b'you walk into the huddle with your fire plan and say, Hi,the San Francisco Bay and the size of the fire, the San Fran-FOGHORN FOCUS Ihaveamapoftheboat.Wouldyouliketoseeit? ciscoBayBridgemayhavetobeclosed.Ifthathappened,emergencyresponderswouldhavetoknowthebridgewasGallup stated that while they do fire drills on their boats,closed and alternate routes to take. Or, it was asked, would they learned they need to train on what to do if the crewthebridgeremainopenonlytoemergencyvehicles?Thecant put out the fire and it escalates. There needs to behotwashwastheperfecttimeforobserversandpartici-further talk about interfacing with multiple agencies andpantstosharesuchthoughtsandgeteveryonecontemplat-factors like considering who has authority at any given ingpreviouslyundiscussedpossibilitiesofanemergency.point in a situation. Fabrizio recommended operators start nowandinviteorganizationssuchastheirlocalfiredepart- Inadditiontoreceivingparticipantandobservernotesatmentstovisittheirvessels,initiatingthedialogue.Beyond the end of the UC TTX, Gallup and Fabrizio followed up buildingfamiliaritywithavessel,ifanemergencydoes with people to discuss their feedback directly. Romulus arise,thecaptainandcrewwillhavemetthefirefighters P. Matthews, a Port Security SpecialistMTS Recov-before or be able to reference the fire chief by name. TheseerywiththeCoastGuardSectorSanFrancisco,spoke relationships can be beneficial during a crisis.with us also and summed it up by saying, what it really boils down to is that its a systems approach. He credit-Basedontheareatheyservice,Gallupexplainedthatif edGallupandFabrizioforinvolvingsomanyagenciesin someoneonboardthevesselcalls911toalertthelocalfire their exercise. department, they dont know which 911 location will re-ceivethecall.ItcouldgotoOakland.Itcouldgotothe Beyonddoingexerciseswithotheragencies,hestressed Highway Patrol. It can go to Marin County, but it doesnttheimportanceofinvitingorganizationslikethefirede-always go to San Francisco because it depends where onpartmenttovisitvesselsinpersontobecomefamiliarwiththe [San Francisco] Bay youre located and what cell towershipswheretheymayonedayhavetobattleablaze.Itsanits bouncing off. For this reason, it was determined thatopportunity to answer a lot of questions for land-based intheirareatheCoastGuardshouldhaveitontheirlist firefighters, as well as a chance for people of both compa-to call the local fire department directly. In fact, Fabrizionies to build relationships with each other. noted,itwasdiscoverednoonehaditontheirchecklistspecifically. There were many agencies that assumed some- He also commended them for working with Humphrey to one else would take care of it. This was an important lessonfacilitate the exercise. Matthews saw this as a best practice they learned early in the exercise. Drillsandexercisesare,inpart,safeplacestomake mistakesasdecisionshavenoreal-liferamifications.As Beyond buildingFabrizio explained, The idea was the core team in the middle,wewantedthemtomakethemistakes,right?familiarity with a vessel,We wanted to see that happen. Gallup noted that Hum-phreywasgoodatdirectingtheconversationandasking if an emergency doesdifferent participants what they would do based on the current scenario or in response to another agencys deci- arise, the captain andsion, which fostered back and forth communications. A lotofcommentswerereservedforthehotwashsessionattheendwheneveryoneintheroomcouldopenlyshare crew will have met thetheir thoughts and feedback.firefighters before.During the hotwash, concerns were brought up that no onemayhavepreviouslythoughtabout.Forexample,a These relationships can be representativefromCaliforniaOfficeofEmergencySer-vicespointedoutthatdependingonthevessellocationin beneficial during a crisis.FOGHORN 34'