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SFFD homeland security chiefs outline APEC planning, regional exercises and drone program
Summary
Assistant Deputy Chief Erica Arteseros Brown and Deputy Chief Tom O'Connor told the San Francisco Fire Commission the department is coordinating regional exercises, expanding drone capabilities and preparing for the APEC summit in November, which planners have classified as a national special security event.
Assistant Deputy Chief Erica Arteseros Brown and Deputy Chief Tom O'Connor told the San Francisco Fire Commission that the San Francisco Fire Department is intensifying regional exercises and cross-agency planning ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit and other large events.
Erica Arteseros Brown, who leads the department's homeland security work, said her unit is the department's planning arm for terrorism risk and large-scale events. "I am essentially the planning arm of our department for terrorism," she said, describing coordination with federal, state and local partners including FEMA, the California Office of Emergency Services and the city's Department of Emergency Management. She said planners are working with the Secret Service,…
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