africa like cape town that has less than a month of water left. that was a surprise to them because they had anticipated, as i understand reading from articles, rain patterns to stay constant when they had changed. >> correct. >> so been to hetchy. it's beautiful. that's our predominant source of water. >> 85%. >> 85%. >> how many years of water does the department have such that we know that there's a big enough cushion there where we could go without water for whatever, a year or two, if we get into severe drought seasons or change in patterns where we don't get any water? how long do we have, and is the department anticipating other resources such as desalinization. >> we do our supply side

modeling off -- there was a drought in the early '80s. it was worse than the one we just had, which was pretty bad, too. then we add the two worst years on record. so we use what's called a 7-year modeling drought that's what we think is the absolute worst it can get to. five worst years we had plus the two we're of had in the history of california. that's what we use to model. that's how we model our storage. there are groups that think that's way too cautious when it comes to modeling, but that's the model we use. when we are collecting water during the wet season and we're doing our maintenance, we are always modeling towards this 7-year worst case possible drought we need to be able to last these 7 years in the worst possible scenarios. so that's what we've been using. as weather patterns shift, then our models will get up dated. we're already changing because we see that we're getting longer periods of dry spells followed by really intense rains that are

hard to capture and use. so we're certainly changing our supply side modeling. the puc side, we have always said that in the event of an earthquake or large fire, we're going to direct every single drop of water towards fighting the fires. if we need to empty reservoirs, we're going to empty reservoirs. we will do so. in terms of diversification, you're exactly right. depending on snow pack, which feeds into hetchy. when it's estimated to reduce, we have to diversify. we broke ground on the west side recycled water project which is going to supply golden gate park with recycled water for irrigation. a construction project broke ground. we have done the west side ground water project, which is already online and feeds 4 million gallons of drinking water into the city per day. it wasn't very popular, but it's

super necessary. we are on a regional desalination project with santa clara valley water district, east bay mud, marin municipal water agencies. we're looking at a large plant that will feed into the system. the job of the puc is to make sure that the businesses and residents, not only of san fan but the 2.8 million people which will grow to 3.5 has water and we take that serious and will continue to diversify our water sources. everyone loves the pure water and relies on that, those are the days of old. we know we need to add other water supplies. >> are we capturing -- i think i heard you say this, are we capturing run-off water from rain here in san francisco. >> we not only do it here in san francisco -- so the answer is yes -- we also have local reservoirs. many we have two reservoirs in

san mateo that capture run-off as well. we have five regional reservoirs within the bay area and then the hetchy and the san pedro up country. so the regional, in-city reservoirs capture water. as part of the development that we have done, we created an ordinance that says every new development project -- large development project within san francisco not only has to capture rainwater but they have to use there on-site gray water for toilet flushing and irrigation. so, for example, you've been to our headquarters, we capture and treat the building's wastewater. we treat it and it goes back up and flushes the toilet. all of these new redevelopment projects have to do the same thing. they have to reuse water on site reducing their water use. >> great. okay. and then as far as the presidio, who serves that as well.

>> it has its own independent water supply. we are going to run the recycled water pipelines down there to feed the golf courses. the presidio, we don't -- they're not one of our main customers. they have their own water supply and have forever when it was an army base, they had their own water supply. >> okay. thank you. thanks for your presentation. >> thank you, commissioner. commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, mr. president. thank you for a great presentation. i'm probably going to get the same answers. treasure island, that was the only area i didn't see mentioned. >> treasure island is ours. we supply water to treasure island. >> i didn't see any listing with all new development. >> i just listed the ones in the southeast. we are doing fire improvements. tom is shaking his head yes.

we're doing improvements at treasure island. >> would that have a seawater pumping station on it already, do you know? >> eventually. >> eventually, it will. not now. >> on the seawater pumping stations, there's no salt removed in the water at any time? that's only for emergency purposes. >> correct. >> okay. that's what i thought. yeah. we're talking about the desalination until the early '90s, we were talking about that. i don't think anybody in this other than -- i think marin might have done a plant, but that fell by the wayside. over the last couple years, there's been grants and different things that just generally around the country to try and improve getting the salt out of the water without being so expensive.

