What happens when a catastrophic earthquake hits? Bay Area crews run exercises in Fleet Week tradition
in the Bay Area, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management is holding a series of full-scale exercises with the Department of Defense and other local and state agencies.Specifically, they are working on two key things in Tuesday's exercise happening at Pier 30 and 32.
The movement of what they call "disaster service workers" and the clearance of roads, two things they'll have to do immediately after an earthquake.San Francisco Fleet Week started Monday and for a handful of service members from the Bay Area, this week marks a special homecoming.They're also taking a group from the East Bay in Alameda over by ferry on an emergency ferry route.
"We know as a region we're going to have to be on our own for some period of time and be super ready when help comes and so this is what's helping us to really be able to lean forward and be able to not only fumble that handoff when our partners come in," Mary Ellen Carroll, Executive Director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management said.
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