The Northern California Bay Area
Some of the nation’s most notable landmarks are located in the Bay Area, as well as major components of the U.S. economy, vital air, sea and ground transportation links, major universities and hospitals, and prominent professional sports and entertainment venues. The region has multiple vulnerabilities based on these and other potential terrorist targets as well as its geologic makeup.
Given this elevated risk, the Bay Area UASI provides funding to address the need for public safety first responders and their supporting agencies to participate in a strategic regional training and exercise program focused on the development of regional disaster response capabilities. The current nationwide effort to improve preparedness at all levels of government emphasizes the criticality of regional training and exercise programs designed to enhance regional response capabilities.
The Bay Area UASI Training and Exercise program goals include improving the regional capacity to prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from terrorist incidents or other catastrophic events by providing strategic planning, training and exercises. Compilation and analysis of ongoing training and exercise benchmarks, conduct of a regional training status assessment, and development of a regional multi-year program plan are important steps in reaching these goals.