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TO: Honorable Board of County Commissioners THROUGH• James E. Chandler, County Administrator THROUGH* John King, Director Department of Eme 1 ncy ervices FROM: Nathan McCollum, Emergency Management Coordinator Department of Emergency Services DATE: February 22, 2002 SUBJECT: Acceptance of Federally Funded Subgrant Agreement and Approval of Core Processes, Inc. to Provide Training. As part of the county's overall disaster planning, the Emergency Management Division is required fo provide adequate terrorism preparedness for all agencies. In 2000, a committee was formed utilizing the expertise of all public safety agencies to identify needs and develop an adequate plan for terrorism. Part of the committee's efforts was to obtain a grant which would provide adequate funding for terrorism training and education. Emergency Management staff submitted an application to participate in the Federally Funded Subgrant with the Department of Community Affairs/Division of Emergency Management. On February 12, 2002, we received notice of application approval and acceptance ofthe scope of work. Although no capital or operating purchases can be completed with this grant, it will provide funding for essential training of all county public safety agencies. The scope of work consists of the following items agreed upon by the committee: 1. Review of current terrorism plans, SOP's, for adequate response and recovery. 2. Develop and perform a terrorism response incident command training workshop. 3. Develop and perform a terrorism awareness training model. 4. Conduct a multi -agency tabletop terrorism exercise. 5. Complete a final report on contract -related items. The total amount provided in this Agreement is $50,000.00. This is a 100% funded grant and requires no additional funds from Indian River County. All tasks must be completed by June 30, 2002. The committee discussed the need for outside training if the county was approved for this grant. The committee felt that professional terrorism trainers and exercisers would aid the public safety agencies in identifying necessary response and recovery planning issues. Staffhas spoken with Core Processes, Inc. about this project. Core Processes, Inc. is a nationally recognized terrorism training agency with previous contracts with the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management and Flonda Department of Law Enforcement, Highlands County, Charlotte County, Lee County and Pasco County. Staff is recommending approval of Core Processes, Inc. for this project utilizing the Pasco County Request for Proposal (RFP 01039). Staff has high confidence in the ability of Core Processes, Inc. to provide the services required in this Agreement and our scope of work is consistent with the Pasco County RFP March 19, 2002 90