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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 6, 2004 <br />Action Agee <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Acceptance of Grant Award for Emergency Services Training Exercise <br />DEPARTMENT: Emergency Management <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />NC Division of Emergency Management <br />Memorandum of Agreement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jack Ball or Eric Griffin, 968-2050 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To approve acceptance of a State pass-through grant award of federal Homeland <br />Security funds in the amount of $3,000 to reimburse Orange County for the cost of an <br />emergency services training exercise. <br />BACKGROUND: The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded the <br />State of North Carolina funding for equipment, exercises, and training through the FY 2003 <br />State Homeland Security Grant Program. The program is designed to improve domestic <br />preparedness through the purchase of equipment for first responders, and providing funding for <br />training exercises and training classes, Federal funding is allocated in accordance with a DHS <br />formula of 80% for local government use and 20% for state use. <br />Some counties were unable to utilize all of their allotted exercise funding from this program, <br />Orange County utilized all of its allotted exercise funding from two grant streams, totaling <br />$21,668, during the "Silent Summer 2004" bioterrorism exercise series. Due to the County's <br />successful execution of the three exercises, the North Carolina Division of Emergency <br />Management approached Orange County Emergency Management with the offer of additional <br />exercise funding, Orange County Emergency Management submitted a proposal for a <br />Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) training exercise in accordance with federal <br />requirements. <br />The Orange County Department of Emergency Management will coordinate with the Orange <br />County Sheriff's Office, UNC Hospital, and the Mid-Carolina Regional Advisory Committee in <br />developing the exercise. Details of the proposal will be reserved until the execution date nears <br />in order to maintain a realistic scenario, <br />The State Division of Emergency Management approved Orange County Emergency <br />Management's proposal and is offering $3,000 for the proposed emergency training exercise. <br />