The 2026 FIFA World Cup operations at Foxboro’s Gillette/Boston Stadium concluded as a resounding operational, logistical, and public safety success, welcoming over 447,000 passionate football fans across seven matches, including a high-profile quarterfinal. Managing crowds of this unprecedented scale required an immense, highly coordinated regional footprint. The execution delivered a remarkably peaceful environment, resulting… Continue Reading FIFA World Cup
The SRAC has invested money over many years building a regional cache system, stocking equipment for regional deployment. The Caches include generators, message boards, light towers, and in some cases debris pumps, hand-washing sinks, and an inflatable tent. These items deploy year-round for local emergencies and planned events. This February, southeastern New England experienced… Continue Reading The Blizzard of `26
SRAC secured the services of a vendor to provide ten SRPEDD municipalities with support developing a cybersecurity Incident Response Plan. Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0, the vendor will work through municipally-identified risks, help prioritize mitigation strategies, and develop timelines for next steps. The vendor will hold a pair of IRP workshops, to further… Continue Reading Municipal Cyber IRPs
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) is a Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant program that makes federal funds available to states, U.S. territories, federally recognized Tribal Nations, and local governments for hazard mitigation activities. FEMA has made $1 billion in BRIC funding available for the current cycle for communities to strengthen infrastructure through new building… Continue Reading Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is coming to Foxborough in June and July, 2026. Behind the scenes many public safety agencies are preparing, planning, and readying themselves for this massive event. SRAC expects that much of its previously funded equipment such as Electronic Message Boards, Portable Lighting, and Generators will be deployed in support… Continue Reading FIFA World Cup 2026 preparedness