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San Francisco details emergency-plan revisions: mass care, logistics and community support annexes
Summary
The Department of Emergency Management outlined revisions to emergency support functions: ESF 6 (mass care/housing) updates to include non-congregate sheltering, ESF 7 (logistics) drafts due to stakeholders by December, and ESF 16 (community support) extensive revisions starting January 2022; tsunami maps and an air operations annex were also scheduled for completion.
Kim Bowman, assistant deputy director at the Department of Emergency Management, told the Disaster Council the department's top planning priorities are revising three emergency support function (ESF) annexes and updating related response guidance.
"The three that we're focusing on are emergency support functions 6, 7, and 16," Bowman said, explaining ESF 6 revisions will clarify roles for mass care, housing and human services and add provisions for non-congregate sheltering with an expected completion by the end of the fiscal year. She said ESF 7 (logistics) will establish clearer processes and the first draft will be shared with stakeholders by December.
Bowman also said ESF 16 (community support) will undergo an extensive revision starting January 2022 aimed at formalizing partnerships with community-based organizations and improving whole-community response, with a draft targeted by fiscal year-end.
Other planning items include an update to the city's tsunami inundation maps using new USGS products, and a new city air operations annex to govern San Francisco's interface with external air assets; Bowman said the annex will be tested at Fleet Week 2022. The department also plans a route-reopening guide inside the public-works annex and to incorporate Urban Area Security Initiative recommendations for disability access into transportation annexes.
Why it matters: these updates reflect lessons learned during prolonged COVID operations and recent wildfire seasons, and aim to strengthen sheltering options, logistics, community partnerships and interagency coordination ahead of future emergencies. No formal motions or budget decisions were taken at the council meeting.
