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FY 02 State Domestic Preparedness Program Orange County Operational Area PROGRAM NARRATIVE - EXERCISE Problem Statement Provide narrative of how the exercise allocation fits with your overall Operational Area needs, as reflected in the previous CDP Needs Assessment. (If your needs have changed since the previous assessment, please explain the changes.) The narrative should also include: · which threat is the most likely (based upon needs assessment) · what type of exercises are needed to address the threat · how many of each type of exercise are needed · how many jurisdictions are expected to participate in each exercise, and from which disciplines · a description of how the cities, special districts, and county agencies were involved in the OA's decision-making process with respect to the exercise program. The CC CA Executive Board approved the grant funding to be allocated to develop an exercise focusing on the CC Private Sector Terrorism Response Group (PSTRG) and the CC Terrorism Early Warning Group (TEWG). The CC CA Executive Board represents the 114 members of the CC CA. The funding provided for in this grant will allow for one tabletop exercise. The Exercise will be an CA Exercise (it will not be held in conjunction with or in lieu of the Annual CA Exercise that is required in the Emergency Management Performance Grant), and the CC CA will be invited to attend/participate. The participatns will include the representation of the multi- agency/discipline CC TWG which includes all needed first and secondary responders of jurisdictions/agencies in such an event. During the FY '99 Needs Assessment, the CC 'RNG developed a Vulnerability Assessment for Potential Targets in CC. Representatives from the Vulnerability Assessment from CC are the membership of CC PSTRG. The mission statement of the CC PSTRG is: "Support the National Strategy for Homeland Security and other state and local counter-terrorism efforts by effectively addressing private sector safety, incident management, and public health consequences of potential terrorist attacks on the Critical Infrastructure within Orange County, through information and physical resource sharing in the Operational Area." The varied attractions in Orange County draw large diverse populations of attendees that are vulnerable to terrorist attacks. In terms of population, Anaheim is the tenth largest city in California, and the 59th largest city in the nation. The city has a permanent population of 310,000 and a visitor population of 22 million annually. Orange County has a large tourist population annuatly due to venues such as Disneyland/Disney's California Adventure, the Anaheim Convention Center, the Arrowhead Pond, Edison International Field (American League host of the 2002 World Series), Knott's Berry Farm, and the Huntington Beach Surf Competition, Orange