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i <br /> i <br /> O E— COUNTY REC31ONAL TERRORISM <br /> wROND <br /> Racont eveats haversbEowa that large-Rcalo teMWL eVen(s in this C uatry a <br /> fd&te= S reality. Until the attacks on the Warld Trade Center and zbj� Pentagon_ most <br /> Atro�ricans gave little thougbt as to thn likelihood of s>Ach a oatastrarphic inci€lent , Now , <br /> however, the time has come that rn= y ice @I leaders and emergency rnnapmnnt <br /> personnel .are beginning to sick answers to some very difficult 4utstlons . ?' <br /> ■ 1�hW types of Wal threes exit nvO , biologioal , ohemical, ore plosi ' <br /> + Igo the counties alotg the Interst 40155 corridr� r have sources to respond <br /> " acla y or adequately togethir to Such evcnl8 — lffh �theX sePMWY or in <br /> conjunction with one another: <br /> + How will local authorities handle a catastrophic event; <br /> T . Rbsouxea — what happlem when an event becomes so t<at astr ophic that resources <br /> am mxhauatmd and cannot be quickly or ak�quatrJy raplewshed 7 <br /> 2 . Evacuation — at wh a.t paint data lntcTstate 95 becarrlc Fm locked or impassible <br /> — ate. under what sc6hario will oDuld it be closed? <br /> I Quamdrx at what Point ' s this issue decided and W110 will enfrarcc it? 'I <br /> 4 . Inter-county cooMa oil — do rue roes exist to handle largt uumbears of <br /> displaced people m cantlguous couu s? If nott can that' be obtainod"? <br /> ne SC6 we only •a few qurmons that oldzem a d .local lcadcrs are bog inning. to ask. Mmy <br /> of these questions have never been addressed — in some insta.n, tbr= nmay not be an <br /> ade€luair, answ r far therm, or worse, it could be that the answer is that at some paint <br /> govenuneat will reach a dead find_ This proposal will auempt to bcgi• addi ssing anal, t <br /> possibly, a the queries . The first phase will began, with a realistic vulnerability <br /> assessment Gf five deaasely papUlated counties containing over 15 p ent of the statc ' s <br /> populariott. The• second phase will begin addressing these questions , k! <br /> TASK (February . July 2002) I <br /> scope of work <br /> 1 . Conduct a credible and complete vulnerakrility mse�smwt of the counties alone <br /> the Interstate {]V85 corridor — Wake, Durh€ n, Oranp, Aloe and CmilforcL <br /> 2 . rea#e a matrix of scamuaoa and cballen posst`hl r faced by th five ceuaties , <br /> and an action plan for seekitng and arnswenng them. <br /> * Deliverables (Copies of ale deliverabIcs 6NCEM will be pmvided in paper (3 <br /> each) and electronic ( l mch) — Nficrosofik Windows 2000 wmpadhle — fotmat) - <br /> 1 , Copy of letters of support from auh parkicipating county (Wakc , Dorbam, <br /> Omgc , Alamance and Guilford ) , <br /> 2 . Copies of thmatl minerability asscs is for Wako, Ourbam, Orange * Alamance <br /> _ and Ovilford coontieS, <br /> 3 , Copies of clallenge aril Wmado matrix . , <br /> 9 Schad 1r, and completion date : The work wM be completed and all delivmblcs <br /> provild to l' TEI Terraris <br /> m ifiorain Manager by August 31 , . <br /> Payment, The paymamt for than task sha11 be as fuUows <br /> - Labor — 20 woks x 20Amns wk x 25ft $1000 <br /> i <br />