04-077 - King County Emergency Management - Equipment Grant

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King County Office of Emergency Management Department of Executive Services 7300 Perimeter Road South, Room 128 Seattle, WA 98108 -3848 206 =296 -3830 July 28, 2003 The Honorable Steve Mullet Mayor City of Tukwila 6200 Southcenter Boulevard Tukwila, Washington 98188 Dear Mayor Mullet: 1202M A-U77 1 The state of Washington was awarded $5,998,000 in Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2002, by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, Office for Domestic Preparedness State Domestic Preparedness Program for equipment purchases. Attached are the documents that impact your organization as a receiving jurisdiction under the FFY02 Equipment Grant. The Washington State Military Department was designated the State Administrative Agency for this grant program and worked closely with all counties emergency management agencies to effectively make use of this resource through the assessment process. The purpose of the grant funding is to purchase equipment, in accordance with existing strategic plans, to ensure that the nation's state and local emergency responders have the equipment required to properly respond to terrorist incidents involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Realistically, successful response to a terrorist attack will require mutual aid resources from all WMD equipment recipient agencies in King County. This equipment is considered part of the mutual aid resources available under mutual aid agreements already in place among law enforcement, fire, EMS, hospitals, public works and public health service providers. Attachment A provides the projected list of equipment that will be distributed to your jurisdiction through FFY 2002 funds. This list is an estimate of the equipment that your jurisdiction will receive and is subject to change due to price fluctuation, tax variance, shipping costs, etc. Please review the attached list, and provide an authorizing signature to verify that your jurisdiction will receive the listed equipment. If your jurisdiction wishes to waive the order of some, or all, of the equipment listed, please notify the King County Office of Emergency Management in writing at 7300 Perimeter Road South, Seattle, WA 98108 -3848. KC OEM's point of contact is Mr. Shad Burcham; he can be reached at 206 205 -8106. The decisions on WMD equipment types and distribution were made by a multi disciplinary team comprised of representatives of Seattle, Port of Seattle, Bellevue Fire departments, Seattle and Kent police, King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO), Seattle Public Utilities, Soos Creek Cedar River Water /Sewer Districts, Tukwila Public Works, King County Department of Natural Resources Parks, Tukwila Emergency Management, Seattle -King Public Health, Medic One and the Washington State Hospital Association. Population, geography, potential targets, and hazardous materials response capabilities were included in the decision making process for equipment allocation. ENT'DSEP2320Q4