then having so much residue left behind with the salt. is there something on the horizon that could make it like within 150 miles of the coast, 50% of the population that lives in the united states? we're all close to water. >> correct. >> it just has salt in it. >> correct. there's upgrades to technology because not only is it super expensive. it's super energy intensive. what you drop back into the ocean negatively affects marine life. they can't have a product that's super expensive, super energy intensive, harms the ocean if they want to get it built at least in california. there's been a lot of upgrades in those areas. then, again, this regional prog they can we teamed with these other water agencies to do a regional plant that we are going to test is a big step forward

for the bay area. that partnership is moving forward. we are looking at all of the various grants that are going towards these water projects. >> the whole world starts using seawater, maybe we wouldn't have a rapid rise in our oceans. yeah. puc deserves a congratulations. i wasn't on fire commission when the negotiations happened. i came on in 2010 and that decision had been made. you've done a great job. you've been great leaders and under director kelly and your commission, very good -- very grateful that you're doing such a terrific job for us. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. >> thank you, commissioner hardeman. vice president.

>> thank you very much. i also wanted to echo the comments from the commissioners, particularly mr. scarpulla as well as katie miller, mr. birmingham for all of your hard work and dedication. it reflects it. most importantly, the partnership that we have with the san francisco fire department and our personal with yourselves. i totally enjoyed this presentation. it was over an hour. it's totally comprehensive for a commissioner like myself when i don't have any other questions, it talks through the content of comprehension. i want to thank my fellow commissioners in terms of their questions because there were questions that i was also contemplating as well. i wanted to also congratulate you within the performance of elevation of high 90%, but i also -- because our headquarters is pump station 2, i appreciate

the kind of work that we've done within that as well. i just wanted to state that you know, i know, we commented as well there's been public members of the community from both the richmond and sunset district, newspaper articles. i appreciate your paying attention to detail and your concepts and comprehension of the urgent need. to me, do you communicate that to the residents? are they aware of the hard work and comprehensive intake that we have accomplished together? >> that's a great question. i think if we are reflecting back on the past three, four years, i think what we didn't do a good job of is bringing the west side neighbors along. i think what olivia and the chief has done a fantastic job of is we have been meeting at fire department headquarters in the past couple of months. they are bringing in the post concerned residents.

i go to the fire department and sit with them and the residents and once we tell the story and tell them what's going on, every single time they've walked out and said, you should have told us this. we wouldn't have been so concerned. so what we are now doing, as a team, is being much more robust in our outreach. we work with the chronicle to get a front page article on why this is a great system. we're going to continue to go out to the west side and do these things. that's what happens is they thought we forgot about them. >> i can understand that. i think that it's important, you know, in terms of this presentation over an hour, i know it's taped, but this taped present is so comprehensive that anybody, if they were able to witness this, it's not the sexiest presentation, but in terms of information and how you want it delivered, when you talk about the notoriety, for me, the last comment in terms of this was lack of in the papers, lack of communication, urgency.

when the public comes to this commission in a sense of urgency, again, if we know it and we're doing it, let's share it with everybody. the most important thing to me as well is we're talking about 100-year-old system. >> yes. >> that our forefathers, again, had the vision in terms of this city that we live in to be able to have a system created that we, you, could not temporarily with this department are utilizing by our standards. that's a great thing to be able to take that kind of mechanism and, you know, think of all of those individuals who created that concept and you who promote it and keep it alive. it's a great treasure. i think your staff and our relationships are looking forward to the future. any time you have a little bit of an opening or can educate the commissioners, please invite us. you would be surprised how many of us show up. thank you very much for your presentation this morning. >> thank you, commissioner. >> thank you, mr. vice

president. thank you, mr. scarpulla for your very, very comprehensive and enlightening presentation. i had one question. we have about a $70 million shortfall. >> uh-huh. >> is there any way to wrap that into rates as opposed to waiting for the bond. >> it's a great question. so because the system provides potable benefits, after an earthquake, we can put rates towards it. that's why the city attorney said you can put rates towards it. there are certain components that we could not put rates towards, namely, the high pressure pumps needed to get it to the pressure required that the fire department needs to fight fires. we can do the piping and put in the valves, all those sort of things. we need general obligation and general funds to do the two pumps basically. so i think -- i mean, we haven't committed to it, but i'm sure

that as the time goes on, director kelly will put more puc ratepayer funds toward the project. he put 40 for the next 4 years. there are certain components because they don't serve potable water. >> that would constitute how much of that 70 million. >> we're estimating them at over 20 million right now. >> two-thirds of this shortfall could be wrapped into rate increases? >> potentially. >> something to think about. who would make that decision? >> puc commission and the city attorney's office looking one by one at the components. does this serve only firefighting? that, again, the hydrants, that would be a tough sell. so there's just certain components. >> i understand. thanks again for a great presentation. >> thank you, commissioners. >> madam secretary, would you call the next item? >> item five, chief of department's request for leave

to attend city of loveland, colorado's professional family forum. chief hayes-white requests a leave of absence with pay for two days, thursday, march 29th, and friday, march 30th to attend the professional female forum event to serve on a panel with four other members. deputy chief gonzales will serve as acting chief of department. there will be no cost to the department for this trip. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. i don't know if we need a motion, but if we do, shall i have a motion made? >> commission hardeman makes a motion. >> second from commissioner. >> it passes: have a great time

in loveland. >> chief of department's report. report from chief of department joanne hayes-white on current issues, activities, and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on february 28th, 2018, including budget, academy, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public. and report from operations, mark gonzales. report on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, including update on ekg monitor defibrillator, bureau of fire prevention and investigation and apartment division. >> good morning. >> good morning. this is my report since our last feet -- meeting on february 28th. i wanted to acknowledge in division 2, it doesn't get to write that often.

thanks for being here, pete. also, before starting my official report, i also wanted to introduce and welcome our newly selected assistant department chief and director of training. he'll be taking over as assistant deputy chief on monday. i would like to ask the captain to stand up and just say a few words, tell us a little bit about your time on the department and your current assignment. >> good morning. >> welcome and congratulations. >> thank you. i'm from the division of training. i started in 1995. spent a lot of time on the rescue squad. i promoted to lieutenant in 2008. spent two years at the division of training. the last two years at the division of training as a recruit training captain. so i hope to just continue with success there. many i work forward to working

with you all. thank you. >> thank you. >> regarding our budget, as you know, we submitted our budget on february 21st on time. on the 8th of this month, the budget committee had the opportunity to meet with the mayor's budget director who'll be taking leave soon but will be replaced. found it to be a productive discussion. it was the mayor's budget director that provided an vancouver view of the total city budget. many of the members of the budget committee attended and thank you president and commissioner for attending that meeting last week. tomorrow, i will be presenting before the budget and finance committee just an overview. it's a 10-minute presentation. i believe we present tomorrow with the police department and the sheriff's deputy. the budget committee is comprised the supervisor chair

and joined by other supervisors as part of that committee. we will report back on how that goes. you're welcome to join. it's tomorrow downstairs at 1:00 p.m. regarding our division of training, we graduated members from the emt class on friday. we always like to say 36 in, 36 out. division of training did a good job of making sure we got everyone through which is not always the case. and so there's a lot of happy members, new members of our department. we had a grad ration. we would like to acknowledge the city college for providing the graduation. the ems division is now 36 members richer to answer those medical calls. they will be working out of station 49. the 124th academy will begin

later this month on march 26th. we have 42 members that will be starting that day. they are off the h2ntn list. they will be joined two weeks later on the 9th of april by 12 members from station 49 for a total of 54 people. the break down for the members coming over from station 49 are 8 paramedics and 4emts. so the captain will be officially taking on his role next week, the 19th, and he'll be ready with the new class on the 26th. then just a snapshot of my activities since the last reporting period, participated as i do monthly on a california metro chiefs call on march 1st. also participated the next day, i do every year, it's my 15th year at sunset elementary as a read allow day. my spoking voice was better that day than it is today. i also attended -- it was a sad

occasion, but there was a lot of support for former chief of department whose son passed away at 50. a number of us attended that funeral in oakland on march 2nd and offered our condolences on behalf of the department. on the 6th of march, i attended a policy meeting for healthy streets initiative. it's basically a number of department heads, including representatives from the mayor's office including jason elliott and kate howard as well as the director of public health, homelessness, director of public works, the sheriff to talk about our joint efforts on being responsive to the homeless population and making sure we have livable safe city streets and we've started to meet on a regular basis typically a monthly basis.

we're meeting again later this month to talk about some of the initiatives. also, attended that day -- it was the last sister city that was joined through the mayor's administration just in september when he visited kiel germany. someone came out and i attended that event to welcome him coming from germany. we conducted assistant deputy chief interviews for the division of training. we had 9 applicants, and we interviewed 5 individuals and made our selection this captain. president cleaveland, i appreciate you meeting with us regarding the artwork at station 5. that's a work in progress, but really appreciate your guidance and support on that particular issue. also, participated in department head capital projects meeting. there are so many different

projects going on throughout the city. it allows several of us as department heads to get together and get an update for status of the various capital projects that are occurring in the city. the 9th last friday, i attended a ground breaking over at treasure island for delancy street. they have a wonderful life learning academy. they're endeavoring to build a dormitory. that was a ground breaking for that on friday. i also was here at city hall for the irish flag raising and then before the graduation, 21 engine under the direction of lieutenant fred putt and battalion 4, we went to one of the things i like to do best is we responded to a school that there was a young man, second grader, that sent us a letter indicating he was concerned and

got scared when the fire alarms went off. so we gave a presentation. we read his letter and front him up and explained why we need to practice and we can't really announce. so not to be scared but it should make them more confident. i like to commend engine 21 and battalion 4. they were wonderful with the class. it was educational for the group and it was fun for a lot of us that attended that. then like i said, the level ones, they started as early as 4:30 saturday morning with a first shift and etches looking forward to that. i did want to remind the commissioners that there's -- for upcoming events, we have the st. patrick's day parade this start. i believe it starts at 11:30. we'll gather at 2nd and market around 11:00 a.m. then on the 20th of march, i don't know if i can in particular -- i think a few members from the command staff as well as the local engine

company, there's a tsunami walk that is put together by the department of emergency management starting at ocean beach and going up, i think, to one of the local elementary schools and all of you are invited to that as well. if you want more information, we'd be happy to give it to you. and finally, before deputy chief gonzales comes up, i would ask president cleaveland for your consideration for adjournment for michael rice who passed away recently and worked for the department for at least 26 years. i believe his funeral will be tomorrow. he entered the department in 1982 and passed away recently. that concludes my presentation. >> thank you, chief. is there any public comment on the chief's report? seeing none, public comment is

closed. commissioner, you had a question for the chief. >> real quick, chief, always makes me really happy to hear about firefighters in schools because i know the kids light up when they see firefighters. those types of visits have impacts that will last forever for those kids. i don't need to tell you this. my kid lights up when he sees a firefighter. it's really cool you're doing that. in regards to -- i have to check my notes -- the report that we received -- is chief gonzales going to give a discussion of the monthly report after? is that going to be a separate item? >> he's ready to roll. >> okay. it would be great to see -- i know the department has been collecting information on the

homeless related calls. if we could have those numbers put into the monthly report so that we get those. >> no problem. >> that would be great. i know they're a work in progress. there's work that needs to be done on refining them, but you can always just put an asterisk next to it so we can get a sense. on the issue of the firetrucks, the historical firetrucks, i know that the department is -- is the department moving forward on shrink wrapping those and how many? >> that was our plan. i'm going to ask assistant department chief tony riviera who is overseeing that project to address that. >> goodage month, commissioners. good morning, chief. so we are moving forward with wrapping the vehicles. i just want to make a couple clarifications. the presentation by gardens of the city was accurate in what they were stating, but what the fire department is going to do is a little bit different. i just want to let you know, we have a lot of experience in

storing equipment. we have hose and appliances that we have in deep storage for a catastrophic event. we're very aware of mildew, rot, mold that can deteriorate our equipment. with that being said, the wrap that we have selected has a mildew resistant treatment that is designed to not allow the greenhouse effect and one of the other issues is when you have the greenhouse effect which promotes the sweating or the mildew is when you completely encapsulate something. we're only covering the top and sides of the vehicle to prevent, you know, the rain from deteriorating the vehicles. it is still going to have full ventilation from the bottom of the vehicle. this is going to be a higher standard of storage than what it is -- what the vehicles are --

what's happening to the vehicles right now. they're being rained on. this is a temporary solution until we can find a full-time storage facility. so while i agree with some of the points that were being made, that's not what fire department is doing. i have a couple of old collector cars i have in storage. we're going to have silica packs that are designed for antiques vehicles that we're going to put into the portions, like the cab, the engine compartment that are more susceptible to the mold and mildew. i wanted to make that clarification. >> you acknowledge this isn't a perfect solution and it isn't going to stop them from being damaged. >> correct. >> as you know, these are going to be stored at treasure island. >> that's correct. >> and you're getting full front

at from the ocean, saltwater and all that other stuff. i'm hoping -- i'm really hoping this is a temporary solution. it's better than nothing, but it is not perfect. so i would hope that the department -- and i know they are -- is going to continue to work on finding a better solution for these. but i'm glad you're keeping your eye on the mildew issue because that's obvious to me. and i think that's it for those rigs. there's how many? >> at least 15 rigs that will be shrink wrapped. we have three restored actiq vehicles we use for -- vehicles that we are looking to house within our facilities. >> i'm working for you on solutions to see if we can get that resolved. >> yes, you are. >> okay. and that is it for you, chief.

