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San Francisco reviews PSPS lessons, runs Safety Assessment Program exercise and tall-building study follow-up
Summary
City officials reported on Public-Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) planning, a state SAP proof-of-concept at Moscone to prepare engineers for post-disaster building inspections, and integration of a tall-building study into preparedness work.
City emergency-management officials told the Disaster Council they have been building preparedness through workshops, exercises and regional coordination tied to Public-Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) events and recent storms.
"We are a tier 1. We don't have a high risk for wildfires in San Francisco, thankfully," the meeting chair said when describing the city's PSPS risk profile. Officials cautioned that transmission lines serving San Francisco traverse higher-risk districts and that city employees and private-sector partners were affected during recent PSPS events.
The city hosted a Safety Assessment Program (SAP) proof-of-concept exercise led by the Department of Building Inspection and the City Administrator's office at Moscone to practice structural assessments and logistics for bringing in engineers from across the state. Officials said Cal OES singled out San Francisco's work and that the SAP exercise builds on the recent tall-building study deliverable.
Workshops earlier in the year targeted city departments, nonprofits and regional partners to identify how essential services would continue during outages, with special attention to vulnerable populations. Officials said the effort highlighted gaps in fuel, transportation and communications resilience and produced coordinated public messaging developed with PG&E and neighborhood organizations.
Council members said the Lifelines Council will follow up on telecommunication issues such as cell-site battery life and FirstNet options; departments plan a first-quarter follow-up to review department progress and PSPS impacts on city operations.
