[pledge of allegiance] >> president cleaveland: thank you. >> clerk: this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. fire commission regular meeting, wednesday, may 23, and the time

is 4:59. we'll do roll call. item one. [roll call]. >> clerk: item two, general public comment. members of the public may address the dmigs for up to three minute -- commission for up to three minutes on any matter in the commission's jurisdiction. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. the lack of a response by commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made

during public comment. >> president cleaveland: is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> clerk: item three. approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve the meeting minutes of may 9, 2018. >> president cleaveland: is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, what is your pleasure? >> so moved. >> second. >> president cleaveland: commissioner hardeman made the motion and commissioner covington seconded. all in favor. [ayes]. >> clerk: item four, report from chef of department joanne hayes-white since the fire commission meeting of may 9th, including budget, academies, upcoming events, communication and outreach to other government

agencies and the public and report from administration deputy chief, jeanine nicholson, on the administrative divisions, facility status, finance support services, homeland security and training within the department. >> president cleaveland: good evening, chief. >> good evening, president. this is my last report since may nine. wanted to talk f about the budget. we have continued regularly to discuss the budget items with the mayor's budget office. as you know, mayor mark farrell will be submitted a balanced budget on june 1st and attend the scheduled department meeting on may 31st. i would propose at a meeting next month, the finance director would be able to give an overview, specifically on the budget. i will say i'm remaining on the

mist you can about what we had put in for related to our budget. we have had very promising discussion with the mayor's budget office. but i don't want to comment any further just because it's still actively in discussion. but i want to echo and once again acknowledge each of the commissioners for being very supportive of our department as well as the members of the budget committee who were very helpful in coming up with priorities and being actively vocal regarding our needs. so, things are looking well at this point. i will be going before the budget and finance committee to ret our department on june 15th. and if needed -- remits our department on june 15th -- representing our department on june 15th.

they have their own budget and analysisist that takes a -- analyst that take as look at each department. , we will -- once we get the report that analyzes our budget, i will forward that to you. we will be ready in june to g you an overview of what went down, if you will, on the june 1st submittal. and there's public comment. this is for the public comment. there's public comment on the budget on june 18th before the budget and finance committee. the 124th class is in their ninth week. two resigned due to injuries. we have 52 members. uld like to acknowledge the great work of the division of training for their efforts and dedication in putting 124th academy through their paces.

we are schedule for the 125th class. the date is to be determined. we're going to see how everything goes through the budget process but we are scheduled to have 54 members enter that class. a new list was just requested and it captured anyone that took the ntn, national testing network, process through april 28th. and i believe h.r. will be sending out a survey, which is what we do after each new list becomes available. so, the list is refreshed. a survey will go out and then we will have a new list from which to consider candidates from. i believe commissioner covington had asked about upcoming retirements. you have something in front of you and i have asked the commission secretary to put up for the audience an overview, a snapshot of our retirements and

separations and i asked for a historical perspective. what i will get and confirm because it is something that i just noticed, i wanted to specifically give you the number -- can i ask sfgov tv to display what is on the screen. thank you. perfect. what you have is a historic bar chart on retirements and separations since fiscal year 22 2010-11. the red bar indicates the uniformed members. the gray, civilian and then the blue on the last bar because it's this year and fiscal year is not quite over indicates that 32 members have requested or put in paperwork to retire. but that is not -- we often see members change their mind and they can change their mind up to

the day until they said they are going to retire. that has happened -- that happens on a pretty regular basis. ingthe ohat i will get for you because i just found out, it does say retirements and separations. the number includes those that have been released or that have resigned and not reached full retirement age. but the bulk i would say reflect retirements for the most part at least for the uniformed members. and one of the questions i had, even though i was the chief, it's been a few years. we had a high number of civilian separations in '10-'11. and 11 of those 21, i know commissioner nakajo will recall was transferred turnover to the pc. they weren't retirements but transfer over to another department. so, again, the numbers include res egg ligss and --

resignations and releases. we were 74 in '10. and then we dropped a bit through '11 through '15 and we're picking up again. i think that's something we had always anticipated just because the department did not hire from 1982 until 1987. there was a five-year gap in hiring and it's reflected in as you look at the bar chart. once again we're seeing the climb because there was a large amount of hiring done beginning in 1987. so, fast forward 30 years and people are reaching their retirement age. so, we anticipate in the next two fiscal years similar numbers of retirements. and then between 80 and 100 in the next two fiscal years as we have members reaching retirement age. as of july 1, 2020, 30 members

will have 30 plus years and 191 will be at 55 years of age. so, that's -- thank you. you can take that off now. thus the importance of having our hiring plan, which we began in 2012, under the guidance of this commission as well as mayor lee. and we have been hiring regularly since 2012. we are matching the new hiers with the number of -- hires with the number of retirements and getting back what we lost during the recession year. we are in good shape in terms of our hiring plan and between now and 2020, there are three more academies planned, 125, 126 and 127. i'm happy to answer any questions at the conclusion. just a snapshot of what has occurred since our last meeting.

on may ten, i attended a meeting with supervisor fewer. the richmond district commissioner regarding additional work related to the water supply system. we meet typically every month. many of us as department heads to talk about the projects and what our particular piece is related to all the work being done in the city. on the 11th of may, i atenlded a improvement district event -- attended an improvement district event. on the 12th at lake merced, we a attended the interstation run which is 41 years in the making. i would like to acknowledge a lieutenant who has picked up the ball on that. jim gallagher, it was his vision

40 years ago when nobody was as active as they are now really into running and has carried on this tradition. so, this year they included a car show, which brought out even more people. and the lieutenant has asked at some point in an upcoming meeting we bring retired firefighter jim gallagher before the commission to acknowledge him for his efforts. he was there this year and i would like to do so. maybe i could work on that, picking a date with you, president cleaveland. i would like to congratulate commissioner covington to her reappointment. congratulations to you, commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you. >> congratulations. i had the pleasure of being there. [applause]

>> then on the 15th, we attended a labor management meeting which we do monthly with the executive board of local 798. i also met that afternoon introduced the deputies to the new department head over the health service system. i have known her previously. she worked in the ems field for a long time and most recently had worked at st. francis hospital. so, it was good catching up with her and meeting a fellow colleague. on the 18th of may, i attended a hotel sponsor women leadership conference. i attended the morning portion of that. this week we're celebrating ems week as most of you know. and july 1st, 1997, was when the san francisco fire department inherited the paramedic

division. there were some painful stops and starts as it was related to how we were going to work that out. i'm proud to see we have a very good system. it's a system that has looked to as a model for how we provide free hospital care to patients that will be transporting to the nine receiving hospitals. so, there's a lot of different events this week. i would like to acknowledge assistant deputy chief andy and his section chief. they have been active this week. jonathan baxter has put a lot into ems week. so, wanted to acknowledge all the different events that are happening this week. yesterday i attended the grand opening of sales force, which was a very exciting event. largest, tallest building in the city. that opened officially yesterday. the board yesterday, president breed acknowledged ems week and a number of members were acknowledged and i had assistant

deputy chief acknowledged for that. attended the association luncheon where they typically acknowledge -- and i sat next to commissioner veronese's mother this afternoon. they typically acknowledge a member from the police department and fire department. i nominated and selected rescue captain becky. shefk acknowledged for an incident back in october of last year where -- and she acknowledged the team as did i. it was after a commission meeting. there was a very serious car accident at park presidio and crossover drive, where there was three victims that needed to be extricated. there was one that went on for nearly two hours. and easily, the driver of the

vehicle could have died. we personally witnessed the great care that every member extended. but we acknowledged the rescue captain because she ran the medical portion and really was at the patient's side the entire time. and as i said today, it was so serious that because we were having a difficult time extricating him, there was a consideration we do a field amputation with the surgical team coming from s.f. general. he has made a full recovery. both his legs are functions. it was appropriate that she be acknowledged today. and then we look forward to on friday capping off ems week with having a lunch. all of you are invited out at station 49 for all the members at station 49. anybody from the department really can come. we do have food coming later for the crews coming on later. they work 12-hour shifts and some will be coming later.

we want to make sure we properly acknowledge the get work all our members do and this week we're really highlighting ems. today in the plaza, there was a display of not only our vehicles and when i say ems week, we are partners with them. the two private companies that also assist in the response. we want to acknowledge them as well. wanted to acknowledge those that were present on the command staff over at the library a couple of hours ago. i attended briefly but then met with you, president cleaveland and vice president nakajo. helping present an award to the ray lim award to retired captain sandy tong. lots going on this week and proper acknowledgments being made. that concludes my report at this time. >> president cleaveland: thank you, chief. is there any public comment on the chief's report? seeing none, public comment is closed.

