san francisco international airport assume that is chief cast llano in terms of that responsibility am i correct? >> yes, sir, vice president. i >> i with the commissioners very much enjoy chief your airport station 3 grands opening. impressive to say the least. we are very very fortunate to have that support from the san francisco airport director as well. just as a opponent of information for myself, quh i wents to the station there are issues that came across our screen in terms of that station and perhaps with other stations that were issues of perhaps concern or modification, so for myself as i did detur specifically paying attention to the exhaust issues of the members in the station who sleep and work and close pruximity of the plains taking off once the doors are

up i can hardly hear myself think. you can smell the odor. i understand again that architects made a strong design of really strong air filter pumps so these issues are again not an issue. again, it is brands new so we will see. just as another point of information chief, hayes-white as well, i was interested in the layout of the dormitory. a concept of private rooms to dormitory style because we in the department had that dormitory style for a long time but also know with the infusion of women members of our department or even men members if there is a ability to a little more individual privacy so to speak, when one is resting or sleeping i only say that because again my visitationwise the president at station 38 you forget the old

style so to speak unless you are up there looking at it. station 5 will go soon through a demolition is similar to that as well, but as a opponent of information, those are the things that i look for as well. i know our stations all have certain uniformities in termsf our members and what we need, but again through our bond issues the stationerize old and modifications going on to do that. if we have a opportunity to have a new station like the airport and in my mind the fire boat station coming online is another similar, not that the airport is special or the port station is special, but they are unique within the naicher the stations because of the airport facility as well as pier 35 coming up. i'm just reiterating again the kinds of observation i make for what is

best for our members in terms of long term. i just was really really pleased with that. i know station 5 is coming online. i know station 16 is right arounds the corner and the commission still has a opportunity at some point to visit the stations and again i'm not going through all the pages but the activities, summary reports, there is no page number on that but again commissioner, it is so much information you can see by the categorical of what is a abdahmsinal pain or assault or where the addresses are for the various kinds of incidents and again i just want to acknowledge it as i go through my notes how really comprehensive and important this is and how much the commission myself included appreciate this because if we are short on arrival time or if

there are cost factors we want to ask for we can refer to this. appreciate it very much your report chief gonzalez, thank you chief hayes right. >> thank you, mr. vise president. i think we share your comments and your accolades for the report from chief gonzalez. chief hayes-white would like to say something >> certainly, thank you prezden cleveland. i want to respond to vise president nakajo regarding the layout of the upper floor, the dormitory and it is a dormitory style that we continue to go with. you are correct sort of the state of the art new fire stations have for privacy reason frz more efficiency reasons a dorm etstyle where there is more privacy. we went through meeting after meeting and heard loud and clear from the members the preference is have a dormitory open style even though the industry standard now a days is not that and so

station 16 on grinch was modified late in the game because of the concern that was raised from the members and local 798. moving forward we have-that is why the airport was modified to be consistent to come up with a play book of what works best for the san francisco fire department. so, we heard loud and clear and those are the reason why we moved forward. one thing because i think it is a very valid point that you bring up is the genders living together up in a common dormitory. certainly that changed with prop crrfx and believe in 1992 there was bond money put forward and all stations were completed where there would be separate bathroom and changing facilities for men and women. as it stands now including station 5 which is in vision to have more privacy and dormets

opposed to a open dormitory style was chaichcked because of the membership. >> i appreciate that very much chief hayes-white because of the observation is some the stations just my personal opinion and observation, station 5, station 38, they are big huge rooms and again as a commissioner you get used to what we have. if this was a system and the way it is, very auch this is the way it is going to be but very often the beds because i know our policy is provide a bed for every member, those beds are all over the floors and the closest privacy that i can see is a partition to separate one bed or another. i asked the question where did the women members sleep. i didn't get a real defined answer to that but depending on-this is based on the slide and information they choose to go where they go.

