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plans to ensure that transit is integrated into these plans and is prepared to play its defined role in <br />any emergency. <br />2.5a. — COORDINATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT <br />Effective emergency response does not happen by accident. It is the result of planning, training, <br />exercising, and intra/interagency cooperation, coordination and communication. Integration into <br />the local community's emergency planning process is central to the success of the Cabarrus <br />County Transportation Service SECURITY PLAN and to the preparedness of the system. <br />Cabarrus County Transportation Service coordinates with local community emergency <br />management to fulfill all SECURITY PLAN functions including threat mitigation, consequence <br />management planning, exercising and training, and post -incident analysis. <br />In this SECURITY PLAN, Cabarrus County Transportation Service has defined its internal <br />processes for identifying safety and security events, mitigating consequences and managing or <br />assisting in incident response. <br />Completed "MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING" between Cabarrus <br />County Transportation Service and Community Emergency Management <br />is found in the section of this document entitled SECURITY PLAN <br />SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS at SECTION 7.10. <br />2.5b. — COORDINATION WITH FIRST RESPONDERS <br />Law Enforcement <br />Cabarrus County Transportation Service management regularly works with the local and state <br />law enforcement to improve security and emergency/incident preparedness and response <br />capabilities. These activities include: <br />• Maintaining regular communications with law enforcement <br />• Meeting at least once a year to ensure transit issues are understood by law enforcement <br />• Developing an emergency contact list for dispatchers <br />• Communicating regularly on optimal incident reporting methods that will offer law <br />enforcement all the information they need <br />• Participating in cooperative emergency preparedness training programs <br />• Establishing appropriate methods of communication for continuous coordination during <br />an emergency <br />• Establishing procedures for supplying the unique types of emergency service that may be <br />required in particular emergency situations <br />Attachment number 5 \n <br />F-5 Page 327 <br />