finally, i just wanted to recognize -- i know there is something that's going on currently that students around the nation are walking out on school right now in recognition of gun violence. i just wanted to point out that's happening right now. certainly an issue that is important to this fire department as we're the ones that respond to gun violence. there's not -- there's a lot that can be said about this, but it's obviously a topic for another time. that's it for me. thanks, chief. >> thank you, commissioner. vice president. >> thank you very much, mr. president. chief hayes-white i'm going to follow up a little bit on chief rivera if i could indulge you, on the question that commissioner brought up in terms of the antique rigs. it's important for us to be able

to hear the condition and the intention of what we're doing as a department. i was -- i am a little disappointed in the guardians of the city in the sense of the statements that were made in the beginning, not that they don't have that right or the reference to the statements. i'm troubled by the statement of lack of communication between our department and the guardians. the reason why is because previous to that, again, here i go with the 24 years of sitting up here, we've always had a relationship with the guardians or hook and ladder, those kind of auxiliary relationships. the issue of the antique rigs, it goes without saying how important it is to us on the commission, particularly with some commissioners, an emphasis

i recall when commissioner first came out having us look at the conditions of the rigs. we went out to behind station 9 with the understanding that we had a temporary problem with where it was with the academy of arts and we had to move them. we're dealing with multiple issues. one we had to remove the rigs. the other issue all along was where do we store this? and i think that we found that it's a difficult issue. i thought we were taking up on the good that we join in doing this. many i didn' -- anyone it was ue guardians were doing what they did. i didn't know there was a separation. for myself, colleagues, to be able to hear the comments, i'm not upset about the content of the comment. the content of the comment in terms of lack of communication and coordination because it took us an effort to find the

location temporarily on treasure island, with a cost cost a trib. how did you get them over there? i know that it's a 20,000 or 25,000 cost on that. to my question was, where is that going to come from? i understand it to be as a suggestion of maybe an issue with the mayor's office and the board of supervisors, which it may be, but it started first with us in terms of the guardians of the city and we the commissioners and the department. so i don't see a separation of it, and i it bothers me there's concepts we're not working together. mr. president i'm going ask through the chief's office if we can pull a meeting together with at least two helicopterrives of the commission, my preference would be the president and the vice president to meet with the administration or the officers of the guardians of the city and establish a sense of communication so that we can

establish ourselves with the same goals and granted they're temporary goals, i was really impressed by the efforts of commissioner when he first came on the board and hit the ground running and talked about the -- >> we had an offer. >> but again, things have issues and challenges. for us, it's the long-term, we understand the temporary nature of that. long story short, i would like to have a meeting, if we can, mr. president, with the guardians of the city and be able to try to resolve the issues short-term, long-term. thank you. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i agree with that. commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, president cleaveland. chief, thanks for your, as always, substantial report on your activities.

i don't know -- i can't recall us talking about this until the last -- in the last meeting, the st. mary's hospital opening 52 beds and i can see how that would have a positive impact on our ems which seems to be doing well. it seems to be adequately staffed from the report that chief gonzales is going to give us during his report. but that must just be terrific news for our folks over at ems 6 and anybody that has -- the police department has to deal with these frequent users of the resources of the fire and police department. so 52 beds, the mayor did a press conference the a day. i saw that and it's really encouraging. that's the first step to getting relief from the major problems,

people that have a difficult time in life, getting them into a facility that will not be like a jail. it seems like it will be very comfortable for them to try and recover from their problems. i don't know if you wanted to elaborate a little on that. i just thought it was something that might be good to get out to talk about how good that might be for this department. >> i think for the whole city, it's great. it's a great resource for those in need of that type of care to have another location handle up to 52 patients that are, i believe, going into a conservatorship status and need that special attention. like you said, it's not a jail or hospital. it's not an acute care hospital. it's definitely a step in the

right direction to begin solving some of the more chronic types of patients that we see on the street that need specialized group of services. i thought it was a good thing, too. >> thank you. >> sure. >> thank you, commissioner hardeman. chief gonzales, please come up and give us a quick synopsis of your very excellent and extensive report. >> thank you, president cleaveland. good morning, commissioners, chief. deputy chief mark gonzales. this is my operations report from february 1st to february 28th, 2018. during this period, there were three great ear harms all of which were second alarms. the first one was on february 2nd at 0305 hours.

