[pledge of allegiance] this is the fire commission regular meeting february 28, 2024 and the time is 5:04. this meeting it held in person members may attend to observe and provide comment at the location or calling 415-655-0001 and using meeting id26647147628. and the webinar password is

1234. operator will unmute you item 1 roll call. president morgan. >> present. >> frazer. present. >> commissioner nakajo. >> present. >> commissioner feinstein is excused. commissioner collins is excused and jeanine nicholson. >> present. president morgan will now read the land acknowledgment.

good evening. ladies and gentlemen. ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement 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. >> thank you. item 2. general public comment.

members may address the commission for 3 minutes on a merit in the jurisdiction that does not appear on the upon agenda. speakers address remark to the commission as a whole and nod individuals. commissioners are not to enter in the debate or discussion with the speaker. the electric of a response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily institute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. can sfgov.org see if my over head is focused >> i'm ready. i will start your time.

>> hello. greetings, commissioner and chief. i'm michael patrellis a public advocate in san francisco. sfgovtv show this on tv this . image i'm showingure 2 cleats from [inaudible] he is a political candidate for district 5 supervisor seat. and on february 8 he went on a ride along with station 49. as you see in the images he took photos showing himself next to an sf sd vehicle. and showing standing next to 2 paramedics and a third photo that shoes the department's official lapel button.

this e mail on your screen shows that mr. malmood was informed that he would not be able to document his ride along with your paramedics. okay are back to me, please, i'm here today to ask the fire commission to agendize what happened on february 8 where a political candidate made it very clear in a series of e mails that he wanted go on a ride along for his campaign purposes this violates your policy but cannot document the ride along. and he violated that. clearly. and i have seen nothing on terms of e mails or public records that -- were provided to me showing that the department did anything to reassess the policy

about ride along and letting a politician come on the ride along document his ride along. giving implication the fire department endorse him because he is showing your paramedics and your vehicle. he showed these image in his written report on twitter, facebook and instagram. this is not okay. i'm going to provide this documentation to the commission chief. the commission president. along with 150 word statement i provided to be included in the minutes this is not okay. that your infrastructure was used by a political candidate. on top of that, we need to agendize here at the commission what you will do in the future if someone wants to go on a ride

along. thank you. >> can i give these? yea. >> >> i think i'm going to make a to do. a quick reminder for your [inaudible]. a fire that does not burn would freeze in nature. first is not the natural fire. pay attention to that with all the aren't fires. so called wild fires happening. in california that not only california as you know.

you look at the evidence. i'm doing your job here temperature is very difficult for you to deal with the situation you are perfectly aware of. i understand that. the problem is to realize that no matter who you are or where you come from what matter in life is when you do. so it means that you pay for what you do or what you don't do. it is the rules of existence. at some point there is nowhere to hide. except finishing continuing your life. and unhappily. and you turn to again and you are done. and the problem with that is that your children, [inaudible] so at some point you [inaudible] intelligently. and basically walk against the problem of humanity today's

energy. what i said to begin w. any number one at this pointful so we have to deal with that. i'm here to help. i will not let you down. >> we have other public comment? interesting commission the first time since the new commission and the new administration i'm steven clauser informer san francisco firefighter here. and i'm asking the commission why is it i have not been placed back when i was cleared go back full duty with no restriction this is is regard to my hiv status. discrimination in the job since it happened out of station sdmaen detailed other companies within the city during that time

of unfortunately i have aids i did not know i had it. find out i was doing the job and got a blood exposure in 2003. i have been to jail and went for a year in regards to the matter because the individual or the doctor in the city manipulated my ability to go back to work i'm a protected class under state and federal guidelines and i'm wondering i went to court and won. i wonder, i have given you the paperwork and the chief a paperwork and the registration and the city the paperwork and nothing to place me back to work or pay the money owed since 2014 this is a violation of my rights as an american. i think you need to address this issue. thanks, chief. i don't see anybody else

approaching the podium. >> okay. there is no other public comment. nobody on the line and nobody approaching. >> okay. >> thank you. madam secretary. next item approval the minutes. move that? >> approval of the minutes discussion and possible action to aprove meeting minutes of the regular meeting on february 14, 2024. commissioners, is there public comment. there is nobody approaching the podium of the yes, there is. >> hi. michael patrellis again. i know you put the minutes on the website. which is good. i am wondering if it is the habit to the commission to make

one copy available in paper at the meetings. >> i'd like to look at it. thank you. >> thank you for your public comment. there is nobody on the public comment line or approaching the podium. weep move to item 3 approval of the minutes from february 14th? motion. >> make a motion. >> motion to approve the minutes. i second it. okay. and commissioner nakajo? yes. >> chief of department's report. report from chief of department jeanine nicholson on issues, activities and events went department since february 14th, 20 torincluding building are a

cad people special sxevent out reach to government agencies. and the dmro set facility status and u.s. finance and home land security. >> good evening. morgan, vice president frazer, good morning. public. i'm gene nic sonet chief of the fire department and this is my report since our prior meeting on february 14th, twenty 24. i will start with meetings we had with other departments. we met with the sfmta to discuss issues surrounding all the changes going on in the city and again requested the map. their projects that will impact

our response. and -- hopefully i don't know if we got it yet but we have a good working relationship, so, work closely on several projects. as we know our response times gone up overnight past 5 years due to the changes in the streets. and the changes are important so is our response. met with human right's decision director davis regarding the historically black colleges and universities interns there will be 6 different schools that will send individuals and students out this way. we hope to place at least upon one in an internship with the san francisco fire department. spoke with the dem department of emergency management about the off load time.

has been issued for us and for many departments across the state. and how the hospitals are part of the health care ecosystem and continuum and they are setting up a meeting with the hospitals and the mayor's office and i have requested that the fire department be a part of that meeting. we are impacted by them and other things. >> i attended the mayoral department head meeting. again, we talked about the budget year. muni gave a presentation about ridership and safety increases. it was with all department heads last week. internal meetings. i met with commissioner collins regarding our infrastructure challenges. and she and i will are going to meet with the city administrator

and i'm meet width mayor's office again tomorrow about the challenges. we are doing candidate selection for the next acad people interviews begin on friday. we will be interviewing 130 people. for the class that begins in late june. these are people that were recommended from the panels of our members. to move on to the next level interview that starts friday. we had an internal budget meeting with director corso with the e lane walters and myself and we are setting up a meeting with the budget office the budget was submit on the 21st and conversations with the mayor's budget office and we will be sure to stress how the fire department stepped up again and again whether community paramedicine, apec or covid out

break. muni stupid as the ic at the covid center. all the things we have done and the need we have. conducted interviews for out reach recruitment and develop the position. we interviewed 3 candidates and hopefully have a decision in the next week. director corso and myself had another retreat we to it month low to talk about sort of big are issues in the department. we again addressed communications with work load data and institutional iegz our policies and procedures. and it has been helpful for me and i think for the department. these retreats we have been having. >> as for events i attended on the 14th after the last

commission meeting the same sex major anniversary there were people there that were volved back then in making that happen. and so is that was a lot of the same couples that were married back then. it was a festive event. on the 24th i went to the youth baseball league and throughout first pitch with the mayors and others. we did have the chinese lunar new year parade the year of the dragon, thank you for attending it was well attended by our people. and on sunday the 25th, i attended the fire service boot camp on treasure i lands. there were 60 women there some are in the process of

interviewing to get hired for the next academy and some issue interested in the process of possibly become a san francisco firefighter. mayor came and saw what was happening and she was i mean everybody there was excited that they got to meet the mayor and. she loved it. because of all the good work that united fire service women and fire department doing together in terms of work with young people to get them access in the department if they meet all the qualifications. tonight at 5:30 down stairs the black history night closing event. tomorrow will be the [inaudible] at twin peeks rain or shine in the supervisor's and others. our physician will be stepping down and i know you will discuss

her replacement later in this meeting that's all i have and thank you very much. >> thank you for your report, chief. are there any public comment, madam secretary? about the chief's report? >> michael patrellis. i have not seen you in awhile, good to see you. chief, i want to talk about that february 14 event of -- 20th anniversary of the gay marriages. you know it was special seeing the photos and videos from the events. that took place around that time in early february and here at city hall. i'm glad you mentioned that in your report.

now i notice that in this report and other reports i looked at and the minutes and maureen keeps great minute list is in the a report that you give on ride alongs. i would like to suggest that you look at giving us figures. how much people applied go on how many people applied go on a ride along? with the paramedics. say for january. did two requests or 100. i'd like to know how many asks were grantd and how many were denied. i really like some transparency about this part of the department. and how it is handled these days. i don't know, how much folks

have any stripe weather they are average taxpayers or people rung for political office if they are applying and how many times they go on theef ride alongside. i think numbers would be good and may be clear not looking for anyone's name who was asking to go. just numbers, okay. i think this request i'm making is in the larger context of i hope this commission will agendize what is going on with the ride along program now and as i pointed out, what happened on february 8 with the political candidate. i don't know what benefit it is to -- we, the citizens, about the ride alongs. i think that explanation coming from you about whatever the benefit is to us in terms of

public safety an explanation would be appreciated. thank you. nobody on the public comment line or approaching the podium. >> okay. commissioners, have any questions for the chief's report or -- comments? no. thank you very much, mr. president, chief in terms of tomorrow, exercise at twin peeks reservoir could you send out information as to how to get there? i'm curious. i believe it is 11 o'clock? thank you, chief and mr. president.

thank you, commissioner nakajo. i thank you, chief for your great report and the spirit of you can black history month i want to acknowledge you on the work do you with diversity and the time you put in on that. i want to make that noted, you know. appreciate that. and you working with doctor davis the commissioner human right's commissioner and the time you put in on that. so,mented to be acknowledged. thank you for the work do you on diversity. great report i have no other questions. >> okay. is there public comment. we took public comment. >> okay. chief kiloa is up. and chief tong. >> my side partner.

good evening. this is my report. i'm sorry. [inaudible]. administration for the firefighter and report for the january 2024, we begin with home land security as alwaysy chief brown busy through january attending meetings. these are a few. the multiple national weather service briefings. tracking the storms throughout california through the weather service. many other partners we can plan when the event arrives for the fire department and our city efforts. to mitigate the damage that come from those. incidents and she attended the hazzard and climate resilience

or planning for the meeting. this focuses on impact of natural hazzards and climate change. identifying hazzards and risks to san francisco city and coincident. and to discuss strategies to reduce the impacts. also coming up planning for the escape from alcatraz race. this is a triathalon where many tr around globe sdendz on san francisco for this event. part of that event is a swim 1.5 miles from alcatraz back to the city. chief brown coordinating with all of our partnering agencies to ensure visitors are safe on land and water and developing the response plans for the upon event. also working with dem and will be the heat and air quality table management exercise

planning meeting. thankful is accessive heat in san francisco that happens throughout the summer. also the air equality based on some of our large california wildfires. other reasons reduce air quality. they'll discuss what the challenges and how to support the city when we have the excessive heat whether that is opening cooling centers and safe place for elderly and our vulnerable populations. the mock. january. chief brown and sectional chief josh based on the 49ers and the championship game. they brought in a team of folks.

development event action plan weather this the 49ers won or lost to our pain they did in the win that game of we were prepared thank to the chief brown. moving to the diverse idinclusion office under chief shawn beaufort throughout januariful very busy you may know the office also supports the hiring of our new recruits and special recruits and lieutenantand are son coordinating and scheduling of the interviews. the are departments coordinating with the volunteers who will be in the interview panels.

providing the training to the individuals. prior to the panel interviews. also in question development. and messaging throughout the department as well as the greater public on our efforts of hiring and recruitment. 124 chosen in the new list by fire candidate training center. i think i have spoke own this before. we transition said away from the national training network team of fire candidate testing center. and lieutenant anderson worked with dhr for recruitment and messaging. this was an important aspect in this class as we moved away individuals needed to understand the process and how to remain on our list and how to be eligible

for the 134th throughllowllow anderson's work to get what messaging out to the greater public and the folks already on the list. they were eligible to come over. also our partnership with fire center. guess beyond the testing process and the support. they wanted us in studios and this is the audio and vushl department. giving training and mentesorship we can use our multimedia session. many members on recruitment pod casts including chief mou. some reason the candidates for the 134th had 747 eligible

candidates were invited. 197 ineligible due to missing [inaudible] or ged or driver's license. we have spoken about the reconstitution of the committee, chief beaufort is a liaison along with ken yee and zack compary they have been doing fantastic work developing a message to the field which is important on the reconstitution of that committee. what to expect the objectives of committee to make it clear to

