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DEPARTMENT
HIGHLIGHTS
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North Bay Fires Emergency Management Mutual Aid Deployments
The October 2017 Northern California wildfires burned
at least 245,000 acres, forced 90,000 people to evacuate,
destroyed almost 9,000 structures and killed at least 43
people, making it the most destructive wildfire California
has ever experienced. San Francisco sent more than
200 individuals to help in the response and recovery
from these fires. Contributing departments include: Fire
Department, Police Department, Sheriff’s Department,
Emergency Management, Public Health, Human Services
Agency, Department of Technology, Controller’s Office,
Port, Public Works, and Animal Care and Control.
Bay Areas Urban Areas Security Initiative Joins Regional Response to North Bay Fires
The devastating North Bay fires required a regional response to support our
overwhelmed North Bay communities and the Bay Area Urban Areas Security
Initiative (UASI), a Division within DEM, joined the region’s effort to help.
Thanks to the development of numerous strategic initiatives funded and led by
the Bay Area UASI, the response and recovery was benefited by the following:
• The Bay Area Joint Information System
(JIS) Framework plan was activated to
facilitate regional JIC-JIS coordination and
operations to share public information,
Public Information Officer talking points,
press releases, monitor social media,
facilitate media analysis and rumor control.
• Guidance developed from the 2017
Shelter Capabilities Building region-wide
workshops and Yellow Command Table Top
were actively used by the City of Santa Rosa,
Sonoma, Solano, Napa, Marin and Contra
Costa counties to plan and execute effective
sheltering operations.
• The C-POD operation’s guides were
executed and C-POD Type III equipment
deployed to facilitate registration and
distribute commodities such as water, face
masks, and gloves to populations re-entering
evacuated areas in Sonoma County.
• The Emergency Management Mutual Aid
(EMMA) plan was used to provide Emergency
Manager mutual aid to the North Bay affected
areas. The EMMA plan was developed with
a combination of Bay Area UASI and Los
Angeles UASI funds.