there were two buildings that were involved. they were both three story type five. the call came in reported fire in the building. the first on scene, engine 21 declared a fire with flames. much that is the building to the right of the main fire building and recommended a second alarm. the fire building at 1216 was fully covered with scaffolding and the gate was secured with a chain and lock. it would take time to force entry, engine 21 took a ready line into the delta exposure at 1214 to protect the occupied structure. the second engine on scene placed the other ready line between the two structures while forceable entry was taking place. subsequent temperatures led two lines in the main fire building once they gained entry. they were wired off in and two lines were led off those to extinguish the fire. all companies responding

performed well. the cause is undetermined. the second alarm was on february 18th. 6 story type three. there were no injuries. the assistant chief was the incident commander. engine 3 arrived on scene at the reported address. corner apartment building, type three. significant wood smoke was present in the corner store. the basement, stockroom, and apartment building did not reveal source of the fire. conditions worsened rapidly. a restaurant under renovation was located on the hyde street side of the building and entry was made. an open space was found with significant fire involvement. because of construction materials piled up in front of them, advancement to the main body of fire by the firefighters was difficult. two small lines were required. an open flue allowed the fire to

burn. when we received information from the truck crew that there was no active fire, a second alarm was struck. companies were sent to the top floor to work around and prevent the attic space which would result in a complex incident. no fire penetrated the attic space or present in the walls leading up to the top floor. it was difficult to locate the fire upon arrival. coordinated fire attack, flexibility by companies to redirect efforts and a clear understanding of the priority all led to a quick knockdown and minimized the impact to a heavily occupied building. there were no injuries at this fire. the third second alarm was on february 23rd at 1032, 519 sanchez. incident commanders was the assistant chief. cause is under investigation. engine five was first on scene. upon division 3 arrival, black

snow -- smoke, heavy fire was visible. this is the left rear corner on the second floor, posing to the third floor. engine 6 deployed to the first floor. the fire building and the delta exposure building, again, that's the building on the right, type five balloon construction, that's where the studs, there's no fire stops between the studs between floors. if a fire gets into the stud package, it will go up to the attic. so fire traveled rapidly to the third floor and then to the attic. it then traveled to the delta exposure which warranted a second alarm. no obstacles were encountered. the second truck 7 performed extremely well. deployed a 35-foot extension ladder. a fire company is important on

the roof. sometimes the ladder -- the first ladder gets compromised. you like it when there's a second way to get off the roof. many they raised that -- it was a 35-foot extension and they did a shoot raise. normally they raise it like this. in this case, they raised it like this. so difficult raise. did a good job. in essence, there were two working operational hose lines on each floor, second and third floors ensuring that each had a backup line. there was that much fire on these floors. ceiling hooks, 18 foot ladders were used to gain access to the fire in the attic. some were able to anticipate this need upon arrival so they brought ladders with them. all companies performed well. as well as i'm sure the rest of the squad did as well, firefighter wood does a good

job. acknowledge him. under the pio's report, fire station 35 on february 4th heard cries for help and were notified by a bystander that a person had fallen into the bay and was lying on the rocks near the arrow art display. engine 35 and fire boats responded. the crew climbed in the water on the rocks and stabilized the victim as fire boats use reached her. on february 14th, made a great save. 5201 -- 2 firefighters received non-life-threatening injuries and were released. on february 15th, cliff rescue on the first day of the year of the dog. they rescued two dogs off the cliffs. on february 16th, cliff rescue at baker beach. three adults are stranded on the

