Bay Area RCPT Update

Whole Community Conference

Janell Myhre, Regional Program Manager

Mary Landers,Regional Grants Manager

Caroline Thomas-Jacobs,Regional Project Manager

Bay Area UASITwelve Counties & 105 CitiesSan Francisco, Oakland, San Jose7.5 million residents

15.9m annual visitors

Governance Structure

Approval Authority

Advisory Group (RCPT)

Management Team

Plans developedMass Care and ShelterInterim Housing Volunteer ManagementDonations ManagementDebris Removal/ManagementMass Transportation and EvacuationMass Fatality ManagementLogistics/Critical Lifelines Restoration

2012-2013 RCPGP efforts

Completed several community outreach projects

Conducted training classes

Collaborated with the City of Los Angeles (LA) on a Debris Management project

Exercised all RCPGP regional plans

Get Ready 5 (GR5)• Originally developed for students in

Marin County• Uses the study of Geology and the

effects of earthquakes • Prompts students to develop a

family emergency plan• Works through ESL preparedness• Informational materials and a

website: kidsgetready.org developed

Community Outreach Projects

Learn.Lead.Lift.• City of Oakland in partnership with

regional VOAD• Addresses challenges of

underserved populations• Messaging campaigns• Go Kit for citizens• Political leadership support• Continuing funds from City

Community Outreach Projects

• The Bay Area and City of Los Angeles collaborated

• 2 workshops held in LA to discuss coordination plans

• Statewide workshop conducted in the Bay Area with participation from NY Debris Management Task Force

• Web-based Just in Time Debris Management training program developed

Statewide Debris Project

• Logistics planning for region and three core cites

• Support a national standard for common operations in a catastrophic event

• Working closely with NY-NJ-CT-PA RCPT to use same templates

• Replicating two FOGs, EOC Manuals, and Logistics Center Concept of Operations plan

• Just in Time training will use the NY-NJ-CT-PA training sessions as a standard

• UASI funds used to further develop Bay Area Logistics Plan and Critical Lifelines Restoration

Regional Logistics Project

• Regional Training & Exercise – 65 classes for 2055 students in 2012-13

• Urban Shield– Annual Full Scale Exercise

• Regional Mass Fatality Exercise– EOC Functional Exercise– Disaster Mortuary Operations & Family

Assistance Center Demonstration

• 6 Table Top Exercises– Transportation/Evacuation, Mass Care/Shelter,

Donations, Volunteer, Interim Housing, Debris Removal

Training and Exercises

• Sustainment Plan• Full Adoption of RCPGP Regional

Plans• Annual exercise of RCPGP plans• Sustaining RCPGP programs thru

use of UASI funds– All Hazard Regional Training and

Exercise Program

Going Forward

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