the field what the committee is and what it stands for and how it helps the department move forward. the fwror focus to review revise the react. reap. racial equity action plan. it is to review that document to see where it has been success and will what not accomplishd and what we can accomplish in the coming years of the new racial equity plan and what is feasible to accomplish in naplan. beaufort participate in black history month public safety announcement video. i believe the mayor was in attendance. among that the chief had several meetings and involved citywide racial equity leader meetings to discuss leadershipful

legislation, challenges, that other departments are seeing. and discussed best practices that we can collaborate and bring to the firefighter to ensure our success in that office. beyond that you heard me speak about recruitment it is enormous uptake for the chief and the lieutenant but do it with ease. they continue their support of the city emt program meeting with folks. in need and give support needed to ensure their success throughout that program. they do this the chief beaufort works with chief mou at the division of trin to meet with recruits. to help develop strategies and help them through that process and to move toward success.

highlight recruitment >> lieutenant anderson you heard me talk highly of him he is the hardest workers. he is still out at the mull pull job faris recruiting, out reach. tracking folks. not just making that one time touch. lieutenant anderson's approach is make the touches and do out reach and continue to keep in contact to ensure the folks move down the road to be successful to be hired whether in ems or suppression. i believe i spoke about this in previous report but i will give you the data -- the partnered with the conversation corps they trained 14 members on wild land

firefighting 12 completed the training and certified. that is basic land fire fighting and wild land fire behavior. you see they perform hands's on skills. battalion chief and hughes and chavez and mike fitsgerald lieutenant anderson provided the instruction. it was paid with a grant that was obtained for this training. but the success of this is that these folk consist move on to the corps fire program and condition with san francisco fire providing f gashing 12. a basic safety and cutting class. and [inaudible] lieutenant

anderson met with odyssey a marketing group. they looked at a 360 degree approach of marketing. trying to trying to increase our out reach. through this word of mouth not just through the e mail blast but other things he is doing. performing in person. out roach as well as over teams and zoom. am looks at all angles audio, visual. written content. and media blasts over radio. 97.3 and 95.seven, live 105. giants, warriors and i'm it is a well rounded approach and in early phases of looking at oddys and he if they can help us with

efforts of broader net. health and safety patalityion chief al batch highlight chief al bal. january the cancer prevention month. i wanted highlight he is our greatest cancer champion and our health and wellness officer. but our greatest cancer champ the chief was scomborn raised in the western edition of san francisco. entered in the great hunter academy. i was in that academy. to be transparent. his motives began early on as he started to see and many of us have seen when you are young in the fire department. and you receive the notifications of our retired members passing away from

cancer. he got involved in cancer prevention. now sits on the board of directors the san francisco fire prevention foundation since 2018. >> just data of firefighter cancer in the fire service is the leading cause of line of duty death in 2023, 63% of those added to the name are added to the walt firefighter memorial wall in 2023. due to occupational cancer. so, base on that throughout january chief al ba's office put out awareness campaigns. sending e mails. delivering approaches to fire incidents that produced toxic

smoke. and delivered information regarding dividing the fire station to 3 hazards. hot, worm and cold zone. delivered best practice. these are but a few and modifiable risk factors. >> and delivered water in bottled water data to the fields. we believe that no matter the amount that the cumulative whether from our uniforms to our ppe to what we are ingesting water or food; it is awareness to help educate folks and keep them health and he safe through a long retirement. auchls behavioral health unit.

throughout january, 151 hours, 40 contacts. the high suppression. but still high on our ems side. amount meetings request members on our off duty and retired members takes up a lot of their time. but it is good time and time well spent to assist our members to better health.

beyond this, the captain is involved in many things. from policy development. developed a draft policy for the fire department. she is developing has a draft [inaudible] program. policy. that will be reviewed after a second revision. she worked with many city partners. specifically at the chief's residents. the captain would like to create a safe space and where people can come and able to relax and share their stories and have conversations with the behavioral health unit. so, the captain is partnering with one of our high school programs to develop plans to develop the backyards a safe

space. under office of employee health. the nurse are practical tigzer returned work modified duty throughout the month of january. final example exams for 133rd complete. 15 exams completed. 307's were 59th. 3807 reporting mechanism for an injury at work. that is self treated. and reported and in the upon event the individual need to be seen by a doctor we would fill out a 5020 report. 5020's in january were 43. top 3 were covid. back and shoulder injuries. that dataal be included in our worker's comp meetings so that we can track and garth the data

on the injuries we are seeing throughout the department we can create mitigations equipment. training or fitness to ensure folks have the healthy career. our investigative service under captain todd wells. he had 22 members participate in prosecute motional and probation alcohol drug testing. and attended training and resource ordering capability class. sxf of performed backgrounds investigations for the 25th. h3 level 1. and performed intake for the 134th. or will be taking input. beyond that, captain designed a

designated collector training intent to train our newer bce and captains who are going out of battalion chief in events we are in a weekends and that would need to be performed by the individuals. built that from scratch the purpose of providing training for the chiefs. per of that training is deliverod 2 hours online course. policy review and training in person from the captain on00 autopolicies and general testing how to work equipment properly. dwland 3 of the breath livesers were calibrated and sent back. support services mike mullen very are busy there is no way i

can depict it in briefings. maintenance tie nothing 148 requests for service in january. and 170 service orders were closed. 25 service calls for plumbing. our generators we schedule perform maintenance with service and load tests. fire station 8, 17, 25 and 31 have been completed. among the small list the chief continues to work on so many other aspects from procurement and supplies. and our fleet is maintained. the best that he can.

we have challenges that they are looking over data on the status of our float. and our ability to keep that float healthy. and well. the cost of the fleet rises. we are just over 2 million for a truck. chief mullen said the day before yesterday at 1.1 million for engine with delivery time of 600 days, it is a concern for us and vulnerability we are trying to aggress. the chief is work as she has spoken, hard to address these issues to condition to provide the service we provide the city and we will some of the other challenges is our infrastructure. our ability to have our fire houses maintained. take care of that deferred

maintenance. look at seismic vulner abilities and mitigate those. there are conversation had in the department on our minds. and chief nicholson and the staff are looking for ways to address those issues. happy to announce station 35 received bronze award from fire house magazine, station design award. either quake safety and emergency response. assistant deputy chief miller so much work from chief miller we'll highlight a few today. the usfbdot construction conducted and attended design meeting chief received engineering plans. based on the location site the a jayceancey to the basement

different types of mud this they look at that soil and how we kemp improve that soil. and develop strategies to strength then with pilings and different things i should not speak about. and and how we strengthen this soil and develop strategies to support the buildings to be on that soil and received the 90% concept design and entered cost estimation week affiliation. cost estimations that chief miller is looking. and you have all seen at the training tower on 19th the fire

escapes will be raised. i believe 2 to 3 inches. 4 inches. i was close. to create better safety factor. folks are work off of that fire scape. station 23 replacement approved. station 1731 water intrusion approved and station 19 replace ams approved. the year 24 roofing program funding 500,000. chief mill are conditions to work to assure we get best we can out of that money and to -- utilize it to the best our ability so we can make progress on our project. >> highlights this month. chief nicholson, and ems welcome the paramedic class 11.

i believe chief i think you spoke about this you saw this. a 3 week digital story telling academy where our folks went through 3 weeks learning and how to utilize equipment and edand i take photography, build story boards so we use our session to tell our story not just went fire department. but to the public. and with that, happy lunar new year i will take questions you may have. thank you for your report, chief kiloa. appreciate it. madam secretary is there public comment? >> there is nobody approaching and nobody on the public comment line. >> commissioners. any comments or questions for

chief kiloa. >> thank you, chooefr and yes happy lunar new year. great parade and night. and your report really appreciate everything and the details you provide for us. i have a question biwas impressed with the summary of candidates and the number. but there is a discrepancy in the numbers on your slide it says 491 candidates interviewed and our agenda says 401. >> oh. whatever it is, get them lined up. >> it is 491. >> 401. >> thank you. am i was curious, that's a lot of interviews either one of those figures.

and then around the health issues, you said that occupational cancer is the leading cause of firefighter death? is that wow. that is -- staggering. that's these are people that have been followed post retirement intho their lives? this is consistent? >> yes. am national data. when people are will still here i'm sure they are still working, there is screening and testing that goes on in an on going way for our firefighters? >> the last screening we did with gallery that was last year or the year before. . >> blood tests. >> correct. thank you. and the last, you talked about the test kits i thank you was around substance.

