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FY 02 State Domestic Preparedness Program Orange County Operational Area It is anticipated there will be participation from the OC OA Executive Board which represents the "Policy Group" in the County/OA EOC. There will be participation from the OCSD (including the Bomb Squad, Coroner, Communications, and Emergency Management), OC PSTRG, and OC TEWG, OC Health Care Agency, State OES, JTTF, CATIC, and representatives of the OC OA. Overview of Jurisdictions' Capability Provide narrative describing: · current capabilities and a brief description of recent exercises · how the proposed exercises will increase the OA's capabilities to respond to WMD events · how the proposed exercises support the Mutual Aid System The OCSD conducted a Radiological Dispersal Device (RDD) tabletop exercise which included over 250 local, state and federal participants/observers in January 2002. The OC OA conducted its annual OA Exercise in April 2002. The topic of the functional exercise was Homeland Security. The annual OA Exercise in 2003 will focus on an Anthrax attack with the release at a large OC venue. Additionally, OC conducts an annual San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) exercise in accordance with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The proposed exercise will increase the OC OA's ability to respond to WMD events for the following reasons: · Maintain a 'baseline' of training for all OA/County EOC responders · Introduce the mechanism in place to manage such events (SEMS) to the Private Sector · Display the vital role the OC TEWG has in such an event (Threat Analysis, Play Books, Reciprocal Information/Intelligence Flow from the TEWG to the PSTRG) · Identify cdtical needs in Training, Equipment, Planning in OC for WMD events · Identify future WMD Exercise needs in the AAR, that will lead into the 2004 OC OA Field Exercise Measurable Program Objectives Provide a narrative that contains measurable program outcomes/goals, objectives' and evaluation methods for the exercise allocation. An example of a measurable program objective is: .Goal: Design, develop, conduct and evaluate a cycle and range of exercise activity of increasing complexity as identified in the Needs Assessment. Objective: Design, develop, conduct and evaluate the scheduled cycle and range of exercise activity by the end of the grant award period. Evaluation Measure: Were the range of events documented in the exercise cycle designed, developed, conducted and evaluated by the end of the grant award period? Goal: Wdte a Request for Proposal (RFP) to hire a contractor to develop an evaluated tabletop exercise that wilt include collaboration with the OCSD Emergency Management