San Francisco Fleet Week: High-anticipated annual event kicks off with earthquake preparedness drill [Video]

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — As part of Fleet Week in the Bay Area, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management is holding a series of full-scale exercises with the Department of Defense and other local and state agencies.

They’re preparing for what to do and how to communicate in the event of an earthquake.

Specifically, they are working on two key things in Tuesday’s exercise happening at Pier 30 and 32.

The movement of what they call “disaster service workers” and the clearance of roads, two things they’ll have to do immediately after an earthquake.

Between 75 to 100 city workers are volunteering their time to take part in this.

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