please stand by for the san francisco fire commission meeting of january 24, 2024. >> our webex is down on the main computer. i have it on the lap top. if there is public comment i will have to put my microphone up to the laptop. this is fire commission regular meeting january 24, 2024. the time is 511:00ism the meeting is held in person. members of the public may atepd the meeting to observe and provide public comment at it

physical meeting location or by calling 415-655-0001 and using meeting id, 24939835777. the password is 1234. members of the public may address the commission up to 3 minutes per item. please insure you are in a quite location, speak clourly and turn off background sounds. wait for the item you like to address to be called. press star 3 to be added to the queue. callers will hear silence will waiting to speak. operator will unmute you. you may also watch live at www.sfgovtv.org. item 1, roll call. president nakajo, present. vice president morgan, present. commissioner feinstein, present.

commissioner fraser, present. commissioner collins, present. chief of department jeanine nicholson, present. president nakajo will read the land acknowledge. >> thank you madam secretary. the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. madam secretary. >> item 2, general public comment. members may address the commission for up to 3 minutes

on any matter within the commission jurisdiction and not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address remarks to the commission as a whole and not individual commissioners jore personnel. commissioners will not enter into debate. the lack of response does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> madam secretary, any member of the public wish to comment at this time? >> i do not anybody approaching the podium and there is nobody on the public comment line. >> thank you. public comment is closed. madam secretary. >> item 3, approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve the meeting minutes from january 10, 2024. >> thank you very much madam secretary. any public comment on this item? >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line.

>> public comment is closed. commissioners, any questions or comments on this? it is an action item colleagues. >> i move we approve the minutes. >> thank you very much commissioner fraser. >> i second. >> thank you very much vice president morgan. [roll call] >> the motion passes 3 with two recusals. item 4, chief of department report. department from chief of department jeanine nicholson on current issues activities and events in the fire department since the commission meeting on january 10, 2024 including budget academy special events communication and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from shayne kaialoa on

administrative divisions fleet and facility status updates finance support service and homeland security. >> thank you very much madam secretary. good evening. >> good evening president nakajo, vice president morgan, commissioner feinstein, commissioner fraser, commissioner collins. [indiscernible] my name is jeanine nicholson your san francisco fire chief and this is my report since our last fire commission meeting on january 10. i want to thank commissioner collins for joining us at the martin luther king, jr. march on monday the 15th and much appreciated to have you there. we had a very good turn-out from our department, and that all went very well, so thank you for your presence there. much appreciated.

on the 16th, cd, 2, 3, 4 and myself addressed the 133 recruit class on treasure island. 58 recruits strong, in the second week now. more to follow on that. we also had monthly labor management meeting with local 798 and good conversation and we have a good relationship, which i think is super important for the department to run more efficiently and effectively. we also have been having multiple meetings internally regarding the budget and i know director corso has been working really hard on it and as has his team and we'll hear from him later. i have been to multiple policy meetings with other city departments and department heads on street conditions, as

well as the drug market accountability center and the city is really making good progress and i don't know if you listen to 106.9, there was a interview today with multiple business owners in the tenderloin who spoke about how happy they are with the progress being made and our community paramedics are a part of all of that, so strong work to them. chief simon pang and i met with department of public health. grant colfax and dr. cumins on the collaborative work we do out on the streets with our community paramedics and how to improve and looking at data and metrics and talk toog our

people and i'm just proud of the work we are doing. chief mike and i mike mullen from support services visited station 17 on monday and station 16 this morning and we are going to station 18 also this week, so we are getting out there to speak to people about all sorts things from safe driving to the budget and to any issues they may be having or concerns they may be having. i thought it was good-we were there over a hour so folks were really engaged. it was really good. and then had our first retreat, cd2, cd3, cd4 and director corso and myself yesterday. we had 4 retreats. the first one we spoke about priorities, the second we focused on succession planning, the third, communications and

this last one we went over the first three meetings and we also spoke about workflow and data, and how we use those specifically use data to tell our story and improve and we are working on putting systems in place to institutionalize policy and procedures and we will see again the rules and regs come before you tonight as part of that, but we are getting work product from the committees, so that is all getting formalized by cd2, 3 and 4 and director corso. in order to really push a culture of ownership and responsibility even more so and you know, we can always improve and that's what we strive to do, and by putting so many things in place, those are our goals for the year basically, to do many of those things.

and i'll let chief luttropp speak to you about the rules and regs but i like to thank you commissioner feinstein for your kind words today that you sent me and thank the rest of the commissioners for coming to headquarters today toic a knowledge the 89th class, 30 year anversity today, so thank you so much and here's to another 30 years. not in the department, but you know what i mean. so, but thank you, and last but certainly not least a very happy birthday to president nakajo today. thank you. >> thank you very much chief. we'll do public comment on the chief's report at this-- >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> public comment is closed. commissioners, questions or comments for cd1 at this point? commissioner fraser. >> thank you for your work

chief. just one question, the station meetings, are they are town hall with you and other leaders with folks in the stations? is that how it-- >> so, since i began 4 and a half all most 5 years ago we instituted a policy of each of the command staff members getting out to several station every few months to keep up the communication between the field and administration, and so we used to do it alone, but i just--we have switched it up a little bit, so we are--many of us are going out in pairs to stations and we all just sit down and they are welcome to ask any questions they like certainly, or give us any suggestions and just have a open mind of communication and we try to inform them of what we are doing. what the administration is doing for the department and how we advocate for them and

all the hard work going on, just so they know a little bit about what's going on. >> very interesting for both parties attending and certainly worthwhile. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you very much commissioner fraser. vice president morgan. >> thanks for the report chief. congratulations on 30 year. you go another 30, right? >> oh, yeah. >> you will be the next joe biden. [laughter] that was just a joke. i was interested in the demonstration you are going to have lake merced. can you give a brief description of what that will be like? >> yes, so we have gotten a new hose tender, and we got money

from assembly member ting, secured us a million dollars as well as the city gave us some money to purchase 3 hose tenders. basically it is a above ground hydrant system for when pipes fail, and so will still have a source of water to bring to a fire in a neighborhood or area that is impacted by broken pipes and failure of the hydrant system, so it will be some of that and just a demonstration of what the hose tenders are capable of. they are capable of a lot more then the ones that we have that are probable 35, 40, even more years old. but we always like to have redundancies in our systems, and we have the low pressure hydrants, high pressure hydrants and we have this above ground hydrant system.

