The Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), is designed to set a strategic direction for the enhancement of regional response capability and capacity. UASI’s mission is to reduce area vulnerability and prevent terrorism and/or weapons of mass destruction (WMD) incidents.

UASI – Goals

• Ensure a group decision-making process
• Maintain an “all hazards” approach, meaning looking toward and planning for all possible natural (hurricanes, flooding, etc.) and man-made disasters (Chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological and explosive terrorist attacks)
• Emphasize incident command and unified command structure
• Enhance capabilities through planning, equipment, training and exercises that include all disciplines
• Create a higher lever of response capability for emergency response teams
• Develop a financing and resourcing strategy
• Enhance response capabilities of detection and decontamination, mass casualty, and Urban and Rescue teams
• Enhance response capabilities to respond, detect and deter, contain, and recover from the effects of a terrorist/WMD incident

For more information, please contact:

Robert Williams 
Operations Manager
Urban Area Security Initiative
(504) 658-6900

UASI – Participating Agencies

NEW ORLEANS OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY
NEW ORLEANS OFFICE OF EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION JOINT RESERVE BASE
NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT
NEW ORLEANS FIRE DEPARTMENT
JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE
JEFFERSON PARISH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
US ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
ST. BERNARD PARISH FIRE DEPARTMENT
U.S. COAST GUARD
PLAQUEMINES PARISH INDUSTRIAL FIRE BRIGADE
PLAQUEMINES PARISH OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
JOINT TERRORISM TASK FORCE (JTTF)
PORT OF NEW ORLEANS HARBOR POLICE
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE