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Attachment C WORK PLAN FY 2020 Emeir�ency Management Performance Grant Emergency anagemen Organiz tro . Kittitas County Sheriff's Office _ The purpose of EMPG is to assist with the enhancement, sustainment 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 sustained 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 EMPG grant and local funds). 4.7 Communications and Warnin Primary Core Capability I Public Information and Warning Secondary Core Capability I Community Resilience WORK PLANNED Renewal of Everbridge mass notification system, January 2021 through August 2021. Advertise to encourage people to sign up for the l notification program. Print and distribute emergency preparedness literature. WHY THE WORK IS BEING DONE Kittitas Co. Is dependent on Everbridge as the County's only notification platform. It has proved to be invaluable to alerting citizens in times of emergencies. Having a mass notification system is a critical component to support the response to disasters and to shoring up the gap In Public Information and Warni . Preparedness literature is extremely important to making the community more resilient. Education about the County's mass notification system and preparing for disasters is an ongoing gap required to be addressed continuously. •4.5 Incident Management Primary Core Capability Operational Coordination WORK PLANNED Purchase computer printers for Emergency Operations WHY THE WORK IS BEING DONE During the COVID-19 response, the County realized there was a gap in printing capabilities. The entire team was printing to one printer and had to borrow printers from different county departments to help with COVID-19 response. RESULT OF THE WORK The funding will help maintain the mass notification system. This will allow the County to immediately notify people of the disaster and provide them with guidance. Rapid information will help save lives. Preparing for emergencies and i signing up for Everbridge will help lessen the impact of emergencies and disasters because residents will have access to preparedness information, encouraging them to increase their own personal preparedness. RESULT OF THE WORK The additional printers serve a dual purpose. First and foremost, they will be used in the EOC when activated so that the staff can work more efficiently. When not used during activations, the printers will be used in the mobile command post, adding efficiency to operations. The increased work efficiency allows the DHS-FEMA-EMPG-FY20 Page 21 of 35 Kittitas County Sheriffs Office E21-152