Strategic Risk Management/Mitigation Plan for the San Francisco Bay and River Delta Region

The San Francisco Bay Area and River Delta Region-Wide Strategic Risk Management Plan and Trade Resumption/Resiliency Plan (SRMP and TRRP) describe a proactive risk management approach for the region. This is a geographically and commercially diverse region spread out over 7,000 square miles and home to 7.2 million people. Among the Maritime Transportation System (MTS) facilities in the region are the Port of Oakland, the Port of San Francisco, the Port of Richmond, the Port of Stockton, the Port of Sacramento, the Port of Benicia and numerous privately owned Marine Oil Terminal facilities and bulk cargo handling facilities. In developing the Region-Wide SRMP and TRRP, the Halcrow team reviewed available local and State risk management, security, and preparedness plans together with the Area Maritime Security Plan (AMSP), the National Strategy for Maritime Security, and the National Preparedness Guidelines. The Halcrow team conducted a series of meetings and workshops with groups of individuals that represented key public and private port stakeholders in the region including maritime industry and local, State, and Federal LE/EM agencies and organizations. The information and insight gained from these meetings and workshops was used to compare likely risks faced by the region with risk scenarios developed by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). The result was a validation of those highest risk scenarios identified by the AMSP and USCG, but also the identification of risks to the MTS the region faces but which were not traditionally accounted for by maritime security-focused analyses performed previously. The SRMP and TRRP lay out strategies to address the prevention of, protection against, response to, and recovery from major security incidents on a region-wide basis. All strategies are focused toward terrorism but the same strategies support efforts for readiness applicable to any security, safety or environmental response and recovery effort consistent with all hazard incidents.