we invited all the electeds and some will be there and some are unable to come, but it is also a big deal for the west side of the city where they are putting in-they are lying pipe right now to be a auxiliary water supply. it is cobenefit system. it will mostly be used for potable water by the puc, but there is also a ability for us to use water from lake merced and other sources if we need to in the event of a disaster, because they don't have the high pressure hydrants on the west side of the city. >> that's a little ways out, right? the high pressure infrastructure? >> the auxiliary infrastructure, yes. the infrastructure isn't actually connected to our high

pressure system, which is the 3 tanks in the ashbury and twin peaks. it isn't connected to that so they can't call it part of the high pressure system, but it is a auxiliary-it can function as a auxiliary water supply system. it will be able to, but it is very expensive and the main use for the system that is going in will be potable. >> the other topic was one of these reports about the healthy streets operation center and tenderloin joint field operations incident commander position, how is that going or should i ask chief tong or chief fang that? >> i don't have update ont that, but we have for the past several years provided the incident commander, one of the

paramedic captains that has run the show for the joint field operations or healthy street operation center and it is basically go around to folks living on the streets and we offer services and it's a multiple department program, including police, public health, hsh, public works and one of our community paramedic captains oversees the whole thing, so [indiscernible] >> sounds like a good deal. that's all i got. thank you chief. >> thank you very much vice president morgan. commissioner feinstein. >> thank you. congratulations on your 30 anniversary. i was there in spirit, and i am not dpoe going to wish upon

you another 30 years. 30 years of life, but something you enjoy doing, besides being chief. i had just one question or really one comment. i was reading through these miscellaneous attachments we received and about the displaced resident information card. that is a terrific idea. i dont know where it came from or how it came to be, but i just really-i mean, it is one of those things that you want to say, why didn't we think of that sooner. it really really something that whoever came up with should be proud of. that is number one. number two, when you are talking about the hose tenders and not having the high

pressure hydrants out on the west side of town, give me a example if you can of what kind-what degree of incident would be necessary before this system would be deployed? >> if you remember the 1989 earthquake which i'm sure you do in the marina district you saw us have to use the fire boat to pump water into hose lines, because all the hydrant-all the pipes failed in that area, so it would really be a catastrophic failure of the pipes and thus impacting the hydrant system. it also could be a fire that is literally takes up a entire city block, where the amount of water coming from the domestic water supply system is not enough and that we need more

capacity, so we could utilize it then as well. >> this is going to be a good improvement. hopefully it never gets used. thank you. thank you mr. president. >> thank you very much commissioner. commissioner collins is there a comment or question at this time? thank you very much commissioner. again, congratulation chief for your 30 years and your colleagues in the department. what was nice about today's reception is your colleagues and partners and department was there and i really enjoyed each of you in terms of your comments, so thank you for that. i also wanted to comment and i really believe in the retreat and i know that you reported the command staff retreat you had and segments you had so i wanted to comment and i think that is a really good tool. thank you very much chief. at this point, we have i believe cd3 ready to present.

thank you very much chief nicholson. good evening chief kaialoa. at this point, please present. >> good evening president nakajo, vice prez [indiscernible] shayne kaialoa, deputy chief administration for san francisco department and this is my report for november, december, 2023. we begin with diversity equity inclusion office under direction of shawn buford who attended regular meeting with city racial equity leaders to discuss policy, share ideas, discuss initiatives and to insure we are in line with the mayor's initiatives and guiding those throughout the organization and our initiatives. also participated in the dream

keeper initiative and workshops and met with the racial equity career development and community outreach committees. chief buford will be acting as liaison work wg committee chair and cochairs for those committees. as chief nicholson discussed earlier, we have [indiscernible] drive the organization forward. we made adjustments to those committees having the assistant chiefs move out of the role of the chair and cochair and move into the executive committee lowing for growth in our chief officer, battalion chief and now along with captains and chair and cochair of the committee to develop their skills, drive timelines, goals to be met, and chief buford will be a liaison to those committees-he just had a meeting discussing the work and priorities and action plans for those committees, specifically to the ones i speak of in the racial equity action committee

to review and revise the react and redevelop our next action plan for the react. he also is discussing with the career development work group and developing lateral and horizontal guides to promotion, to making things [indiscernible] how to become a surf rescue person and develop a document that gives a clear pathway to all our members and all ranks of the fire department. also, chief buford and lieutenant anderson are working with message s and partners through our partnership with sfgov. we want to better tell our story, advice folks what this department does and how we provide value to the citizens and the visitors of san

francisco. we identified four videos we like to work on and the very first is recruitment with a angle to athletics. also ems, and the third-let me think about this for a moment. we are also highlighting all the divisions within our fire department to educate the public what each one of our divisions is doing and now directly effects them. those will be able to be broken down, not just shown on sfgov and able to use the footage and push to our own website to have a broader reach and break down into smaller videos we can push to our pio through social media to capture another larger group. during the month of november and december, [indiscernible]

also completed the 133 academy on-boarding process, with coordination with our office of employee health, isb and chief nicholson. it is a enormous job to get those folks through that on-boarding process. i should mention hr as well. chief buford also presented at both the h3 level 3 and h2 academies discussing what his office does and how it supports the fields and how specifically how it supports the academy. chief buford is heavily involved with [indiscernible] at the academy level to assist with any of her needs with the academy. lieutenant anderson on december 7 attended the mission high fire ems dual enrollment program. what you see here is the

training taught by truck 11. this is vehicle extrication. i think you heard me speak about this program before, but it gives a eye to the fire service and ems and provides the students with some insight on what it is that the fire service does and create a pathway to the san francisco fire department. december 18, lu ieutenant anderson, one of the hardest working folks in the fire department, in his picture he is presenting to the san francisco conservation corps developing a relationship and a pathway for those folks. discussing the san francisco fire department what we do in suppression and ems. this partnership also lead to i believe 7 or 9 and sorry, i'll get that specific number for you.

a small cohort where these folks were brought to treasure island training facility. they were taught s130 and s190 by chief [indiscernible] battalion chief at battalion 6. in this training they get to learn about wild land fire fighting, something the san francisco fire department also does. discussing wild lands fire dehavior at basic level and fire fighting tactics in the wild land interface. before i move on, i also want to discuss lieutenant anderson's work-there is so much he does and part of it is recruitment and lieutenant anderson is out constantly with core and other folks in core recruiting at a very high pace. he utilizes social platforms to

deliver messages, because he's the one man show, he is innovative and so he utilizes students to provide information to the folks where folks have a date where they can jump online, understand what the san francisco fire department does, how our hiring process works, and beyond that lieutenant anderson is in constant contact with folks assisting them through our process. it goes well above and beyond what is required to assist folks through the process of being hired in the fire department, and so i just wanted to point that out. on top of that, he works with our it department and developing a recruitment on-boarding database. thanks to [indiscernible] and dt and that is proving so efficient.

