UASI CONFERENCE BACKGROUNDER NATIONAL URBAN AREAS SECURITY CONFERENCE
Origins of the UASI Conference
In 2005, the IAFC Metro Chiefs Section desired a UASI Conference for the Fire Service.
Miami UASI, supported by Chief Wm. Bryson, All Hands Consulting, and Charlotte UASI organized a small conference in Dallas.
Dallas, Texas 2005
First UASI Conference held at DFW Airport
50 Fire/Rescue personnel attended
Law Enforcement, grant managers and FEMA also attended
2006 Grants Conference
FEMA/GPD held a National Grants Conference in Washington D.C.
Lots of SAA Discussions but no UASI Discussions.
Two “Renegade UASIs” (Miami and Charlotte) decided to do something about it.
The UASI Conference was born…
We Began to Connect as UASIs and talk about the future
Conference organizer Steve Davis speaking with Bill Anderson of the Twin Cities UASI and
President of the new National UASI Association
1,120 Attended
Conference partnership with FEMA GPD strengthened as the UASI Conference grew to be the de facto Grants
Conference
Over 1,300 in Attendance
Attendees expanded to include other grantees
Worked closely with FEMA Grant Programs Directorate
UASI Awards Program began in New Orleans
Miami Police Sgt. Marcos Perez received award for efforts on
Homeland Security
Steve Davis (All Hands) and Jeff Dulin (Charlotte) received awards for Outstanding
Contribution to UASI programs
New Orleans included an Expanded ProgramNine Tracks over Three Days
Program Management Planning/Training/Exercises Medical – including MMRS Public/Private Partnership Port and Transit Interoperable Communications and
Information Sharing CBRNE Community Preparedness Regionalism
UASI Conference in San Francisco was the biggest yet, over 1,700 attended
Worked in concert with FEMA/GPD and expanded participation to all preparedness grants programs.
Included new tracks.
Incorporated GPD After Action Conference.
Hosted Training Exposition.
UASI Conference Future
New UASI Conference Inc. with new Board of Directors now operates the UASI Conference
Worked with UASI POCs to determine a new direction and structure of conference organization and activities
RFP process set the next four conferences
All Hands is no longer supporting the conference planning
2012 UASI Conference
2012 Conference to be hosted by Columbus UASI, May 21-24, 2012
Website at uasicolumbus2012.us
UASI Websites The original UASI Conference website
was funded by the Charlotte UASI and it ended operations July 30, 2011
The UrbanAreas.org website is now a UASI Blog hosted by All Hands and Steve Davis
New National UASI Association website at nationaluasi.org
Other UASI Websites UASI Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/UASIBlog UASI LinkedIn Networking Group
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/UASI-Networking-Group-3612501
UASI Daily News Feed http://paper.li/tag/UASI
@UrbanAreas on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/UrbanAreas
These sites as well as UrbanAreas.org are all provided by
All Hands Consulting as a public service.