Have an event that takes our services out or is greater than what were actually expecting and thats the challenge for all of us, all the service providers, is working together to figure out how to make that happen. Mr. Boland. This is where we fit into that link. We represent the utilities that protect and build the resill yepbs into the infrastructure. We fill a gap in attitude which is the relationships, distant and local relationships, cross boundaries between the multi disciplines in the utilities. We are able to cross those lines in the counties and step up to state operations so everybody is operating in a Common Operating Picture so everybody understands whats available not only in their jurisdiction, but what kind of resources we can bring to bear, short and longterm, how distant those are, what the qualifications are. We have master resource catalogs designed just like fire scope and cal fire in which we have built strike teams from our utilities, strike teams from water compa
Forthcoming. Maybe there was one individual who might have seen something happening and recognizing we cant let bad things happen. That is why we do this. One, we globally engage because its the right thing to do. We are citizens of the world and we deserve to take care of those less fortunate than us. And we do it because we wapt to increase communications, we want to foster communication because if somebody says i know of something bad thats going to happen in america, i just dont think they deserve that, ive seen them in action. Were trying to intensify and heighten those communications and we narrow that apure tour down from its Global Engagement from the Japanese Nuclear reactor, be it haiti, turkey, be it mexico, be it honduras, new orleans, and hopefully we prepare for something that will never happen in the bay area. And thats what you do today. Again, the great tragedy to me, the great tragedy would be if we have capabilities each of us can offer and we dont bring them to bear
Of our country which says we will give back, we will make a difference, we will share what we know. We are global force for good. We will take what we have learned from the battlefield, which is the most traumatic and saddest way to learn about medical capability, we will take the unprecedented trauma actions that we have learned and capabilities, we will share them as is happening right now in the university of San Francisco Hospital System where our medical experts are sharing what they have learned on the battlefield for First Responders and trauma support. We will share what we know about working with the amazing communication capabilities. Northern california Communication System and integrating those with our robust Communication System, through dsca and the various military interagencies. We will do that, partly because its interesting, partly because its challenges, but because as someone said all disasters are local. Somewhere theres a little girl or little by or grandmother t
Admiral beeman, thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, thats all i have. If you have any questions ill be happy to take them. Response and recovery. And the moderator for this panel is the city administrator for the city and county of San Francisco, naomi kelly. Please help me welcome naomi kelly. applause . Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for having me here today. Again, im naomi kelly, city administrator for the city and county of San Francisco and its an honor to be participating in this Important Panel discussion on the uss macon island. Over the course of the next 50 minutes, we will be going to focus one of our were going to be focused on one of the most important elements of our city and thats the resill yepbs of our life line. I am joined by a Prestigious Panel of experts who i believe have a keen insight sbat resill yepbs of the capacities we will be relying on heavily in moving forward post a disaster. Here with me today is kirk johnson, to my left, Vice President of gas transm
Not expecting perfection, they are not expecting huge gaps. They are not expecting some of the missed cues and gaffes that occurs in the gulf port area during katrina. They expected us to learn from that and indeed we have. I caution you again, we are not prepared, we are not prepared for the next nightmare scenario, but we can better prepare ourselves every day with the activities you are taking on now. I thank you in advance for the family, the child, the son, the daughter, who has no idea that their life is going to be uprooted by catastrophe within the confines of the San Francisco bay area or perhaps in a western pacific nation or in africa or south america. I thank you in advance for the good work you are going to do. Because theres going to come a point, be it an ert quake, be it a tsunami, be it a manmade heinous terrorist catastrophe, that makes a large group of people feel helpless and feel hopeless. Your efforts today, your passion, your commitment, your desire to make a dif