it allows lieutenant anderson to the folks in the database and follow them throughout the process so we constantly check back and insure they have the information they need to be successful. health and safety. battalion chief alba. during the month of november and december, chief alba, conducted facility dog handler interviews. the selection was nicolas brady from ems who is now working in the department of emergency management, and he will be receiving k-9 trooper hopefully in january, but we'll update you when trooper gets here. this will be a great addition for emergency management and the fire department. we know the stressers that come with working at dem and being a 911 dispatcher, so no only will

this assist our fire department but assist our partners at dem. a initiative chief alba, has been working on is [indiscernible] also known as pfas free turnouts. pfas is a forever chemical so when it is in your blood it never leaves. it is found all over in many materials, but it is also found in turnouts. there has been a large discussion on this subject at every level in the fire service from the federal to the state and so it's important that we look for pfas and where it effects as firefighters as you know, we are in contact with many carcinogens and chemicals that are cancer causing, pfas is one, and so we partnered with isf, with five other cities.

we will be doing the fire decks and line. it will be a 90 day wear test where we will be really looking for that the ability to move in those turnouts and more importantly is how much heat our firefighters are holding with this new turnout. we are looking at all those aspects and more to see how we like to move forward. early in turnouts and manufactures are not making, so these two are and we'll be testing those. because of the discussion and because of chief alba and all his work, we've put chief alba in fire scope at the health and safety committee. fire scope is a board of

stakeholders from federal agencies, state agencies, local and volunteer nfpa, oshaa. chief nicholson sits on the board of fire scope and other members on fire scope and thought it appropriate chief alba be involve in the convarsations at that level and bring information back to san francisco and initiatives to help keep our members safe. another one of-can you go back one, sorry? too fast. double click. another one of chief alba's initiatives is the removal of undercarriage cleaning in our fire apparatus. we-this is a tradition and a long tradition in the fire department. it happens a three times a year.

over day our members are checking the apparatus, checking the house, insuring the equipment is working. on triannual this is deeper clean in all areas, one of those is the undercarriage. if you look at some of those pictures, you see the diesel particulate and other chemicals coming off of the undercarriage. diesel particulates are known carcinogen and cancer causing. this was a difficult decision to make, but not so difficult. we value our tradition. we do. 100 percent. but we must do what is best for our members and so that undercarriage cleaning was removed from triangial. not to say we won't ever do it. they will have weekly inspection and if it comes to a point where the undercarriage needs to be cleaned, they will be doing them with the controls in place of suit and 95 and

gloves and eye wear to insure the members are safe when they need to take care of the undercarriage, but just enormous accomplishment and chief alba constantly looking over our health. another initiative was the scott safety and all star equipment gave the arson bureau newly purchased power air purifying respirators. this was a initiative driven by chief alba. when you think about a fire and see pictures when chief luttropp is speaking and shows when the fires are burning [indiscernible] based on the firefighter fitness level and the work being done, but fully incapsulated breathing clean air . layer,b when the fire is out.

it has been somewhat ventilated. our fire investigators go to find origin and cause. without breather apparatus. for 15 hours through the scene looking for the origin and cause without breathing apparatus. they now have breathing apparatus and it gives them a longer time to be in that environment and be protected fully so they are breathing clean air while they are working. under behavioral health, under captain burin, 58 contacts for assistance in the month of december and delivered 2 hour training to 133 academy recruit and family. this is just another move and not just taking care of our firefighters, but taking care

of their family and so i like to thank chief mo, she's in the room for allowing the bhu to come in during family orientation. we spoke of the importance of family orientations to have the folks understand what their loved ones are about to go to, but this moves into behavioral health side of things to have the families understand what the behavioral health unit does, why it exist and how it could help not just the individual but the families as they go through the academy and beyond the academy when they work for this fire department and be able to give the family members resources before our recruits even start the academy, so if they recognize they are struggling or maybe the family is struggling because it is difficult time when your folks are in the academy and it effects not just

the individual but the family, that they have resources they can go to if they need help. captain burin also working with grant writer shiloh for trauma risk management training. this is new to the fire service and it trains the behavioral health unit how to identify ptsd, ptsdi and how to provide resources for that. i know the office of employee health, dr. brocaw, nurse practitioner phillips developed a news letter of the three viruses developing, and giving strategies such as vaccination hand washing and masking. performed 15 new hire screens for 133 fire and ems academy, 3 probation exams and over 50

return to work evaluation performed in december while standing up covid vaccine at station 49. beyond that the team at office of employee health is constantly looking for initiatives to get our folks healthy and back to work and so they also attend a labor workers comp meeting looking at the data of injuries, the length of our folks being off and listening and shares ideas and developing initiatives. one thing brought up as we speak about ptsd and ptsdi is how to better serve the folks that are suffering from ptsd. when a person is medically given the diagnosis of ptsd and

then moving into a how they prove they have ptsd and how do we track and say where it is coming from developing initiatives of how we track it in hr and keep it secure, those are early discussions they are having among many others that come out of that meeting, so they are doing far beyond what is on the slide. we have 4 candidates for dr. brocaw's replacement. under investigative services, captain little continues to do our random testing program. he completed the 133 background investigations and is completing multiple courses in our microsoft suite.

he's also sending our breathalizers for calibration. we have one out now and when that comes back we'll send another and then the third-this is not something we have to do, but something we do do, because it is absolutely important that we can validate any test we give. i feel i had something else for captain weddle. assistant chief mike mullen, deputy chief mike mullen in support service had a total 149 request for service initiated during the month of december and [indiscernible] completed and closed out.

this is all while on top of managing is hvac and heating and boiling issues. the last i counted is between 13 and 15. it isn't something i can probably do in this report in the timely manner. you can see it in your report the amount of work assistant deputy chief mullen is doing. m on top of the fleet management and accountability where our money is going and insuring that we are receiving what we need based on our funds being spent.

they come out, they want to see what are we burning, how much of it are we burning, how many particulates are sent into the atmosphere and how long the burn lasts. chief miller also conducted multiple design meetings with stakeholders such as chief mo, deputy chief luttropp and others in the design process of the new training facility. the master plan was selected by chief nicholson, which is a

important milestone and represents a general location of the primary structures on the site. through those months of november and december, we were visited by the 132 academy when they ran their 10 miles in the last week coming to headquarters and ending up at dot. we were happy to meet them that day and to support them through their run. this is the longest run of the academy and first time they have come by headquators and nice to see the academy. chief nicholson gave the badge pin to 132 academy november 17. this is truck 19 and the class picture in front of the facility. november 21, they distributed hot chocolate candy canes and

cookies at saint anthonys. carved turkeys, thanksgiving event and november 22 graduated 12 new emt's. november 23 helped canturicy carving for help self-for the elderly. november 20, chief nicholson spoke at the tree lighting caremony and congratulated firefighter chris irven for protector of the year. we also participated in the winter walk at union square and there is another one. [indiscernible] sf firefighter toy program at the saint francis hotel, and sally who you saw in the last meeting was honored at the basketball game december 11 and that picture on

the left is my hyping the crowd up. [laughter] thank you and happy to take any questions. >> thank you very much chief. at this point we'll take public comment off cd3 report. >> there is nobody approaching the podium, and nobody on our public comment line. >> public comment is closed. commissioners, at this point any questions or comments for chief kaialoa? commissioner feinstein. >> good evening chief kaialoa. you have been busy. i have some random questions that will kind of go from one area to another. i share your concerns and i'm really happy to hear about pfas

and with furniture now being made with carcinogenic cushions and coverings and frames, the last thing our firefighters need is to be wearing carcinogenic turnout gear, so i have seen in a couple stations the washing process and hanging them up and separately from people, but that's not going to undo things, so i really think that is a very important area arena to explore. thank you for doing that. i just had to know because i wasn't sure, what is [indiscernible] >> i know-

