6th Annual Fisherman’s Wharf PIERsafe Emergency Expo and Drill
6th Annual Fisherman’s Wharf PIERsafe Emergency Expo and Drill sponsored by Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District in partnership with SF Fire Department and SF Department of Emergency Management.
Remarks by
SF Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White & Fisherman’s Wharf CBD Troy Campbell
WHEN:
Friday, October 12, 9am-1pm
9am: Speakers
Ham radio and fishnet test: 9:20am
9:30am – 1pm: ICS Drill
WHERE:
San Francisco’s Aquatic Park, located at Hyde and Jefferson Streets
WHY:
The 6th Annual PIERsafe Drill and Expo helps prepare and teach businesses and citizens about how to prepare and recover from a major disaster in the Bay area. The drills demonstrate the formation and implementation of the Incident Command System’s incident command center, as well as examples of extrication, triage, utility shut off and fire suppression. The expo compliments the drill in by exposing local residents, businesses and employees to the tools that they have at their disposal from NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) training to emergency preparedness kits. Vendors that will be participating will be private industries and government agencies focused on emergency preparedness and business continuity including:, The American Red Cross; San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, San Francisco Fire Department, NERT ((Neighborhood Emergency Response Teams), Cole Hardware, PG & E/ The Safety Expo will provide information to local residents, businesses and employees about tools that they have at their disposal from NERT training to emergency preparedness kits
ABOUT PIERsafe: In 2006, The Fisherman’s Wharf Community Benefit District and the Fisherman’s Wharf Merchants Association banded together to create the PIERsafe committee to develop an emergency preparedness and response plan for the community. The PIERsafe committee also works with the San Francisco Fire Department in providing Neighborhood Emergency Response Training sessions especially designed for the business owners, merchants and residents of the Fisherman’s Wharf. The PIERsafe committee meets on the first Wednesday of each month in Scoma’s Restaurant at 9am.