showering is showering and sleeping sp sleeping. just as a point of curiosity i did research in terms of preference. preference in cost. i thought dormfore itory would be a style that is lestz cost. floor beds and find a corner but intrigue would the private room concept because of cost factor and there are only two departments, creth me if i'm wrong that have dormitory type effects. generally i think san francisco fire department and new york fire depampt. the stanered now is moving toward individual rooms or cubbies or some type of denotion of privacy. again, i know members sleep there and ask can i grab my sleeping bag and put it on a mattress and take a nap and looked for personal art ifacts like isn't

there a picture of your child or favorite lantern. this is a home in the sense of your are sleeping there but it is a business environment. i'm just commenting again chief hayes-white and chief gonzalez and curious with that because we have other stations coming online. thank you for answering me about station 5 and 16. i assume it is dormitory style and, >> correct and that want our original plan. >> i understand there was cost savings with individual rooms. this is a amateur speaking. i wasn't at the architectural workshop. >> there is more functioniment and efficient from a cost standpoint and privacy. >> again, the commissioner being the commissioner we are very consciousf oour dollars and our budget. not saying the airport budget is nothing we have control over but if the airport could change

comparative to what we have just curious about it. thaupg for the information, just wanted to report back to the command staff and fellow commissionerwise the observation from my side only because we were all there and so i just thought that--thank you very much, chief hayes-white and chief gonzalez. >> thank you, mr. vise president. mr. hardeman- >> i have a comment after vice president nakajo. thank you. i also asked the same question on the tour about the dorms because like your comments the airport is very interested in doing everything first class and i was sort of surprised that i didn't see any separate rooms for gender and i asked that question to a woman that was on the tour and they said it was discussed and this is what we ended up with. no one

made anybody do anything and it want a financial concern, so i'm-that is all i can share with you. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner hardeman. commissioner covington. >> thank you, mr. president. just regarding this subject of dormitorys or dormets or private rooms, the fire fighters have been very forxing and frank in what they want and they want the dormitory. they feel that's more culiegeial, more community and some spend 30 years in the dorm tores so think they are very used to them. it is just part of the san francisco fire fighter

culture. we don't have metal helmets. we have leather and that's also part of the san francisco fire tradition. you know how it is looking from the outside because i never slept in a fire house, looking from the outside it seems as if it is more comfortable another way, but sometimes in large families if the family moves to a larger house all the children have their own separate bedrooms and wake up in the morning and everyone is in one bedroom. we have this nice big house now and are like ngo no, we want to stay together. i think it is wonderful that the members were canvased and late accommodations were made even though the department was going

one way, people voiced their preferences and those preferences were given to them. >> thank you, commissioner covington. any further comments from any of the commissioners? okay. thank you for your very comprehensive report. i had a couple questions. i know that we had 8544 responses for medical call squz that is just one month, correct sth >> yes, sir. >> over 8500 medi-cal calls 5800 transports in one month. that is an amazing number of calls in one month, an amazing number. i notice you had to do intubation which i assume is inserting a breathing tube. how often do our paramedics have to deploy that? >> the air way was closing but

can ask assistant deputy chief zanoff come up with numbers. >> ems division chief. paramedics intubate patients on average twice a day, some days more often. they have different methods. they have a air way called a tracheal tube where they visualize the patients vocal cords and pass between the cords and can breathe for the patient that way. we can have device that doesn't require dwebt visualization of the vocal cords, it is a emergency air way and we have the bls air ways we can use with patienterize not breathing. >> that is an amazing medical procedure. >> one of the most important procedures the paramedics can do and have 30 seconds when you stop breather for the patient to get the tube in and get it secure squd get breatheic again. it needs to be done fast and done right and we train our paramedics fairly

well on that. >> rigorously. >> thank you, that the word. >> two or three times a day it has to be deployed? >> yes. >> that is really amazing. thank you chief. i want to congratulate lieutenant baxter on the foyer safety tips. i did review those and thought they were terrific. i hope they are on the dp apartment website so anyone in the city can read them. if they are not on the website i urge they be placed on the website. great job, great document and full of good information for all our citizens, so i hope that we'll put that on the web if it isn't already on the web. >> i'll double check. >> i like to thank and congrtulate the fire marshal pulting together neighborhood outreach meetings talking about fire safety. it is a certain concern in the itisy and particularly certain communities and the outreach is

important and i appreciate i & commission appreciates the fire marshal putting those together so like to put that out there. finally, i see on the back page of your report that you did 16 elevator rescues this past month, so i guess was that practice run for visit by ben carson? >> i doubt it, but it could be. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, president cleveland. >> madam secretary would you call the next item. ? >> item 8, commission report. report on commission actirfbties since last meeting of march 22, 2017, including vice president nakajo's recent ride along with station 49 ambulance crew. >> mr. vise president. >> mr. president, commissioners, chief hayes-white, command staff, i had a ride