>> will you say it for me? >> i hate to try. >> what is that project? >> i don't know enough about it. let me get with chief alba. i did see it and i'll discuss with him and report back to you. >> okay, just curious as to what it was and what it was intended to do. >> yep. >> moving over now to--one of our favorite topics, fire station 7. >> yes. >> okay. my understanding with fire station 7 was to be included in the current bond that was used to construct the new 35, is that correct? >> what? >> that station 7 was initially included in the same bond that

was used to build the new 35. >> to build the new fire training facility. if i may, through the president. >> help me here. >> yes. that is correct. it was initially--it is in dire need of replacement and it was in the-on the list of things to do, yes and with this bond however, the entire bond is being used for the fire training facility. i'm having high level conversations with several people in high level positions in city hall, because this is not meeting our need, and we have a great need for facility remodels and rebuilds, and the program that is being utilized right now that we are mandated

to utilize is not serving our great need, so those conversations are underway. i have spoken with commissioner collins about it as well, but will keep you apprised and let you know of progress on that. it is- >> it is important. >> it is important and frustrating for us because we know the need, we see the need, we all worked in these stations and it isn't just station 7. there are multitude of other stations that need work, seismic work, some need to be completely redone, so there is a great need out there and our need is not currently being met, so more to follow. >> alright. thank you. i'm all most done. everybody please indulge me. how much have we spent so far

on the new training facility? >> i'll have chief miller come up and brief you on what we spent. >> [indiscernible] >> miller, assistant depy chief. the current responding for the fire training facility is approximately $4 million at this point. there are a number other incumbered funds because we have engaged a architect and the contract is over 12 million dlr, but the expenditure so far through the 10 weeks of conspt design are limited. we haven't started any correction, but there have been a number of vendors engaged for

the planning purposes and the evaluation of the soils, civil engineering activities and like i said, we are most of the way through concept design, so looking forward to getting our first estimate back and seeing how realistic the ideas are as far as fitting thin budget which is allowed. >> very good. thank you. good. moving along, that is very good. last question. i promise. i note the-under the potable emergency firefighter water system, that the project estimates per mile of pipe instillation have gone from $15 million to $43 million. [indiscernible] [multiple speakers] >> yes, i can speak to that

briefly. >> thank you. >> if you want more detail we can certainly get it from chief miller again. so, yes, we were quite shocked at that as well, and that was the initial estimate by the puc and it was clearly under-estimated, so we were quite shocked as well. not happy about it. >> any remedy? >> not that i see, no. we are-again, we have to work with who we have to work with within city government, and yeah--i believe is it 60/40 we are paying for this system? 60 percent fire department is paying for 40 percent puc and again, it is mostly going to be

used for potable. it will obviously be used in significant emergencies by us, but it is primarily another more potable system for them. cobenefit they call it. cobenefit. >> a cobenefit. >> uh-huh. >> i learn something new every day. thank you chief and thank you chief kaialoa. i yield. thank you mr. president. >> did you have a question as well? okay. commissioner collins and then i'll ask my question. go ahead, please. >> thank you for that very thorough report chief kaialoa. in the dei section, i was wondering what you see as your biggest challenge going forward?

it looks like a lot of emphasis is in placed on recruitment and that's going well. what about after you get people here and part of the department and-- >> it is going well, but we still need to work on recruitment. there is much work to be done still, in recruit ment. we'll continue those efforts. one challenge we see is career development, and insuring that what we do in career development is fair and equitable throughout. what we are ready to meet those challenges and we have chief buford who is excellent, and has the connections and has the training and meeting regularly with racial equity leaders to

develop initiatives to meet the challenges. >> great. that's good to hear. keep going forward. switching topics, i'm thinking about the neg legible seismic safety of some of our fire houses. i know that it is unacceptable for many public buildings to not meet seismic standards. i'm wondering if whatever laws, regulations cover schools and other government buildings could be extended to our fire houses? eme i'm wondering if in this current cry for more housing development in our city and conversion of office to housing

and other uses we could also point out when those areas are going to be serviced by fire houses that are substandard and might be at risk, seismically and in other ways to take care of this development? in other words, we are part of a neighborhood safety envelope, and i am not sure that developers of this kind of housing or office or conversion have a eye to the infrastructure that supports them. i wonder if that's a argument that we could make? in general. >> i'm happy to sit down and talk with you further about this. what i would say is that a lot of the new buildings have new fire safety codes and

regulations within them, which is likely to reduce the need for fire protection from us, but there still will be more people that we need to help if there is some kind of fire and obviously through medical services. >> believe me, i understand. i built those buildings. >> we know you did. >> smile at the fire marshal, but there is always a incident where the fire department is called. >> always. >> without fail. >> yes. >> so we are part of the neighborhood infrastructure and i wonder if that's realized as these projects are being approved? a thought. >> thank you. >> i have many since our conversation, most of which i will not repeat now, about my brain is churning, including

third party estimates for some of the costs that keep escalating, and not relying on one source of estimating when at the outset of a project and then at appropriate intervals. maybe having outside eyes look at it to verify could be a good idea. >> yes. i know chief mullen spoke about that in a meeting we were in earlier this week, so i know there are efforts being made towards certain projects, roofing projects, et cetera, so yes. >> great. >> thank you >> thank you. >> thank you very much commissioner collins. commissioner fraser. >> thank you. thank you for your report chief kaialoa. really interesting. also interested in the pfas. you say in the notes it is a actual study other cities are

participating around the country so terrific. i'm imagining they study the effectiveness or fete fit and feel. are they doing anything biological in the study? >> not yet in the trial wear. we are hoping they begin after the trial wear. i confirmed that with chief alba, this morning. >> maybe that is second phase or biological measurements. that would be good. what i understand about the [indiscernible] whatever it comes from broccoli, cabbage and brusal sprouts. it is more a supplement then a chemical. that's all. >> thank you very much. >> eat your brusal sprouts. >> vice president morgan. >> when can we get the brock shots? [laughter] >> coming to you, sir. i know chief alba is working on

it. >> great. commissioner feinstein spoke on one of the items that caught my eye as well with the infrastructure of the water pipes per mile went from $15 million to $43 million and i'm like, wow. what happened there? oh, well. i notice in the maintenance we are doing it is very costly. it is usually heaters and water boilers i was noticing on the various stations around the city and it is like you know, little under a million dollars. i dont know if that is a year, but one time pending you know what i mean? budget talks are coming up. we get electric heaters in

