Urban Shield 2016: Intense Training for Intense Times the 10Th Annual Urban Shield Event Was Held Across Rescues at Transportation (Aircraft and Train) Sites

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Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative Quarterly Newsletter VOL 03 / ISSUE 01 / NOV 2016

Urban Shield 2016: Intense Training for Intense Times The 10th annual Urban Shield event was held across rescues at transportation (aircraft and train) sites. the Bay Area from September 8th - September 12th. The Emergency Management “Yellow Command” More than two hundred partner agencies, in scenario component conducted a functional and full scale sites located in Alameda, Contra Commodity Point Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, of Distribution and Santa Clara counties, tested (CPOD) exercise in their abilities to plan and respond to which emergency critical public safety incidents during supplies were this nationally-renowned, multi-day, distributed multi-jurisdiction, multi-disciplinary throughout the Bay exercise. 36 Tactical Teams, 17 fire Area. The scenario agencies (HazMat, Technical Rescue/USAR, and Water also added the Rescue/Maritime), and 8 EOD teams participated in 53 challenge of a cyber- unique scenarios. Between participants and volunteers, attack resulting in the loss of communication capabilities more than 5,000 were involved in the planning and in order to stress the system and test conduct of this exercise. Emergency Operations Centers. The region’s HazMat teams tested The event concluded with an awards capabilities in the area of radiation ceremony hosted by Alameda County and biological agents, chemical warfare Sheriff Gregory Ahern. San Bernardino attacks, toxic leaks, and oil by rail County Sheriff John McMahon was accidents. Urban Search and Rescue the keynote speaker and he shared his team scenarios included a building department’s experiences following the collapse, trench and high-angle rescue, deadly terrorist attack at a government and heavy lift operations. Water rescue office party. For a bonus inside look teams conducted drills for a ferry at Urban Shield, check out KTVU emergency, boom deployment, towing Fox News anchor Frank Somerville’s and victim recovery, and EMS and Fire. piece on being embedded in a The law enforcement tactical team SWAT team. http://www.ktvu.com/ scenarios included active shooter, officer news/206475055-story and hostage rescue, rapid response techniques, high risk tactical entry, and

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Urban Shield 2016 Top Teams TOP SWAT TOP HAZMAT

First Place: Alameda County Sheriff’s Office (pictured); First Place: Oakland Fire (pictured); Second Place: Contra Second Place: San Francisco Police Department; Third Costa County; Third Place: Santa Clara Fire Department Place: Las Vegas Police Department TOP EOD TOP USAR

First Place: United States Army (pictured); Second Place: First Place: Stockton & Roseville FD (pictured); Second Place: Sacramento Bomb Squad; Third Place: United States Air Force Milpitas & Napa FD; Third Place: Santa Clara County FD TOP MARITIME UASI Regional Training & Exercise Program To learn more about the program or to register for available courses visit: www.bauasitep.org.

Upcoming Courses • 12/02: School Violence & the Active Shooter • 12/05: Tactical Science for Law Enforcement • 12/06: Critical Incident Response for Field Officers

First Place: Contra Costa County Fire (pictured); Second Place: Alameda County Fire; Third Place: Richmond Fire

Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative Quarterly Newsletter November 2016 - January 2017 Bay Area UASI Updates

CESA Conference The Bay Area UASI Management Team recently attended the California Emergency Services Association (CESA) annual training conference in San Diego, California. UASI Assistant General Manager Catherine Spaulding, San Jose Office of Emergency Services Director Ryan Broughton and Oakland’s Director of Emergency Services Cathey Eide presented a seminar on Risked Based Planning and Performance Metrics. The objective of the seminar was to share lessons on risk-based planning and performance metrics; demonstrate the importance of a risk and data- based approach; and to provide tools for stakeholders to use Fleet Week 2016 in their own jurisdictions. Kicking off with a parade of ships underneath the UASI Regional Program Manager Janell Myhre, Regional Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco’s annual Fleet Project Manager Corinne Bartshire, with panelist Dick Week took place from October 3rd through October Bower, from County of Monterey OES; Gary Singer, 10th. The San Francisco Department of Emergency City of Los Angeles DEM; and Holly Powers, County Management (SF DEM) and the Bay Area UASI of Solano OES. presented on Commodity Point Of conducted a Commodity Point of Distribution Distribution (CPOD) Planning. Their presentation shared (CPOD) demonstration at the Presidio. The CPOD the challenges of CPOD planning and operations, lessons demonstration tested drinking water distribution learned from the field, and the unique coordination abilities following an earthquake. Additionally, the required for CPODs to be an effective post-disaster service. Humanitarian village at Marina Green was staffed by SF DEM and provided outreach and disaster preparedness tools, tips, and resilience techniques to the public attending the event. The Humanitarian village showcased the range of civilian and military resources that enable our country to prepare and respond to manmade and natural disasters.

National Fusion Center Conference Approval Authority Member Sherrie Collins (center) received a resolution from UASI General Manager Craig Monterey County for her service. Joined by UASI Program Manager Janell Myhre Dziedzic, Regional Grants Manager (left) and Project Manager Corinne Bartshire (right). Mary Landers, project managers New Regional WMD Coordinator Corey Reynolds and David Frazer, Special Agent Deborah Frye became the full-time WMD and senior staff from the Northern Coordinator for the San Francisco Division of the FBI in California Regional Intelligence February 2016. SA Frye has more than 16 years in Federal Center (NCRIC) traveled to Alexandria, Virginia service in the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, for the National Fusion Center Association (NFCA) Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Conference. The group presented on tools and Bureau of Investigation. She will collaborate with the Bay techniques used during Super Bowl 50 for enhancing Area UASIs PRND group to enhance the regions CBRNE situational awareness and on Cyber Security for prevention and response capabilities. Critical Infrastructure.

Approval Authority Updates The Bay Area UASI would like to commend Monterey Emergency Upcoming Events Manager Sherrie Collins for her efforts in enhancing the region’s emergency management capabilities. Sherrie has retired from her NOVEMBER position and we wish her the best! We also welcome our newest members to the Approval Authority; Undersheriff Trisha Sanchez, • 11/09: Emergency Management from San Mateo County replacing Carlos Bolanos; and Deputy Workgroup Meeting CIO Ahsan Baig, from the city of Oakland, who will be the • 11/10: Approval Authority Meeting alternate representative for Cathey Eide. • 11/16: CESA Workshop Compliance Corner: • 11/17: BayRICS Technical Committee This quarter, we focus on the Aviation and Watercraft Request DECEMBER forms. As with all other compliance requirements, these forms • 12/14: MARAC/ Emergency must be completed in Word format, submitted to the Regional Management Workgroup Grant Manager, and receive approval from Cal OES prior to the purchase of any equipment. JANUARY In both forms, provide a justification for either the • 01/04: North Bay Hub Meeting aircraft (or aircraft attachment) or watercraft (or • 01/05: South Bay Hub Meeting watercraft attachment) about how this equipment best meets your needs in comparison to other • 01/09: East Bay Hub Meeting equipment items. You must also to provide the cost • 01/13: West Bay Hub Meeting of the item (include full cost, not just the amount funded by UASI funds), the discipline, the funding source (list FEBRUARY all sources of funds, not just UASI funds), and the AEL number • 02/23: Level 2 Regional Prioritization of the equipment. Also in both requests, provide information on Meeting the applicable goals and objectives from the UASI’s Homeland Security Strategy. Lastly, explain how the requested aviation or watercraft fits into the UASI’s integrated operational plan. Management Team Updates Although the forms are nearly identical, there are some differences. UASI Grants Account Lovely Lindsley has In the Aviation Request form, you must explain the types of moved to a new position within the City of terrorism incident response and prevention equipment with which San Francisco and has been replaced by Li Liu. the requested aircraft will be outfitted. You must also explain how the Li is responsible for implementing fiscal and aircraft will be used operationally and which response assets will be accounting policies and procedures to meet deployed using the requested aircraft. You will also have to describe financial and grants management compliance. how the aircraft will be used in a regular, non-emergency basis. Additionally, Edwin Lee has been hired In the case of the Watercraft form, provide information on the as a Grant Specialist, replacing Emily waterways that have been identified as critical assets requiring state and/or local government response and describe the active, operating Wang. Edwin’s duties include travelling waterway patrol unit. Also include any specialized navigational, to subrecipient jurisdictions to conduct communications, safety, and operational equipment necessary to monitoring and performance review of grant enable such watercraft to support the homeland security mission. expenditures. Please welcome our new team members!

This document was prepared under a grant from FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Points of view or opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of FEMA’s Grant Programs Directorate or the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.