drugs and alcohol are those test kits you ordered additional 400 and is this for drugs and alcohol? yes. is it pee or blood test? sorry to granular. >> we have both. >> pee test and saliva test. pee test is done on hiring. new hiring. saliva for promotional and random drug testing. >> okay. great. appreciate the report. thank you very much. thank you very much. president. morgan. thank you very much chief for your thorough report. the thing i wanted to share and if there is a comments that can be brought up in terments of an

update. i did notice the station 35 but i wanted to ask a question, in terms how the 35 survived that last storm in terms of the waves and all of that. a comment and chief mullins. beautiful design but what does it feel like and the waves hit it. >> yes. president morgan. commissioner, chief. i'm mike mullins with support service. no issues with this latest storm. there were mitigation efforteds. between last year's march storm and this.

and we did have heavy winds but saw none of the repeat that is a good sign. >> that's good i'm appreciative of that chief. were you going on ask. >> the chief said there were issues with last year's storm. where there was liking, i believe and some other significant issues but still under warranty. what was fixed. good the fix held. that's all i have, mr. president. >> thank you. commissioner nakajo. great question. never thought about that. sgupg down on the ballards.

that is a remarkable design. did you have more questions, commissioner frazer. i want to thank you for your report. chief kiloa and want to thank you guys forward lunar new year parade. it was an honor to march with you guys and year of the dragon and eating after. if he want like i was part of the family appreciated you. good time. and -- can't wait until next time.

good to see you there. and appreciate the asian firefighter association as well. who sponsord that dinner for us. >> yes. are we done. >> item 5 appointment of the department physician discussion and possible action. to appoint doctor upon steven e chang as the department physician. >> okay. will there be public comment on that or. nobody approaching the podium. commissioners. public comment line. you have questions or comments about the new doctor potential doctor? chang? go ahead. commissioner frazer. i was part of the interview panel for the physician position. one thing i want to point out on our agenda it says steven e

chang mo he is a do. and he is also and he is qualify today is a different much degree. but we did interview 3 candidates. and doctor chang was our choice to go forward. wonderful enthusiastic, bright, san francisco and has commitment and interest in the job and ideas. so i think we did our work. on the interviews. and felt like we had a candidate that we can move forwardeen though in spite of jennifer leaving a wide wake in her departure. so, yes. anybody have questions? chief was there. some others were there. >> for the interviews.

>> chief nakajo did you have comments? >> no. thank you very much president morgan. thank you for the promotion as well. [laughter]. thank you. vice president frazer thank you very much for your participation. did you move on this item? i'm happy to move or second. nobody has moved. i will move on this item. mr. president j. there is a motion to appoint doctor chang is there a second. >> second. >> and i vote, yes. >> unanimous. >> okay item 6 public comment on item 7. public comment on matters pertaining to item 7 including public comment on whether to hold 7b in closed session. >> there is nobody approaching.

the podium and nobody on our public comment line. commissioners, is there any questions or -- a motion? to go to closed session on this item? >> yes. >> i move to go to closed session. >> commissioner nakajo. >> second, >> i vote, yes. >> motion is unanimous we will now go in closed session. at 6:05. [c i'm sorry. okay we are back. >> thank you for coming. we appreciate it. >> [laughter]. okay.

thanks, charles. forgot to thank -- jennifer. for her service. we are back in open session. the time is 6:11. okay. request on action taken in closed session in code section 54957.1a5 san francisco code section 67. 12 b 4. the commission reports that they adopted the findings of fact unanimously. item 2 vote to elect to disclose any or all discussions in closed

session in san francisco code section 67.12a? is there a motion. >> yes. >> i like to move we don't disclose. >> i second that. >> the motion is unanimous. item 8 adjournment. >> we are adjourning at 6:12. >> president morgan and i would like to adjourn this meeting.

>> [music] what's this for? i will have nile firefighter friends bring me a bench to explain the cool things. joy want to see. >> this is cool marbles up here. a, appliance and hose and this is a y >> why? >> why is it called a y, that's a great question this . is a y. you see it looks like a y. we use it for yellow in the fight we use it to take 2 different hoses from one hose. that way in a big building like a high rise, and we have a large piece of hose connect here, we are able to take two more hoses in different directions to help put a fire out in a floor that is well above the street level.

>> okay. >> fire engines carry 4 firefighters and firefighter paramedics. firefighters should not be considered strangers. firefighters are your friends. >> uh-huh. >> you are in need of help you need to make sure it is okay to go up to the firefighter. firefighters utilize many of the tools we discuss in the a fire engine. such as a fire extinguisher >> what's that for. >> they can be used to put out fires the size. a waste basket and squirts water. >> oh , >> that is cool. >> yea! >> we have other tools a chain saw. they help us get through the many obstacles we encounter while we are trialing to put out a fire or save somebody's life. >> nice >> that is cool if you see a firefighter like this in a fire the firefighters are friends and this firefighter will save your life. it is okay to go to the firefighter. >> hum. good to know.

[music] ♪♪ i'm chanel joyce i'm a firefighter for the san francisco fire department. i currently am the station 4. in the mission bay districtism lived in san francisco in noe valley. grew up with my mom and i went to high school in san ma te'o. after high school i went to mississippi where i played volleyball in university of southern mississippi. what got me going after college was i was applying to place related to fire and police i

loved my experience but my family is home. i grew up here and could not be far from my family anymore i came back. >> i have been a firefighter for 4 years the transition to the fire department has been seam tells is the same. team work and coming together. transitioning to the job med me comfortable that i made the right decision to come become and work for a fire department that is big in diversity and equality and becoming a fell. i got to be a member at a few different fire stations. each station has their own culture. i worked in places that are xroem and with a young crew and had the most seniority have 3 or 2 years in whatever it may be. learning stuff when people have been in the job for 20 plus

years and learning from people got in it grew me to adopt and work with everybody. >> a lot of people will come up to mow and say, thank you for your service noise to see a woman in the fire department. you are doing it. it is nice to see kids waiving look a woman firefighter. they get excited i love that part of the job seeing the excitement that people see. you are a woman you can do this job. every person has a good experience with the fire department. no one ever spokous they say, they are here. they're do this work and everybody loves them. not everybody gets that in their job. i don't do it for the recognition but niez nice to see people that respect had you do and know you did a lot to get here and you still do to work and you set your life on the line for other people.

it is cool. 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. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban

center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. what do you think about earthquakes, can you tell if they are coming in advance? >> he's sleeping during those earthquakes? >> have you noticed him take any special? >> no. he sleeps right through them. there is no truth that i'm aware of with harvey that dogs are aware of an impending earthquake. >> you hear the myth all the time. suppose the dog helps you get up, is it going to help you do something >> i hear they are aware of small vibrations. but yes, i

read extensively that dogs cannot realize earthquakes. >> today is a spectacular day in san francisco and sometimes people would say this is earthquake weather. is this earthquake weather? >> no. not that i have heard of. no such thing. >> there is no such thing. >> we are talking about the weather in a daily or weekly cycle. there is no relationship. i have heard it's hot or cold weather or rain. i'm not sure which is the myth. >> how about time of day? >> yes. it happens when it's least convenient. when it happens people say we were lucky and when they don't. it's terrible timing. it's never a good time for an earthquake.

>> but we are going to have one. >> how about the ground swallowing people into the ground? >> like the earth that collapsed? it's not like the tv shows. >> the earth does move and it bumps up and you get a ground fracture but it's not something that opens up and sucks you up into haddes. >> it's not going anywhere. we are going to have a lot of damage, but this myth that california is going to the ocean is not real.

>> southern california is moving north. it's coming up from the south to the north. >> you would have to invest the million year cycle, not weeks or years. maybe millions of years from now, part of los angeles will be in the bay area. >> for better or worse. >> yes. >> this is a tough question. >> those other ones weren't tough. >> this is a really easy challenge. are the smaller ones less stress? >> yes. the amount released in small earthquakes is that they are so small in you need many of those. >> i think would you probably have to have maybe hundreds of magnitude earthquakes of 4.7.

