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Bay Area UASI and BayRx updates: regional planning, interoperable radios and funding needs
Summary
Laura Phillips (Bay Area UASI) and Michelle Geddes (DEM) updated the council on regional UASI governance, projects (information sharing, debris removal, mass care annexes) and the BayRx interoperable communications program, which is more than 75% implemented in San Francisco and seeks funding and FCC spectrum for next phases.
Laura Phillips, general manager of the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), and Michelle Geddes, interoperability program manager at San Francisco DEM, briefed the Disaster Council on regional preparedness projects and interoperable communications work.
Phillips described governance changes since 2006 when several core cities were combined into a single urban area for grant and planning purposes. She outlined the approval authority (a three‑tiered governance structure chaired in practice…
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