side of a cliff. they used cell phone gps to get their location. once located a rope residence view was used -- rescue was used. departmental outreach continues on many fronts. we're continuing to pass out fire prevention education material. the public can get that to download it. sf-fire.org for a real time announcement, visit the fire department twitter account. as usual, we would encourage the public to sign up for emergency notifications by texting alert sf in all caps to this number, 888-777. we're also more outreach and public safety messages. many i would like to name a few. pedestrian safety and distracted driver safety. look don't like. that's referring to texting. don't text while you drive. we've also joined the national fire service campaign called

close your doors before you doze. this campaign encourages closing of bedroom doors at night to increase your chances of survival or being rescued during a fire. the temperature outside a door can reach 1,000 degrees. in comparison to 100 degrees behind a closed door when there's a fire outside that door. so close your doors before you go to sleep. the department is also teaming up to promote when to call 911 campaign to reduce non-emergency calls. as requested by the commission, the monthly about italian safety fairs are converted to district safety fairs. also as requested by the commission, the department's recruitment and outreach teams will utilize the old rescue 2 for community events and community ought outreach. that rig has a special meaning to i have era and firefighter wood. they were on that rig as well. are you that old?

a few pictures for your enjoyment. chief hayes-white and dan received the a words this year. picture of the battalion safety fair and the second alarm on sanchez street. on to ems, chinese new year parade, took care of the eap, along with adc cochran. they did a good job. medic 47 our sprinter is out there. it's in service. medic 49 is in the process of being certified. our qrvs, the first tab i would like you to go to the first tab in our report and pull it back to the response times. as you can see, the first engines are making their time at 7 minutes. 90th percentile. the ambulances are making their response times. they're required to be there under 10 minutes. it's 9.15.

we've never made the 4.5 minutes mandated. i've asked to work with dr. brown to reduce t i understand the reasons why not. i say we make it right near five minutes. our static units, we're not going to be able to move them. they're not dynamically deployed. what's going to help that is the qrv. if i have them out there, they're going to get there faster than maybe our first engines or ambulances would. i'm hoping that will help. we're going to try to get the qrvs out there this week or next week. we're going to do that by taking a couple -- we've had volunteers who are going to pick them up off the ambulances. we have our influx of our new

employees that just graduated from the academy as well as very surprising, to me, we put out there for voluntary overtime to suppression members. we've gotten over, i'd say, including the new, over 80 applicants. so i feel we can back up if we do take these members off two ambulances to staff these qrvs we can back it up that way with personal. it's very creative and it's going to work great h he speciay for 1, 3, and 3. 36. they get hammered all night long and all day long. it will also help our rigs, the health of our rigs. the medic class is march 26th. 6 people are taking that class. many we should have two bike medics out. i'm hoping by the first of april. the ems6 are also part of my report. i will include the homeless

numbers commissioner in my next report. i'm trying to get you the numbers now from jesus. fire prevention is doing a great job at headquarters. permits, violations, a lot of our violations are closed a lot more efficiently since they have taken over. they put that program into effect where they have the public come down and review them with them. a lot of them get mitigated without having to pay it. bureau of fire investigation, the backlog of investigations continues to go down. they're doing a good job getting that done. that concludes my abbreviated report. i'm available for questions. >> thank you, chief gonzales. commissioner hardeman. excuse me. is there any public comment on chief gonzales' report? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner hardeman.

>> yes. the new train director, how do you spell your last name, chief? >> last name is sato. >> welcome aboard, sir. >> thank you. i don't believe i'm related to any of the commissioners [ laughter ] >> you're a legend prior to this a appointment. so it's a sight to see you. a lot of good things have been said about you, and you were born to do the training. thank you for taking the leadership role. >> i have big shoes to fill. >> welcome aboard. i don't have anything in particular. i did like the report that you have on the ems 6, giving

details and for the public that doesn't get to see this -- i've been saying this the last few meetings, you give a couple minute report on this extremely detailed and easy to read, informative especially for commissioners who aren't around day to day. so, again, now you're adding graphics and photos. it just keeps getting better. >> it's other people making me look good. i'm not doing it. >> i'm congratulating them through you. >> thank you. >> commissioner covington? >> thank you, mr. president. thank you, chief gonzales for your report. >> thank you, ma'am. >> i just wanted to know, every report period, there are numerous cliff rescues. what can be done to reduce the number of cliff rescues?

