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B. Specific <br />1. Movement Control and Guidance <br />a. The conditions at the time of the emergency determine the size and scope of the <br />evacuation. <br />b. Traffic movement during evacuation follows designated routes directed by law <br />enforcement personnel at traffic control points. The evacuation area will include at <br />least two designated exit routes. One lane of each route is kept open to permit <br />passage of emergency vehicles. <br />c. Evacuation traffic follows the exit routes to the designated reception areas and <br />shelters within Cabarrus County and adjacent counties if necessary. <br />d. Emergency response personnel ensure that the route remains clear for traffic and will <br />move any vehicles experiencing mechanical problems during the evacuation off the <br />roads. Emergency response personnel and vehicles will pick up stranded evacuees or <br />direct other evacuees to transport stranded evacuees to the nearest shelter, if <br />resources are available. <br />e. General Services or other emergency vehicles are used to tow damaged or inoperative <br />vehicles off the evacuation routes. Municipal Public Works vehicles assist with this <br />mission. The Emergency Management Coordinator organizes the towing and <br />recovery assets to provide coverage along the entire evacuation route. <br />2. Staging Areas, Pick -up Points, and Routes <br />a. The County Emergency Management Coordinator determines staging areas for the <br />emergency response personnel and equipment entering from areas outside the <br />County. The Cabarrus County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) Operations <br />Group leader controls the arrival and release of these personnel and their equipment <br />to the Incident Commander that needs the assistance. These mutual aid personnel and <br />equipment will not leave the staging area without the permission of the Operations <br />Chief, the Emergency Management Coordinator, or their representative. The <br />Emergency Management Coordinator may delegate control of certain assets directly <br />to the County agency that needs them and has the direction and control system in <br />place to adequately supervise the employment of this mutual aid support. <br />b. The evacuation plan includes pick -up points and routes. Evacuees without vehicles <br />will be instructed to go to the nearest pick -up point and wait for a vehicle to take <br />them to a shelter. This may be a designated emergency vehicle or other evacuees in <br />POV. Pick -up routes are designated for the rural areas within the County. Emergency <br />vehicles travel the complete length of these routes at least twice during the <br />evacuation to ensure all evacuees without vehicles are moved to shelters. Refer to <br />Appendix 1 for an Evacuation Route Map. <br />Cabarrus County EOP — Annex K 3 <br />Attachment number 11 <br />F -6 Page 259 <br />