The Northern California Bay Area
The Bay Area UASI now funds an annual regional exercise dubbed Urban Shield. Urban Shield was the inspiration of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office to create a regional, multidiscipline exercise. Urban Shield has garnered accolades both nationally and internationally for its success in being a truly multi-discipline, multi-regional annual exercise, which also incorporates significant training opportunities for both attendees and event planners alike. This Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) compliant exercise is used to evaluate training, equipment and plans that are grant funded by the Bay Area UASI, thereby continuing the Homeland Security planning process.