there. [laughter] just trying to be creative here, you know what i mean? yeah, this is-they just caught my eye. i know the pipefitters are pretty pricy. i know some of the buildings are older and once they get them fixed it is a done deal so that's a good thing. >> it is costly work and chief mullen is very on top of the financials and insuring what we are being charged is correct. >> right. >> and fighting back if we have issue. >> also, going back to under carriage, you are cleaning your trucks that clean? >> very important time during triennial. there is a lot of pride in the station and how the apparatus and station is kept, not just for the fire station, it is for

the public and so part of that is the under carriage and it is beautiful when it is done, but we know there is carcinogens. not that it wont happen anymore, but when it does, we want our people protected. >> that's good. you can see safety potential safety violations or hazards shall i say. when you are talking about the under carriage elimination of under carriage, you are talking about the materials that you use to clean the under carriage, the elemination of that? >> what the weekly inspections they are on top of it while they are inspecting other areas the apparatus and if it is noted the under carriage needs to be cleaned it will happen before triennial. what the proper ppe. >> okay. and then you answered one of my

questions. i said what is trooper, so that is new service. >> that is our new k-9. >> alright. welcome to the family trooper. >> yellow lab. >> thank you for this great report. a lot of information in here and thank you for your report chief kaialoa. >> thank you very much vice president morgan. thank you for your report, for your comprehensive report. thank you chief for chiming in with information. as you can tell, with a full body of commission the expertise that are up here with the kind of questions that they ask as well so thank you very much for your comprehensive report, chief. madam secretary. >> item 5, revision to rules and regulations revising 2302

assumption of command. chief luttropp to present the revision of rules and regulations article 23, deputy chief of ems and community paramedicine, section 2303. assumption of command. >> good evening. >> good evening chief, go ahead. >> i do want to clean up confusion about this item. this is actually a informational item. going back to september when you approved our rules and regulations i wanted to present the finished product, the clean version of the document so you have it before you and i did put one at each of your desk. there is no substantive changes to the document and i thank you for the efforts you put into driving it to this point and we expect issuance to the field this week and i just wanted to thank you and i did want to

thank-you heard his name a lot, chief mullen before he took on the task of support service, but tremendous amount of work into the rules and regulations so want to pass that on. thank you for your time. >> thank you very much chief. as a update in terms of this particular report, thank you for your 99 page--hold on for a moment, chief. [multiple speakers] any commission comment beyond the chief update. it isn't a action item, it is information item colleagues. thank you very much chief. >> thank you. >> noted, it is in the record. >> item 6, fire department operating budget fiscal year 24-25 and 25-26. discussion presentation from mark corso deputy director

finance planning on the san francisco fire department operating department for commission review and discussion. discussion of sffd base budget and budget structure as well as issues and priorities. >> thank you very much madam secretary. good evening director corso. >> good evening. mark corso, finance and planning here to continue discussion on the department budget continuing from last commission meeting and as we move forward through this year's process. last meeting we reviewed the city's fiscal picture and the budget instructions given to departments from the mayor's office. this meeting we'll get into the department budget more from the structure and make up of the budget to also the challenges and priorities we have going forward. just a brief overview of highlights from the last meeting, as we discussed there,

we received some of the information from the city joint report that outlined the city's fiscal outlook for the next few years. as part of that we do a 2 year rolling budget process and city is projecting $800 million deficit over the next 2 years of the budget process. the fiscal year 24-25 budget and 25-26. that will be the period we will be negotiating during the process. as a result of that large deficit, departments were requested to propose ongoing reductions to their reliance on the general fund equivalent to 10 percent in each year along with 5 percent contingency and for the fire department that equates to $12.2 million for the 10 percent and $6.12 million for 5 percent. just to note, there's a number structural issues the city needs to address during the process. if all departments somehow gave their 10 percent in each year and 5 percent contingency, that is a little over half of the

overall deficit so there a number of moving pieces. labor negotiations are ongoing. all other city departments so there is a few other areas that are up in the air. briefly want to touch on the timeline. this is back to the normal cadence interrupted briefly by covid but back to the normal timeline, september budget instructions are released. early in 2024, we are work wg the controller and mayor office on in february the city will release the 6 month report of the current fiscal year. if there are impacts in that report that will impact the process those will be noted but generally that is restricted to the current fiscal year. february 21 is the mandated date for budget submittal to the mayor and controller office from all city departments.

over the next few months after that submittal the joint report is updated with additional information both on the expenditure and revenue side and in addition the 6 month report becomes 9 month report for the current fiscal year. june 1 is the mandated date for the mayor to submit a balanced budget to the board of supervisors. during the last 2 weeks of june is generally we have our budget hearings in front of budget and finance at the board and then as a result of those hearings, the final budget is negotiated among the supervisors and signed off by the mayor and that usually happens late july or early august. commissioner the timeline for the department here, last meeting we went over instructions budget instructions and overview of the process. we'll get into tonight's meeting more discussion

specifically pertaining to the department budget and then potentially at the next meeting on february 14 we would have a final proposal submitted to the commission for review before our submittal date on the 21. if needed, occasionally in the past it happened where we need a special meeting that could be held the timeline of february 15-20 and as mentioned again, the 21 is the date for our departmental submittal. following up on the last meeting, here is the items for discussion tonight. just high level overview budget summary of our budget and structure of the budget. the sources, revenues where we get our funding from. uses expenses where the money is going to. what type of things we are spending on and how is the budget broken down in that regard and where and what areaerize the different budget aspects of our overall budget. and then just discussion of the

base budget, whautis it base budget and how does it relate to what we are talking about going forward and also start the discussion--you hear in all the reports every commission meeting from the chiefs, what are the challenges. we have a number of them and they come to light all throughout the year, about also get highlighted during this process, so we will get into that a little bit in more detail. at the highest level, our budget we are considering is the 24-25 budget and 25-26 budget and the second year last year's process becomes the first year as it is rolling budget. overall, our budget is about $530 million. we are very heavily reliant on the general fund. approximately $366 million this year and so whether there is changes directly or indirectly to that budget where the city is gets reduction in overall revenues that may not

specifically relate to fire, there is a impact as there is just overall competition for the limited dollars across the city so we have some challenges. we do have some revenues and do pursue federal opportunities and othericide funding sources, but for the most part we are predominantly funded by the general fund. here is a high level summary what we call funds. the different big aspects of the department budget. we have the airport, hundred percent funded by the airport. that equates to $36 million in the upcoming year. our general operating fund. when we talk about the budget this is what we are referring to. this covers operations, administration, support service, prevention, investigation, nert, all those areas, training, general day to day operation frz the department. that is rolled up into that number there. the annual fund and in toing fund are generally project based where we have smaller projects either one time

