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San Francisco intensifies emergency exercises ahead of America’s Cup, Golden Gate Bridge anniversary and Fleet Week
Summary
City officials told the Disaster Council they are running coordinated multi‑agency exercises and planning large patient‑movement and communications drills to prepare for America’s Cup, the Golden Gate Bridge 70th anniversary and Fleet Week.
San Francisco officials told the Disaster Council they are accelerating multi‑agency preparedness work and large‑scale exercises ahead of a busy event season that includes the America’s Cup, the Golden Gate Bridge 70th anniversary and Fleet Week.
Mayor Lee said the city must be vigilant as the events draw large crowds, noting, "500,000 people on maybe a weekly basis during those events come in" and urging partnerships across city departments, nonprofits and businesses to improve public safety and long‑term recovery.
Rob Dudgeon, who leads special‑events planning for the city, outlined a series of exercises the city ran and plans to expand. For the America’s Cup, staff staged three…
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