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Training URS will collect/validate information on personnel and current and needed levels of training according to the data model identified above. The required level of training for each discipline will be based on consensus with the UA and on URS subject matter expert suggestions. URS will also assess local emergency response training location and local course capabilities and make recommendations for improvement. Emphasis will be placed on training level analysis including awareness. performance (defensive and offensive), and planning/management training. Exercises Exercising of equipment and training prior to a real incident is vital to a successful WMD emergency response. We will survey the jurisdictions. special districts. agencies and organizations to determine what exercises are currently planned for the OCOA. We will draw on the expertise our EG&G Technical Services, Inc subsidiary., which holds the Western Region ODP Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program Technical Assistance Contract, to develop recommendations for a coordinated exercise program. The exercise program will be targeted to address the most vital needs identified in the risk assessment and to ensure that new training and equipment are accompanied by the opportunity for first responders to use the equipment prior to a WMD incident. URS understands that the UASI strategy is a dynamic process and will quickly evolve. This is especially true as WMD capabilities in the UA's significantly improve during the first year or two of grant funding. Considering this dynamic, URS will provide the UA's with the Microsoft ACCESS database developed for this project protected upon completion of the scope of work. allowing the Urban Areas to update the data on an on-going basis. SPENDING STRATEGY It has been apparent to UA's that have completed the UASI capabilities assessment that the cost to fill all of the needs identified far exceeds any reasonable assumptions about funding that may be available. Consequently. it is necessary for each UA to develop a methodology to prioritize spending to fill the most important needs. URS will use a combination of statistical analysis and consensus building to develop the priorities and spending strategy to be included in the Countywide Strategic Plan for Terrorism Preparedness. This combination will provide a technically supported. reproducible list of spending priorities. We propose establishing priorities at four levels: very high, high. medium and low. This will result in numerous items at each level and will provide the UAs with some flexibility and discretion to select desired items in the higher categories as needs arise. Based on results of the capabilities assessment. the UASI needs prioritization model will be adjusted to include strengthening regional preparedness and capabilities in the mutual aid regions of the OCOA. As part of the needs prioritization modeling process. URS will develop a shopping list of various prevention/response elements (e.g. collect PTE intelligence, prevent terrorist from accessing sites, detect WMD's. rescue victims from site after attack. etc.) and a meeting will be organized with select agencies members to rank and weight these prevention/response elements based on group consensus regarding relative importance. Based on information provided during the pre-bid meeting. it is expected that Page 14 of 51