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King County <br />Office of Emergency Management <br />Emergency Management Division <br />Department of <br />Information and Administrative Services <br />7300 Perimeter Road South, Room 128 <br />Seattle, WA 98108 -3848 <br />(206) 296 -3830 <br />June 23, 2000 <br />S"ESE fM1'G,(LL4.I <br />The Honorable <br />Mayor <br />City of Tukwila <br />6200 South Center Blvd <br />Tukwila, Washington 98188 <br />Dear Sir <br />it co -0-1 <br />On December 21, 1999 King County was awarded $300,000 00 by the U S Department of <br />Justice under the State and Local Domestic Preparedness Equipment Support Program Project. <br />King County Office of Emergency Management (OEM), has been designated Grant Manager <br />for this project, and has been working closely with the response community to effectively make <br />use of this resource. The purpose of the grant funding was to purchase and distribute personal <br />protective, chemical, biological, and radiological detection, and decontamination equipment to <br />local response agencies This equipment will provide law enforcement, fire and emergency <br />medical services with the proper equipment to respond to terrorist incidents involving Weapons <br />of Mass Destruction (WMD) Realistically, successful response to a terrorist incident may <br />require mutual aid resources from all WMD equipment recipient agencies in King County <br />This equipment is considered part of the mutual aid resources available under the mutual aid <br />agreements already in place among law enforcement, fire, EMS, and hazardous materials <br />service providers. <br />King County is pleased to distribute the items described in the enclosed list to your Jurisdiction. <br />The decisions on WMD equipment types and distribution were made by a multi- disciplinary <br />team composed of representatives of King County's police and fire chiefs associations, <br />hazardous materials response team providers, emergency medical services (EMS), and the <br />Seattle Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Population, geography, potential <br />targets and hazardous materials response capabilities were included in the decision making <br />process <br />As a recipient of federal funding, King County made certain assurances to the U S Department <br />of Justice in the grant application. Some of the assurances must flow down to your jurisdiction <br />as well Specifically, non discnmination and lobbying requirements require certifications by <br />1 <br />CoFy <br />