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Exhibit C REVISED 15EMPG WORK PLAN Emergency Management Organization: Kittitas County Emergency Management The purpose of EMPG is to assist with the enhancement, sus tai nm ent and improvement of state, local, and tribal emergency management programs. Activities conducted using EMPG funding should relate directly to the five elements of emergency management: prevention, protection, response, recovery , and mitigation . Washington State does not require a specific number of activities to receive EMPG funding . However, there are required capabilities that must be conducted in order to remain eligible for EMPG funding, including but not limited to the ability to communicate and warn, educate the public, train and exercise, plan, and be NIMS compliant. The Work Plan delineates the Emergency Management Organization's emergency management program planning and priority focus for this grant cycle (to include 15EMPG grant and local funds). w > is w ...... a:l o Program Area #1 Educate and train first responders and civilians on the response to wildland fires Kittitas County Emergency Management (KCEM) will educate, prepare the whole community on all hazards to include wildland fire. KCEM will continue the Firewise and Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) programs to mitigate the effects of wildland fires to improve the preservation of life and property during an emergency incident. With the ongoing construction in wooded areas, continual education is needed to reduce risk due to the ever encroaching population in wildland areas. The program will focus in the Teanaway and Pine Loc Sun areas in Kittitas County. Emergency Management Function: Hazard Mitigation Performance Measure(s) that will be used to evaluate the program area Target (intended outcome) Measurement (how to tell if success has been achieved) Wildland fire education program delivered, to include Firewise, in the Teanaway and Pine Loc Sun area in Kittitas County reduces risks associated with wildland fire. 85% of the residences in the Teanaway and Pine Loc Sun area educated on Firewise. w > is w ...... a:l o 1 Teanaway and Pine Lac Sun area in Kittitas County educated in the Firewise program Milestone: Milestone: 25% of the residences in Teanaway and Pine Loc Sun area educated 65 % remaining residences in the Teanaway and Pine Lo e Sun area educa ted August 2015 April 2016 Program Area 1#2 Communications Equipment for SWAT team sustainment to April 2016 to June 2016 Kittitas County SWAT is a multi-jurisdictional team comprised of members from the Kittitas County Sheriff's Office, Cle Elum PD and the Central Washington University PD. The team's communications gear is antiquated and ineffective. Current communication gear is an earbud which will be replaced with an active headphone (enhance sounds, muffles loud noises) and a boom mic for better communication. The objective is to equip the remaining five operators by early 2016. Emergency Management Function: Communications and Warning Performance Measure(s} that will be used to evaluate the program area Target (intended outcome) Measurement (how to tell if success hos been achieved) New headsets will increase the operational effectiveness of the By the end of 2016 equip remaining 5 SWAT operators with