>> i like people to leash their dogs. i don't like going out there for dogs, but we do. it is our job, but -- and they do a good job at it. for me, it's a good drill for them to do. people often venture off. there could be more signage maybe for people to stay off the cliffs as well. i think people, they are a little bit too comfortable where they get to, and then when they get there, they realize they can't get back. so the better the weather, the more people that are out there. they could have more people out there telling people not to go out there. we're doing more outreach than we ever did. there's still that outreach as far as cliff rescue. we're alerting them what we're out there doing drills. i would have to look at the actual stats to see, maybe i can pull it out month by month to see all of them to see if they're increasing or decreasing. i think it remains static.

>> it remains pretty steady, but, you know, this is so avoidable. i think wherever we can, we want to make sure that fire personnel are safe because those cliffs are dangerous for everybody, not just the person who thinks oh, i'm fine, you know, i'm an experienced hiker and then the next thing you know, they've tumbled down -- >> our technical rescues, they go well because we drill a lot. they're very come pent at it. they're going down and they're secured by two lines. >> yes. >> and experienced officers. so i feel good about the safety of our personnel, and i'm glad that we've saved -- when we go out there, we save people. so it's a tough thing to tell everybody they can't go out -- it's one of the most beautiful parts of the city. it's just maybe more signage and more enforcement and more public

outreach would help. >> if we could work with the other entities responsible for that area, i think it would be helpful. >> okay. >> we have had fatalities there, and it's just not a good thing. i mean, you know, people go too far out and some people do lose their lives. i remember that young girl who lost her life. >> that was very sad. >> very, very sad. so we want to do our part in terms of prompting other entities to put up better signage for that. also, can you give us an update on the middle school where several children ingested a substance later determined to be marijuana? >> sure. let me get to that page i was lucky enough to be on vacation

during that period, but i can comment on it. >> page three. >> that was right in the neighborhood i grew up in. february 13th, several children ingested a substance later determined to be marijuana products. 10 were treated and evaluated, taken to local hospitals. on duty staff arrived on site to facilitate the alert. multi casualty incident that was called. the transport bus was also called to the scene as precaution but was not used. the department work collaboratively with sfpd and sf school districts and the mayor's office on message delivery and scene management. luckily, none of the students were seriously affected, but it was definitely a scary incident for the students and ask i'm sure the parents of the -- and i'm sure the parents of the students. >> that's the only such incident

we've had. >> do you have anymore on that? >> no? okay. i'm hoping that there is some outreach to parents and teachers and school administrators, you know, regarding the fact there will be more marijuana out -- just out there in the city as we move forward. >> maybe sfusd, you can contact them. >> yes, if you could, that would be good. perhaps some messages can be crafted just for school kids in terms of -- >> i'm sure it's beening watched, this commission meeting. can you work on that, i don't -- john? thank you. >> thank you for that. >> i also had a question --

excuse me. i will ask the president to call upon me in a couple of minutes. so i will yield the floor to fellow commissioners. thank you. >> thank you, ma'am. >> i, too, wanted to congratulate -- okay back there, commissioner? i wanted to congratulate chief sato for his new role. he's got big shoes to fill. having a last name like that, it's very possible that we are related, chief. >> could be. >> you just may have to look further back. >> can i mention really quickly? i didn't acknowledge but sato is excellent at training. when i was a lieutenant brought down to communication center in '99, 2000, he was there as a couple year firefighter. he and another firefighter were

so long, but they were really good at what they did. they cared about the mission. they really learned about ems and fire. i was definitely impressed by him there, and later on, his work as a firefighter and subsequent officer out in the field. i think the chief definitely picked a good member. >> right. thanks for that. on the second point -- i'm sorry, commissioner covington, she's clearing her throat back there. i did want to mention, after the unfortunate passing of tory on june 22nd of last year, i had some discussions with president cleaveland, and i had realized at that point that was a multi jurisdictional issue. i counted 7 or 8 that touch the coastline out there. there are a lot of gaps. there are a lot of needs out there and they're not always -- many of them are not our

responsibility, but it turns out we're the ones that are called to help out there. so following that incident when tory fell from the cliff out at lands end, i actually drafted a measure, a task force that requested the mayor's office to put together a multi jurisdictional task force to identify the gaps in services, the gaps in technology, what more we can do about identifying dangerous places for the public, and unfortunately, when i presented that to the mayor's office, that was the week that the mayor passed away. following up on that. i will follow up on that to see if the mayor's office is interested in, perhaps, touch a task force so that we can address the gasp in services and a bunch of other stuff. i'm happy to share that with you. i w