Function through the state Utility Operations Center and the state Operations Center to make sure that we have that kind of access and that kind of assistance. We need caltrans, were going to need chp, were going to need cal fire, we need dwr, they are invested in restoring their Critical Infrastructure and its our responsibility to reach across those lines to get that kind of access to keep that kind of restoration underway. Thank you. Mr. Brig. In terms of establishing standards for resill yepbs, absolutely, we have done that. Again as i mentioned earlier, to get our customers to fund all these Capital Projects we did up a contract with them. This is what youre getting and this is what youre going to pay for. That had to be well defined as engineers need to know what to do and what to design for. Establishing those standards, what we call levels of service, theres levels of service for threats of terrorism and also the seismic one, which is essentially an 8. 0 event on the san andrea
Then cause the white house to react to what theyre seeing on cnn. So, how do you get in front of that news cycle . And the only way you can do that as tip oneill said, all things in politics are local and i think we heard from vice admiral nathan that i think all responses are local as well. And, so, we really need to start most importantly at the local level, at those planning levels, because the first shot of any campaign, the plan will change, but the partnerships need to remain constant. And, general baldwin, we heard from colonel span owe about now your three hats of authority, your state hat, your federal hat, and now your dual status hat. But if you could talk about the partnerships and relationships and how that plays into your ability to respond under wearing each one of those hats . Sure. First ill begin with just a little bit more background on the National Guard. The National Guard is unique amongst the components of the army and air force in that in addition to our war fig
Struggling with and we are working with on a daily basis. Thank you, mr. Brig. Every exercise ive been involved with, managing information and communication is easily no. 1 or 2 on the list. In the heat of an event, information is flowing in, theres usually no shortage of information rtion its translating that to something credible that is the challenge. Usually 50 percent of that information is wrong and untimely. Before a unified command is established and you have various city departments or regional groups that are working together before the unified command has been established, coordinating field work in 4 counties is usually awkward. Until that central message gets pushed down and all the groups are rowing together, the field, when you are dealing with the geegraphy we are dealing with in the bay area, that field coordination is always difficult in the first few hours. Thank you. Mr. Angelus. Verizon wireless, every time we get involved with emergency situations we did a post me
Function through the state Utility Operations Center and the state Operations Center to make sure that we have that kind of access and that kind of assistance. We need caltrans, were going to need chp, were going to need cal fire, we need dwr, they are invested in restoring their Critical Infrastructure and its our responsibility to reach across those lines to get that kind of access to keep that kind of restoration underway. Thank you. Mr. Brig. In terms of establishing standards for resill yepbs, absolutely, we have done that. Again as i mentioned earlier, to get our customers to fund all these Capital Projects we did up a contract with them. This is what youre getting and this is what youre going to pay for. That had to be well defined as engineers need to know what to do and what to design for. Establishing those standards, what we call levels of service, theres levels of service for threats of terrorism and also the seismic one, which is essentially an 8. 0 event on the san andrea
San andreas fault. Were working with other city departments so they know what to expect from us. Its been an education process. As we started down the road i think there was an expectation all water and sewer was going to be in operation in San Francisco after an ert quake. That probably is not going to happen. Its a little bit different having several blocks in your population out of water versus out of electricity or gas or cell phone service. Its a little bit different level of emergency. After an earthquake what were designing for is to have the high level fire system more or less immediately. There may be homes, individual service connections, which could be out of water for quite some time and thats where my utility has to interface with other departments to make sure were getting water to people through humanitarian stations, red cross, mutual aid is a huge part of this with our federal and state partners. But those hand off points after a major event and educating ourselves wha