has a tradition of Hazardous Material response in <br />Orange County and has several pieces of equipment that have been used specifically for those <br />responses. North Carolina Emergency Management has diverted all hazardous material <br />response funding and effort towards the Hazardous Material Regional Response System, <br />thereby eliminating the need for OCES to manage a Hazardous Materials Team. At the same <br />time, OCES is the primary provider for Emergency Medical response in Orange County and has <br />been working with the North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Systems to build a stronger <br />local response capability to medical mass casualty incidents. To continue this effort, OCES <br />proposes the conversion of an existing Hazardous Material response truck to amulti-purpose <br />response vehicle with the ability to perform rapid medical surge support, responder rehabilitation <br />and short-term command closing a critical response gap. The grant funding would allow OCES <br />to purchase the remaining supplies and equipment to put the vehicle into service. The North <br />Carolina Division of Emergency Management has approved the project and in-kind match. <br />