commissioners. commissioner covington. newly appointed -- reappointed. >> commissioner covington: reapointed. just don't -- reappointed. just don't call me a d. >> president cleaveland: we are lucky to have you. >> commissioner covington: thank you. i'm lucky to be here. thank you, chief for attending. and thank you for these retirements and separations figures. i've added up the red bars and it comes to 537 total people who have retired or been separated from the department since 2010. that's a pretty big number, even without including the 32 people who have put in the paperwork to retire very soon. so, that would bring the total

to 569 people. and so, i just want to reiterate how importantist for us to continue to have these academies. i used to bend mayor lee's ear about the academies, keep the academies going. and that's why i pushed for the increase in the number of people accepted into the academy from 48 to 54 because our attrition rate was getting to be high in some classes. so, it's heartening to see that we are making progress. that we're not going to be faced with a crisis at some point because when people are ready to retire, they go. [laughter] >> commissioner covington: you can offer them all kinds of things, but once you have that retirement mindset, it's like i

am out the door. don't stand in my way. so, it's good to see that we are catching up or going to be okay. so, for the new mayor, whomever the new mayer happens to be, it really behooves us as a commission to continue to let the person in that office know how important it is other wide we will go back to the mandatory overtime days, and i don't think anybody wants that. the job is demanding enough without having to be forced to stay on an additional day month or whatever. it is very disruptive to families and we want to avoid it. so, i'm heartened by these figures and the fact that we're

going to have two more academies coming up. now, chief, you did say that you're anticipating between 80 and 100 retirements over the next two years. is that per year or is that combined? >> per year. and we're projecting to hire 108, knowing that -- per year. knowing that we don't always have everyone graduate and we've had that conversation before. and that's one of the reasons we were able to bump up from a few years ago. i know you were a big advocate for that. so, like i said, we're matching the new hires with retirements and then usually there's a little bit of a buffer on the good side to kind of rebuild when we're at a low point. we're pretty much right on track. >> commissioner covington: okay. good. i'm very, very happy that we are

on track. thank you for that. and ems week, i am so sorry i missed today's -- i got my weeks mixed up. somehow i was thinking it was next week. so, i'm glad to note that there was due recognition given to everyone and i'm happy to see that there were lots of people in attendance. i'm just sorry i wasn't one of them. >> you have two events on friday. >> barbecue. >> commissioner covington: i heard people will be putting on the feed bag as it were? >> yes. >> commissioner covington: thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you commissioner crow. commissioner veronese. >> commissioner veronese: chief, looking at these retirement numbers, in the last three years, how many classes have we

had? you said we're keeping up and that's great to hear. how many classes have we had in the last three years? >> i would say six. approximately two per year. >> commissioner veronese: so in the last three years we have been in the plus 20 there and perhaps even another 20 here. okay. >> yeah. i think we've managed it pretty well. >> commissioner veronese: looks like you have. that's not an easy thing to do. especially when you have to look so far ahead and dealing with budgets. how does it work with budgets just to educate me on this? when we lose somebody to retirement, that's a full-time position that's freed up here at the department. right? and that position is anticipated in the budget, obviously, that we present to the mayor's office, right? >> yes. it's not an exact science because as you know, it has

changed since even when i came in, in 1990. typically we saw most people working a full 30 years and being at least age 55. that has changed. we now i'm seeing people not reach 30 years. between 25 and 30 is more the norm now. and some people are not even working until 55 and some are working well over. it is not an exact science. we forecast based on number of years in the department and the age of a person. but again, we don't exactly know. so, in 2012, we entered a five-year hiring plan. we went from 2012-2018 and that worked really well for us. i think having that stability to have this plan worked so well that we -- i credit the good work. i worked very closely with mar corso at the time when we were doing. we have always been a department

and sometimes we're criticized from within, we have always asked for what we need and really doesn't necessarily go overboard and embellish. i think we have gained a reputation of being realistic. when we say we need it, we need it. we have been within our budget within the last 15 years since i have been the chief because we're very conservative in our numbers. coming out of the recession because we couldn't hire somewhere between '82 and '87 there was no hiring. there was budgetary restrainlt -- restraints. and then when we were able to convince the executive branch and legislative branch that we needed to begin increasing our staffing to restore what we had had, we hit our numbers pretty

well. and we said to have a stable hiring plan projected for five, six years is a good thing for everyone. and it worked so well that midway through there, we were able to extend it through 2020. >> commissioner veronese: so when somebody retires the pension comes from the city or from our budget? >> it comes from the city. it doesn't come from our fund. it goes to the retirement boards. >> commissioner veronese: so, that's not a liability that is covered under your budget? >> correct. and generally we realize a little bit more savings, if you whether. because someone that has a lot of experience and so forth has a higher rated salary exiting than a new person coming in. so, there's some relief on our budget. but once someone moves across the line and separates, they become -- the retirement board kicks in. the retirement system kicks in.

