If you can see the waters of the San Francisco Bay, you will notice emergency vessels, accident simulations and periodic white smoke through Thursday. Don’t worry, this is a drill.
The exercises in the drill will involve passenger ferries and will include emergency responders. The training is being planned and coordinated by Golden Gate Ferry – in conjunction with the United States Coast Guard-Sector San Francisco – and several other partners and agencies. More than 500 people will participate and over a dozen vessels are involved.
You’ll get a bird’s eye view of these activities from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the Bay Bridge, waterfront areas in Marin, San Francisco, Contra Costa, and Alameda counties. Again - please note that if you see emergency rescues and white smoke on the Bay through 5 o’clock Thursday afternoon - it is part of the drill.