allocations or ongoing. those are much smaller in nature where some capital allocations would be included in our continuing fund. things like that. we also have a work order fund where we are providing services for other departments. we do get reimbursed for those services, so we are looking mainly at port of san francisco. we are funding fire prevention services there in addition to fire boat services and fire employees and we build the port and recover those costs directly to our budget but they are tracked separatery and technical transfers. overall you see adding up, but predominantly it is our day to day budget we are talking about. here is a very high level summary of where those monies are going. by what type of expenditure. we are predominantly not

changing. there isn't a lot of changes proposedcurrently in the budget and rolling from year to year. we are about 90 percent salaries and benefits, 90 percent personnel cost and as we see on the next slide, that is mainly dedicated to front line operational staff so the majority of where the funds go and a lot hof the minimum staffing requirements response time mandates dictate how many people we have on duty, how many apparatus going out at one time so flexibility wise we are very limited when we talk about personnel. otherwise, a lot of these what we talk about personnel meeting prop s and staffing requirements, all these other areas directly support those efforts so whether you are talking about fuel, medical supplies, apparatus, cap ital work, all these other areas are very much relied upon to fund the front line operations of our department, so we will talk

in the next slide, but our flexibility is extremely limited, even for the things not technically in prop f or other minimum staffing requirements. all the other infrastructure in the department supports it. here you see overview operationally where the budget is allocated and you see the red piece of the pie is front line operation that include fire suppression and ems. we have broken out all the other areas that directly support operations, administration, support service, as well as our other areas such as radio, ems6 community paramedicine, training et cetera. i guess the main message from the previous two slides is that the majority of our budget is allocated to personnel costs that drcktly support front line emergency medical fire suppression and community paramedicine operations.

so, as part of your documentation, you received a packet that is a summary of what we call our base budget so there are three budget years essentially in here. one is current year, which is approved and vetted last year then the two base budgets for the next two years. this includes a base budget is essentially what we have as far as what is turned over to the department to make adjustments. this includes all known health and benefit rates, all known salary mou cost impacts, any work orders with other departments, any contractual adjustments, anything known at the time of it budget being approvaled is then what we are allowed to modify off and when we talk about reductions or additional revenue that is working off the base budget. what exactly is included in our base budget? we maintain in our base budget our front line ems community

paramedicine and fire suppression staffing level and staffing at all stations we have today. the base budget includes as we have in the current year and in the past few years, 2h2 firefighter academy each fiscal year along with h3 paramedic academies to maintain current staffing levels. it isn't proposing additional staffing to those divisions, but helps maintain those staffing levels and then there are allocations for equipment and capital projects approved last year in the process but those will get reevaluated every year even though it is 2 year budget. what are our challenges? i don't think any of these are of surprise to any of the commissioners, but we'll talk through them a bit and get more discussion with them. there are a number of outside especially this year budget process we have election year.

mou negotiations. the overall status of the economy are outside factors that may influence not just department budget but city budget, so those are a lot of unknowns as we enter this year. right now a lot of the projections from the city do not include recession. whether that comes to fruition or not, those impacts are not included, so only worsen the outlook economically if that was to occur. for the department as i mentioned our limited flexibility with staffing. we dont have like other departments the ability to move people around as needed, because we have to have and maintain minimum staffing levels which means if we move somebody we need to back-fill which cost overtime, so we don't have a lot of flexibility with staffing. we have a lot of our personnel cost making up the vast majority of our budget. not a lot of flexibility elsewhere so a lot of the for example you saw about 30 something million for work orders but a lot is due to workers comp and other areas we

cant really eliminate or get rid of, so we work with efficiency there but nothing to the scale of what is requested for the department. so, for the overall level of reduction that are being requested about $12.2 million, we are looking to find any efficiencies boat operational and fiscal to relate to that, but in realty, something that full full amount of that would definitely reach into impacting front line operation and emergency staffing, so that is obviously a huge challenge for us and we have communicated that and will continue to communicate that to the mayor office over the next 3, 4 months and they are well aware of our challenges there. where are we in the process? as i mentioned, we are having internal discussion on priorities and challenges and needs. just because we are in an economic downturn, doesn't mean our needs have magically

disappeared, so it is a challenge to weigh those needs along with potential budget reductions, so we are obviously taking a good look at all the aspects of the department. we are continuing staffing analysis with projected hires, new hires and retirements and overall staffing levels look like. we are looking at our facility and equipment allocations for our projected limited funds over the next few years and how we make the most of the money allocated. we are looking at revenues across the board. ems, fire prevention revenue. not necessary looking to propose additional fees but other revenue opportunities that may come across. even though our budget is submitted on february 21, we will be in very detailed discussions with the mayor's office over the next few months up until june 1 release of the budget. with that, happy to answer any questions. >> thank you very much director

corso. we'll do public comment off director corso's report. >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> thank you. public comment is closed. commissioners, at this point any questions, comments for director corso? vice president morgan. thank you. >> thanks for your report. great report mr. corso. as far as the negotiations with local 798, is that contract up pretty soon? excuse my ignorance, but i wasn't--when is that due? >> police and fire are not up this year. it is all the other labor that is-local 21- >> all the other-i believe

every other union then police and fire. police and fire did negotiations last year and all the other unions are up this year. >> okay. when will that be up or particular ly the one that effects us, local 798? when will they be renegotiating? >> that is 3 year contract and this is the first year so another couple years out. >> just looking for a year so it makes sense. thank you, sir. >> absolutely. >> thank you vice president morgan. commissioner fraser. >> thank you for your report director corso. >> thank you. >> i have one question if you can say a few words on the high level budget the expenditures part, the work orders being the third highest number on that page, $37 million. >> yes. >> could you just say a little about that please?

>> absolutely. we have a few very large work orders. i'll look at specifically the upcoming budget year. you mentioned the one in the current year. about 17 and a half million dollar is the workers compensation work order. we don't have worker comp insurance, we have division of department of human resources that handles all the working comp claims and we get billed and work with them on that. that budget has gone up during covid and still seeing impact of that as that goes forward. we had a large jump in claims, but we are obviously i think chief kaialoa mentioned our regular meetings with dhr to try to improve that process from getting people back to work and navigating the various complexities of the process so that is huge chunk, all most half. we have $6.7 million from central shops which is what we use for maintenance of the vehicles. we are working with shops to issue having a aging fleet is

you have more and more issues. justification additional nab nob we have another about 6 $6 and half million for the main work order with department of technology for it infrastructure across the department and that is a city wide allocation that broken up by the number of personnel in the department. these work orders are not held against so if there is a increase [indiscernible] it is a large piece and very limited flexibility we have with that. >> the $17 million and 6.7, those are services for buying from the city of san francisco? >> the entire amount for work orders is all from various other departments.

>> all of it. okay. >> yeah. >> thank you. >> thank you commissioner fraser. at this point, thank you very much director corso. our next meeting is february 24 bring action-excuse me, february 14. when are you bringing this item? >> it is february 15. >> next meeting february 14 you will bring the budget item to be approved? >> yes. we haven't fully developed our proposal but imagine it will be in line with previous years where we are not able to meet that target reduction without impacting staffing and i don't think that is something the chief and department will recommend, but we will provide additional information well in advance of the meeting. >> thank you very much for that statement. >> you said it is possible we have another meeting before the next meeting to answer any questions? >> special meeting will be most likely after that meeting. >> after the next meeting.

>> if you have other questions happy to talk off-line. >> just wanted to verify that. >> thank you very much director corso. madam secretary. >> item 7, commission president's report and update. report and update from fire commission president stephen nakajo on guardians of the city including expend which of the willman trust fund and communication with supervisors stefani's office regarding payroll deduction legislation. >> thank you very much. colleagues this is just a update information. it was written in agenda to enable to talk about guardians of the city in terms of our relationship with the fire commission and then separately to that is possible ordinance that supervisor stefani is going to sponsor, so let me narrate this information as a carry-over item to the next

officers and the commissioner will be taking up. just as a point of information, guardians of the city are not just the fire department. guardians of the city is sheriff and police department. historical organization. very often when we talk about gotc we think of the fire relationship component of that, but i wanted to make that clarity, because gotc has been around in terms of the city and county for quite a long time doing very events with us the fire department. point of information, we had 150 anniversary. as a point of request for proposal, out of the wellman fund we the fire commission have oversight on gotc came to us for a request of $146.500. again, this is the base notes of my information for a proposal that was written in

terms of rigs, repairs, because at the time for the 150 we had multiple events and one of them was a parade concept. in terms of that time, 2015 to this present day, as your commissioner i want you to be informed i have been try toog have multiple meetings with gotc in termoffs the board members and have and been doing continuous communication because basically the goal for us the fire commission is close our books with the wellman fund in terms of 146 [indiscernible] to this day, gotc submitted various amounts of record keeping for us or receipts or accountabilities. we communicated through our department request for simple spreadsheet in terms of the accountability of the 146-500, so i'm informing you that that has been done through various formats and as recently as the

meeting november 2, gotc of the fire component, i recognize that, sent us a 10 page report that basically we had to decipher,b which is difficult and challenging. bottom line, i saw some accountabilities in terms of 146-500. rest assured personally speaking that was accounted for, but the issue became a $6 thousand balance and $6 thousand balance there was discrepancy of gotc can take those remaining funds and respond it as is, as a donation and there was dialogue from the department in terms of that, but whatever it was, if there was a different allocation for that $6 thousand balance that they would come from the commission to request that difference. i particularly at the meeting november didn't have difficulty if that expended in that direction, but i wanted to know exactly what it was. through my research and such in

terms of official information, but october 20 our department through chief mullens sent a memo to gotc about removing antiques rigs at treasure island. something in terms of our compliance, we know we have to abandon the island and so what i understand is the remaining balance, which was the $6 thousand was used to remove those rigs. to the opponent of them coming to us and asking us for permission, it is a mute point. it is already occurred. i pretty much accepted in my personal opinion that the 146-500 is accounted for once we get a good spreadsheet that can reinforce that and once i understand or we the commission know that $6 thousand was used to remove the rigs at ti, i can accept it as well. at this particular point, i

wanted the commissioners to know as we carry over that we are trying to close the books. i feel there is accountability of that. again, i think gotc has done a great support system one our 150 and that organization is made of sheriffs and police as well. i wanted to let you know from this point moving forward and hopefully all other submittals of information documentation will be forthwidth. i'll pause, take a breath because supervisor stefani, use the terminology of her good intention and will is thinking-i use that word because it isn't official of an ordinance she will support in terms of supporting gotc as a body. that would be a separate ordinance, has nothing to do with the fire commission, accept for information. that ordinance talks to and i check very strongly with the legislative aid of supervisor

stefani legislative aid [indiscernible] to at least convey to the commissioners that the intention of that ordinance is it to give a optional donation by the city employee because at one point the information the combined charitable donations that were annual apparently has been done away with. it isn't moved to formality and the legislative aid i asked if he can meet with the various commissioners to explain the intention of the supervisors, but i wanted to put this all to bed and closeier as i finish off my term as president and just let you the colleagues of this commission know that we are trying to put closeier on the gotc and wellman and separate is supervisor stefani

ordinance and gotc and supervisor stefani. with that, that is information briefing and eel polk move on. thank you very much colleague s for your support. it will be a carry-over item so among you all. madam secretary, do i need to take public comment off my update report? >> yes, you do. >> i will call for public comment of the president's update. >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> alright. public comment is closed. madam secretary. >> item 8, election of officer. discussion and possible action. item a, nomination and election of commission president. >> alright colleagues. thank you very much. it is a action item. it is discussion and at this point, i guess we'll go through the motion first.

madam secretary, then ask for public comment and then take the vote. >> correct. >> colleagues, may i-the floor is open for nominee of the president of the fire commission. commissioner fraser. >> yes. i would like to nominate someone. first of all, i want to thank you for your leadership, your mentorship and stewardship of our group and of me personally as a newer commissioner and i'm just so pleased i got to serve with you in that capacity. i learned a lot from you and i thank you. that's a lot of ships including your cruise ship and now your gotc ship. thank you for everything president nakajo. i want to nominate my fellow commissioner morgan for president of the fire commission. somebody who we all know is

even, steady, is kind and a leader we would be grateful to follow, so i nominate morgan for president. >> there is the nomination to nominate the vice president morgan for the presidency. >> i second the motion. >> commissioner feinstein. thank you very much for that second as well. >> and i third it. [laughter] >> commissioner collins, thank you very much for that as well. i'm just can going to before we call for the question and vice president morgan, are you willing to serve in that capacity vice president morgan? >> yes, i accept and i like to thank the commission for your support and your nomination and confidence in me and with your help we can get through this thing. can't do it without you guys. >> thank you very much. call for the question. [roll call]

>> the motion is is unanimous. >> thank you. >> next meeting we can switch. >> item b, nomination and election of commission vice president. sorry, we never took public comment on the president election. >> thank you for that correction. can we get public comment on the president's nomination election? >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> public comment is closed. >> item b, nomination and election of commission vise president. >> thank you very much. the floor is open for vice president of the fire commission. >> yes, i would like to nominate to serve as our next vice president, commissioner

fraser. i just like to say a few words if i might. with leave of the chair, i do want to thank you president nakajo. you have been a tireless worker and i think as everybody in this room know, but maybe not the 5 or 10 people watching on webex, you have been on this commission 17 years, and in addition to that for more years have served as just an amazing civic leader, and you really need to be recognized that for the many things you have done for the community at large as well as the fire community, and really want to thank you for

your guidance and i repeat what commissioner fraser said, but you just really have been there for all of us and i know there's a saying but i'll get it wrong. television-telephone, telefirefighter or ask commissioner nakajo. that you just need to add that on there. thank you. thank you for your service. now turning to the right and marcy fraser is really amazing woman. as a retired er nurse at general, she was always on the cutting edge and hearing the stories that come out

volunteered to work on the very first hiv/aids ward, which if memory serves was ward 5b, but i may have that wrong. always worked the toughest job, and continued on since she retired to still remain a service to those in need in the community and i just think it is remarkable because she's really helped us. she really understands ems component and can pronounce the drug i can't pronounce and knows what is in it and just brings a level of excellence and knowledge that this commission is responsible to

oversee, but sometimes very hard to figure out. aside from that, she is just a absolute delight to work with. always willing to share her knowledge and really a thoughtful hard working wonderful person, and you have taken on this mantle without any hesitation and you have gone for it, so i would like to nominate you to be the commission next vice president. >> thank you very much commissioner feinstein. we need a second colleagues on this nomination motion. commissioner collins. >> i second with great enthusiasm. >> thank you very much commissioner collins. commissioner--let me ask the question madam secretary, are

you willing to serve as vice president commissioner fraser? >> yes, i will. [roll call] photography motion unanimous. >> thank you very much. congratulations. [applause] madam secretary. >> there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. >> public comment is closed. madam secretary. >> item 9, adjournment. >> before we adjourn, i wanted to publicly acknowledge and thank the secretary of the commission for the support to the commission and the whole commission and to you chief nicholson and command staff. thank you very much for all your support. this meeting is adjourned.

[meeting adjourned]

meter. >> hello, i'm captain tom the coordinator for the san francisco fire department. this oversight is the three and 4 anniversary of loma linda earthquake i want to go over a few things to help you preparation building a supply kit and supply kit does is not have to be put together all at once take your time on the website have a list of recommendation and have enough food and water to feed your family through three to 5 days and purchase the fire extinguisher if you have an extinguisher at hand will stop a small fire from being a by fire

it is simple to use check the gage make sure it is charged and then repeat the word task task stand for pull to pin aim the novel and screws the trigger and successes to the because of fire the last recommendation to look at the gas meter electrical gas lines cause fires in the loma linda earthquake and we want to show you how to turn off the gay only turn off if you hear gas or hear hissing and coordinator nathan will demonstrate how to turn that off. >> with a whenever i'm going to turn it over one quarter turn. so in on holler orientation in

turn off our gays meter don't turn it back on get a service call from >> hi today we have a special edition of building san francisco, stay safe, what we are going to be talking about san francisco's earth quakes, what you can do before an earthquake in your home, to be ready and after an earthquake to make sure that you are comfortable staying at home, while the city recovers. ♪♪ >> the next episode of stay safe, we have alicia johnson

from san francisco's department of emergency management. hi, alicia thanks to coming >> it is a pleasure to be here with you. >> i wonder if you could tell us what you think people can do to get ready for what we know is a coming earthquake in san francisco. >> well, one of the most things that people can do is to make sure that you have a plan to communicate with people who live both in and out of state. having an out of state contact, to call, text or post on your social network is really important and being able to know how you are going to communicate with your friends, and family who live near you, where you might meet them if your home is uninhab hitable. >> how long do you think that it will be before things are restored to normal in san francisco. >> it depends on the severity of the earthquake, we say to provide for 72 hours tha, is three days, and it helps to know that you might be without services for up to a week or

more, depending on how heavy the shaking is and how many after shocks we have. >> what kind of neighborhood and community involvement might you want to have before an earthquake to make sure that you are going to able to have the support that you need. >> it is important to have a good relationship with your neighbors and your community. go to those community events, shop at local businesses, have a reciprocal relationship with them so that you know how to take care of yourself and who you can rely on and who can take care of you. it is important to have a battery-operated radio in your home so that you can keep track of what is happening in the community around and how you can communicate with other people. >> one of the things that seems important is to have access to your important documents. >> yes, it is important to have copies of those and also stored them remotely. so a title to a home, a passport, a driver's license, any type of medical records that you need need, back those

up or put them on a remote drive or store them on the cloud, the same is true with any vital information on your computer. back that up and have that on a cloud in case your hard drive does not work any more. >> in your home you should be prepared as well. >> absolutely. >> let's take a look at the kinds of things that you might want to have in your home. >> we have no water, what are we going to do about water? >> it is important for have extra water in your house, you want to have bottled water or a five gallon container of water able to use on a regular basis, both for bathing and cooking as well as for drinking. >> we have this big container and also in people's homes they have a hot water heater. >> absolutely, if you clean your hot water heater out regularly you can use that for showering, drinking and bathing as well >> what other things do people need to have aren't their home. >> it is important to have extra every day items buy a

couple extra cans of can food that you can eat without any preparation. >> here is a giant can of green giant canned corn. and this, a manual can opener, your electric can opener will not be working not only to have one but to know where to find it in your kitchen. >> yes. >> so in addition to canned goods, we are going to have fresh food and you have to preserve that and i know that we have an ice chest. >> having an ice chest on hand is really important because your refrigerator will not be working right away. it is important to have somebody else that can store cold foods so something that you might be able to take with you if you have to leave your home. >> and here, this is my very own personal emergency supply box for my house. >> i hope that you have an alternative one at home. >> oh, i forgot. >> and in this is really important, you should have flashlights that have batteries, fresh batteries or hand crank flashlight. >> i have them right here.

>> good. excellent. that is great. additionally, you are going to want to have candles a whistle, possibly a compass as well. markers if you want to label things if you need to, to people that you are safe in your home or that you have left your home. >> i am okay and i will meet you at... >> exactly. exactly. water proof matches are a great thing to have as well. >> we have matches here. and my spare glasses. >> and your spare glasses. >> if you have medication, you should keep it with you or have access to it. if it needs to be refrigerated make sure that it is in your ice box. >> inside, just to point out for you, we have spare batteries. >> very important. >> we have a little first aid kit. >> and lots of different kinds of batteries. and another spare flashlight. >> so, alicia what else can we do to prepare our homes for an earthquake so we don't have damage?

>> one of the most important things that you can do is to secure your valuable and breakable items. make sure that your tv is strapped down to your entertainment cabinet or wall so it does not move. also important is to make sure that your book case is secure to the wall so that it does not fall over and your valuable and breakables do not break on the ground. becoming prepared is not that difficult. taking care of your home, making sure that you have a few extra every-day items on hand helps to make the difference. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us

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>> >> welcome to the san francisco city and county board of supervisors regular meeting this afternoon at 2:00 pm., tuesday, january 23, 2024. >> madam clerk call the roll. >> supervisor chan present and supervisor dorsey present and supervisor engardio present and mid-block not present. >> supervisor melgar present and president peskin