>> commissioner veronese: so, what i'm hearing is threats -- there's a little bit of guess work when somebody is going t retire. >> correct. >> commissioner veronese: and keeping the spots filled. but you have done a pretty amazing job looking at that work. >> it has worked pretty well, yeah. >> commissioner veronese: as far as the city expanding into -- well, let me ask you this. when somebody retires and that spot is not -- so, we have been filling the spots for every retirement for the last it looks like at least four years. right? >> yes. >> commissioner veronese: when the city grows like our city has into neighborhoods that didn't exist when i was growing up in this city for example, south of market, are we anticipating new stations added south of market? >> yes. a perfect example of that would be a few budget cycles ago, we asked for additional fte's to

staff mission bay. we asked for to staff an engine and a truck company. so, nine more per day. and then there's relief factor. so, another 35 or so to staff that station. >> commissioner veronese: okay. >> so, we anticipate the southeastern part of the city growing. there's 10,000 units being contemplated and being worked in the candle stick, hunters point region, which equates a unit is usually 2.5 people. so, nearly 30,000 people in that area. we are projecting that we will need a double house, an engine and a truck company. and then a single house up on the hill towards visitacion valley. that right there is 13 more people per day. >> commissioner veronese: and what about like equipment, engines and trucks for those? are we projecting those budgets out too? are they included? >> they will be factored in when

that time comes, which will probably be in the -- outside the next two-year cycle but right after that. probably in the early 2021-22 range. >> commissioner veronese: along the lines of our future training, looks like our budget is pretty robust for future hiring. when is our eviction date out at treasure island? >> to be determined. mid-2020 we are hearing. and that's been extended. so,' 25,' 26. no later. that's why we're definitely looking at alternatives. >> commissioner veronese: is there maybe in the future, at a future meeting you could update us on how that's going. >> sure. >> commissioner veronese: i know that's an issue that is close to people in this commission. >> and i know commissioner covington has asked for that. off line we have briefed her. we have a lot of ideas and a lot of options, but at this point,

there's nothing definitive that we wanted to share publicly. but we have irons in the fire. we're working on it. uldcommissioner veronese: i ust shat the sooner we land something, the better because the price of land both in the monetary sense and in the availability sense is going down in san fran as we all know. in regards to ems week, i have a huge appreciation for what ems does. and i just want to congratulate anybody who has anything to do with ems. i guess that includes alas and what's the acronym? >> els. >> commissioner veronese: e will,s. >> i highlighted station 49 because i think sometimes their work is not as highlighted as the great work that happens in the stations, the fire houses. but it is really everyone. it touches everyone.

everyone since 1989 has been part -- minimum requirement is that they are emts and they work at every station. i'm an emt and anybody who has been hired since '89 has to keep up their emt certification. and we have the subset that provides life support. so, ems week should be appreciated by all because it's the firefighters, emts in the stations and the paramedics that work at some at the stations and some at station 49. everyone on the command staff that i'm looking at, including chief ollie, who is the senior member, is an emt. [laughter] >> senior member in terms of seniority. senior member too i think as i'm looking out. so, we're real proud to be cross trained as emts and

firefighters. it's a proud week for us. looking back, there was some roadblocks and stops and starts. but i think we have a very, very good service that we provide on both the fire side and ems side. >> commissioner veronese: my hat's off to everybody because you are all truly lifesavers. i know you don't to hear that you are heros. but i have a lot of people that i care about personally that wouldn't be around today. so, i have a deep appreciation for you. the barbecue i'm sorry i'm going to miss that. like commissioner covington, my -- the invitation didn't catch my calendar and that's unfortunate for the event today. but i will try to be better about that. because of the long weekend, i will be out of town. and then one final note, the civic center plaza that is out in front is the joseph l. a owe to perform -- a -- alioto