>> so small earthquakes are not making our lives better in the future? >> not anyway that you can count on. >> i have heard that buildings in san francisco are on rollers and isolated? >> it's not true. it's a conventional foundation like almost all the circumstances buildings in san francisco. >> the trans-america was built way before. it's a pretty conventional foundation design. >> i have heard about this thing called the triangle of life and up you are supposed to go to the edge of your bed to save yourself. is there anything of value to that ? >> yes, if you are in your room. you should drop, cover

and hold onto something. if you are in school, same thing, kitchen same thing. if you happen to be in your bed, and you rollover your bed, it's not a bad place to be. >> the reality is when we have a major earthquake the ground shaking so pronounced that you are not going to be able to get up and go anywhere. you are pretty much staying where you are when that earthquake hits. you are not going to be able to stand up and run with gravity. >> you want to get under the door frame but you are not moving to great distances. >> where can i buy a richter scale? >> mr. richter is selling it. we are going to put a plug in for cold hardware. they are not available. it's a rather complex. >> in fact we don't even use the richter scale anymore. we

use a moment magnitude. the richter scale was early technology. >> probably a myth that i hear most often is my building is just fine in the loma prieta earthquake so everything is fine. is that true ? >> loma prieta was different. the ground acceleration here was quite moderate and the duration was moderate. so anyone that believes they survived a big earthquake and their building has been tested is sadly mistaken. >> we are planning for the bigger earthquake closer to san francisco and a fault totally independent. >> much stronger than the loma prieta earthquake. >> so people who were here in '89 they should say 3 times as

strong and twice as long and that will give them more of an occasion of the earthquake we would have. 10 percent isn't really the threshold of damage. when you triple it you cross that line. it's much more damage in earthquake. >> i want to thank you, harvey, thanks pat for >> my name is alan schumer. i am a fourth generation san franciscan. in december, this building will be 103 years of age. it is an incredibly rich, rich history.

[♪♪♪] >> my core responsibility as city hall historian is to keep the history of this building alive. i am also the tour program manager, and i chair the city advisory commission. i have two ways of looking at my life. i want it to be -- i wanted to be a fashion designer for the movies, and the other one, a political figure because i had some force from family members, so it was a constant battle between both.

i ended up, for many years, doing the fashion, not for the movies, but for for san franciscan his and then in turn, big changes, and now i am here. the work that i do at city hall makes my life a broader, a richer, more fulfilling than if i was doing something in the garment industry. i had the opportunity to develop relationships with my docents. it is almost like an extended family. i have formed incredible relationships with them, and also some of the people that come to take a tour. she was a dressmaker of the first order. i would go visit her, and it was

a special treat. i was a tiny little girl. i would go with my wool coat on and my special little dress because at that period in time, girls did not wear pants. the garment industry had the -- at the time that i was in it and i was a retailer, as well as the designer, was not particularly favourable to women. you will see the predominant designers, owners of huge complexes are huge stores were all male. women were sort of relegated to a lesser position, so that, you reached a point where it was a difficult to survive and survive financially. there was a woman by the name of diana. she was editor of the bazaar, and evoke, and went on and she

was a miraculous individual, but she had something that was a very unique. she classified it as a third i. will lewis brown junior, who was mayor of san francisco, and was the champion of reopening this building on january 5th of 1999. i believe he has not a third eye , but some kind of antenna attached to his head because he had the ability to go through this building almost on a daily basis during the restoration and corrects everything so that it would appear as it was when it opened in december of 1915. >> the board of supervisors approved that, i signed it into law. jeffrey heller, the city and county of san francisco oh, and

and your band of architects a great thing, just a great thing. >> to impart to the history of this building is remarkable. to see a person who comes in with a gloomy look on their face , and all of a sudden you start talking about this building, the gloomy look disappears and a smile registers across their face. with children, and i do mainly all of the children's tours, that is a totally different feeling because you are imparting knowledge that they have no idea where it came from, how it was developed, and you can start talking about how things were before we had computer screens, cell phones, lake in 1915, the mayor of san

francisco used to answer the telephone and he would say, good morning, this is the mayor. >> at times, my clothes make me feel powerful. powerful in a different sense. i am not the biggest person in the world, so therefore, i have to have something that would draw your eye to me. usually i do that through color, or just the simplicity of the look, or sometimes the complication of the look. i have had people say, do those shoes really match that outfit? retirement to me is a very strange words. i don't really ever want to retire because i would like to

be able to impart the knowledge that i have, the knowledge that i have learned and the ongoing honor of working in the people's palace. you want a long-term career, and you truly want to give something to do whatever you do, so long as you know that you are giving to someone or something you're then yourself. follow your passion and learn how to enrich the feelings along the way. know san francisco invest nothing resource sos care for people with substance use crisis on the streets.

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