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Ie ~~ ~ ~`. ~ _. -~, North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety Division of Emergency Management 4713 Mail Service Center • Raleigh, NC 27699-4713 Michael F. Easley Governor November 12, 2002 Nick Waters Orange County Office of Emergency Management Services PO Box 8181 Hillsborough, NC 27278 Dear Mr.Waters, Bryan E. Beatty Secretary This letter and the attached information is the final program guidance for the FY2002 DOJ State Domestic Preparedness Program Grant. This program is designed to improve domestic terrorism preparedness through the purchase of equipment for first responders, as well as providing funding for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) training exercises. Enclosed is a CD-ROM containing an Information Packet in Acrobat and Word formats and the equipment grant application. The Information Packet contains the rules and guidance for the eligible equipment and exercise portions of this grant and information on equipment available through existing state contracts. Detailed assistance for the installation and use of the grant application is available in Appendix C of the Information Packet. Please remember that completed equipment requests are due to your NCEM Area Coordinator by February 1, 2003. Grant award amounts are contained in the introductory letters for this program, which were provided to the counties and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians in mid-August. If you have any questions, please contact your Area Coordinator or Branch Manager. ~cerely, r------. ~~~ Dr. Kenneth B. Taylor, Director CC: Branch Managers Area Coordinators Doug Hoell Thad Bryson Don Needham James Self Location: 116 West Jones Street • Raleigh, NC 27603-1135 (919) 733-3867 An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer