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Hosted in the San Francisco Bay Area by the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, Urban Shield was the largest urban full scale readiness exercise in the United States. Police, fire, HAZMAT , EMS and EOD teams from all over the nation trained in multiple scenarios over a continuous 48-hour program.
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Urban Shield challenges the skills, knowledge and abilities of all who participate. It not only improves regional disaster response capabilities, but provides a platform for national and international first responders, as well as the private sector, to work efficiently and effectively together when critical incidents occur. URBAN SHIELD VENDORS.
Mar 1, 2019 · What is Urban Shield? Urban Shield is a regional, national and global weapons expo and SWAT training that takes place in the Bay Area. It brings together law enforcement agencies and first responders from across the country and world – including from the apartheid state of Israel – in order for them to learn how to better repress ...
Mar 16, 2019 · By Andre Torrez. Published March 15, 2019 10:49pm PDT. News. KTVU FOX 2. OAKLAND, Calif. (BCN/KTVU) - Alameda County's controversial Urban Shield emergency training program for law enforcement...
Mar 15, 2019 · A Short History of Urban Shield. by JP Massar • March 15, 2019. On March 14th, 2019, the Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative Approval Authority voted unanimously to take the monies for Urban Shield and other emergency preparedness programs usually distributed to Alameda County and redistribute them around the Bay Area, to San Francisco ...
Feb 26, 2019 · News. Alameda County leaders support new direction for Urban Shield. Controversial law enforcement exercise will concentrate on training for earthquakes and natural disasters. By Peter Hegarty...
The Bay Area UASI is responsible for the internationally-recognized, annual, and full-scale exercise, Urban Shield. Urban Shield is a 48-hour continuous exercise conducted throughout the Bay Area UASI region in Alameda, San Francisco, and San Mateo counties.
