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…

First Annual UASI ConferenceMiami, FL 2007

Miami Fire-Rescue and Police Supported

With a Little Help from Charlotte and All Hands Consulting

A lot of help with our firstFirst Vendor Exhibitions

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

Our Master of Ceremonies Mike McHargue has been a key success

factor

Over 400 Attended Miami’s UASI Conference

2008 UASI ConferenceCharlotte, NC

Charlotte Raised the Bar

Over 800 Attended

2009 UASI ConferenceCharlotte, NC

We liked it so much, we went back!

1,120 Attended

Conference partnership with FEMA GPD strengthened as the UASI Conference grew to be the de facto Grants

Conference

Exhibits Moved to a Convention Center

Exhibits Grew to Include Large Equipment Displays

More Breakouts, Six Tracks

2009 UASI ConferenceNew Orleans, LA

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 UASI & Homeland Security proved to be excellent hosts!

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

2011 National UASI & Homeland Security Conference

San Francisco, CA

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.