2005
Golden Guardian 2005 (GG05) was designed to enhance interagency coordination and cooperation, provide personnel training, test response and recovery and mutual aid systems across California. GG05 Full Scale Exercise (FSE) involved over 3500 participants from more than 165 state, local, and federal agencies, and departments, far exceeding the participation in 2004. The goals were to assess the ability of all levels of California government to prevent the occurrence of, protect California citizens against, respond to, and recover from catastrophic natural disaster or terrorist events. Scenario events occurred in multiple venues within the State of California, focusing on the Sacramento Valley Region and the Bay Area. GG05 FSE conducted on November 15 and 16, 2005, opened with three improvised explosive devices (IED’s) exploding on three rail cars at the Union Pacific Rail Yard in Roseville, California. Several minutes later multiple small back packs detonated at an Art Fair in Jack London Square, Oakland, California. At the Tower Bridge, between West Sacramento and Sacramento, a gasoline tanker exploded and burned on the approach into the Capital. A multiple vehicle accident at the site trapped a large Liquid Propane Tanker Truck in the burn area. Eight California counties participated in the GG05.
Golden Guardian 2005 After Action Report Executive Summary