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6 ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL TERRORISM GRANT PROPOSAL FOR 2002 BACKGROUND Recent events have-shown that large-scale terrorist events in this country are a frightening reality. Until the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, most Americans gave little thought as to the likelihood of such a catastrophic incident. Now, however, the time has come that many local leaders and emergency management personnel are beginning to seek answers to some very difficult questions. • What types of local threats exist—nuclear,biological, chemical, or explosive? • Do the counties along the Interstate 40/85 corridor have the resources to respond appropriately or adequately together to such events—whether separately or in conjunction with one another? • How will local authorities handle a catastrophic event: 1. Resources—what happens when an event becomes so catastrophic that resources are exhausted and cannot be quickly or adequately replenished? 2. Evacuation—at what point does Interstate 40/85 become gridlocked or impassible —and under what scenario will could it be closed? 3. Quarantine—at what point is this issue decided and who will enforce it? 4. Inter-county cooperation—do resources exist to handle large numbers of displaced people in contiguous counties? If not,can they be obtained? These are only a few questions that citizens and local leaders are beginning to ask. Many of these questions have never been addressed—in some instances, there may not be an adequate answer for them; or worse, it could be that the answer is that at some point government will reach a dead end. This proposal will attempt to begin addressing and, possibly, answering the queries. The first phase will begin with a realistic vulnerability assessment of five densely populated counties containing over 15 percent of the state's population. The second phase will begin addressing these questions. TASK(February—July 2002) • Scope of work: 1. Conduct a credible and complete vulnerability assessment of the counties along the Interstate 40/85 corridor—Wake, Durham, Orange,Alamance and Guilford. 2. Create a matrix of scenarios and challenges possibly faced by the five counties, and an action plan for seeking and answering them. • Deliverables (Copies of all deliverables to NCEM will be provided in paper(3 each) and electronic (1 each)—Microsoft Windows 2000 compatible—format): 1. Copy of letters of support from each participating county(Wake, Durham, Orange, Alamance and Guilford). 2. Copies of threat/vulnerability assessments for Wake,Durham, Orange, Alamance and Guilford counties. 3. Copies of challenge and scenario matrix. • Schedule and completion date: The work will be completed and all deliverables provided to NCEM Terrorism Program Manager by August 31, 2002. • Payment: The payment for this task shall be as follows: -Labor—20 weeks x 20/hrs/wk x $25/hr $10,000