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2. To effectively distribute commodities, PODS are established near the affected areas of the County based on the situation and the number of personnel that need assistance. In a countywide emergency response, the County initially activates one POD to support each municipality, and may add additional sites if the personnel and equipment needed are available. 3. Cabarrus County Emergency Management uses a planning figure of twenty percent (20 %) of the population to determine the numbers of residents that will need assistance. III. CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS A. General. Distribution of disaster relief supplies is the responsibility of Cabarrus County Government. All County departments and agencies provide resources to assist in commodity distribution. When a small incident or event occurs within the County, the Emergency Management Coordinator will decide to open the County Receiving and Distribution Point (CRDP) for supply distribution. If opened, commodities are distributed from this central point to locations around the County using County or municipal transportation and personnel. Details on the location and operation of this site are found in the Cabarrus County Emergency Operations SOG (see Appendix 1, CRDP, to Annex P, Donated Goods Management). 2. When a large -scale emergency occurs, the Emergency Management Coordinator opens the CRDP for single point distribution or to forward supplies to the POD sites. The Emergency Management Coordinator identifies those areas within the County that will require a POD to be established. The Emergency Management Coordinator notifies the State via WebEOC that the CRDP and POD sites are activated. Relief supplies coming into the County are delivered to the CRDP and then moved to the appropriate distribution point. Direct deliveries of supplies to a distribution point occur only at the request of the Emergency Management Coordinator or his representative. There are three types of PODS: Type I, Type H, Type Ill. Types I and II are designed for larger populations and require a large number of personnel to operate and a large amount of equipment to support these operations. These are not normally employed in Cabarrus County unless the state or federal government can provide the personnel and equipment to conduct the larger POD operations. The County utilizes the Type III POD organization as the standard type. There is an untyped POD, which is a small, temporary distribution site. The County employs this organization only as an exception to policy. 4. POD Locations a. The County has selected locations for POD sites within the County. The sites selected are easy to access and convenient for County residents (see Attachment Q. b. The Cabarrus Health Alliance does not collocate or establish a medical point of dispensing at or near a commodity POD unless the selected site can facilitate both Cabarrus County EOP — Annex P — Donated Goods Management 3 Attachment number 16 F -6 Page 353