performing arts plaza. >> duly noted. >> commissioner veronese: thank you. chief. i will remind you and minute -- anyone else. [laughter] >> commissioner veronese: that's it. thank you. >> president cleaveland: vice president nakajo. >> vice president nakajo: thank you. to continue this discussion or presentation in terms of the retirement information. i appreciate this. we all appreciate it very much, chief. thank you very much, commissioner covington. as commissioner covington added up the years in terms of retirement, what we all pretty much understand and realize is the amount of years of experience that goes along with

this. it's interesting that during the time -- and i appreciate chief when you narrate some history. in terms of your reference in terms to mayor lee and our hiring plan. because subsuently before that, commissioners, in the year '82-'87 when we didn't have a class during that five-year period, no class during that five-year period, we as a commission in the department can never go through that every again. we are paying the price of that in some ways. it's interesting in terms of statistics when i hear numbers like 190 members might be about 55 years old or over and such. what it tells me come parrive to the good -- comparative to the good old days they stayed past

certain years. when i first came on the commission, it was quite common to run into members that did 30 years, 27 years, 28 years and were proud of it. i think the circumstances the health related factors in fire suppression is a factor. i think health and longevity is a factor. i think that the whole mentality is that you can serve in this faor between age and health, me that folks will make a decision that's right for them. so, in terms of this kind of data, it is so important for us to be able to look at this and to be able to have some evaluation. i'm glad, chief, that you mentioned the number in terms of civilian hiring or civilian retirements. so, just in terms of basics when we have a civilian retire from our department, we go through the normal process of civil

service and posting and such for those positions, chief? >> that's correct. >> vice president nakajo: and do we know how many civilians we have the department approximately? l'mking at -- between 60 and 70. >> vice president nakajo: with personnel number of about 1,400 to 1,500? >> closer to 1,600 incorporating the civilian employees. >> vice president nakajo: for us commissioners, you see the balance between the uniform to the civilians. as much as we acknowledge ems, we need to anowledge all the civilians that serve in this department because every one of them is an integrate come poentsds -- component as well. i wanted to note the ageing process. members are going out earlier. i wanted to note the valuable experiences that we are losing in terms of retirement. and then finally, if we don't

have a hiring plan with numbers in terms of two classes per year with the kind of numbers that we're talking about, if we don't have the buy-in by the mayor coming in june and the mayor that's coming in 2012 -- 2020, we're going to h a tough time at this. because that starts with that particular budget identification and thank you very much, commissioner veronese, to talk about the expansion. because station four was a good example for us to get ready in an area with a station to make us move towards numbers of personnel we needed to fill. but also associated with trucks and engines. naturally with on coming population and growth in hunter's point, that's another projection that's going to be here very, very soon as all of us start to visualize san francisco and it's growth. i wanted to say those points as well and congratulate the ems for the ems week as well.

thank you very much, mr. president, chief. >> president cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president. and chief hayes-white would like a follow up. >> yes. and i appreciate the work of my assistant who put this together. and so, i commit to you that i want to get this further refined. i'm hearing -- and i know you did the math on the red in particular, the uniformed members. of this number like i said incorporates resignations as well as retirements. so, i'm hearing roughly 343 are official retirements and then we have some disability retirements. a lot of separations, 86, i believe, i'm hearing were people we hired as part time. so, the numbers are a little higher than -- you referenced the 500 plus numbers. so, actual retirements where

people reefed the age of 50, 343 during that time. so, i'm going to break it down even further for you and i can follow up with you on that. thank you for your clarification as well as the updated information. i will get that for you and pu it in writing. thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you. chief. vice president nakajo. >> vice president nakajo: just one more comment since we're talking about civilians. i have to acknowledge our wiout her in terms of our business on a day by basis as well as the commission meetings. just another example of the kind of team that we have. the other comment in terms of how many retirees and veterans and experienced are going out in terms of retirement for me puts pressures on our officers and operati operati operational levels. and responding to the same qualification and dedication, but with skill and technique.

i think that's where the name of the game is and in terms of our endeavors moving towards as commissioner veronese stated many times, moving towards the 21st century. i think those kind of factors are all very important. thank you again, mr. president. >> president cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president. i will certainly second and i think all of us as commissioners will second the fine work that maureen does for us on the commission. much appreciated, maureen for all of your time and efforts. and i agree, i think all of us as commissioners certainly the four of us that have been on the commission for a number of years here will agree with the chief that the key thing is to keep the replacement of both the equipment and personnel as the top priorities for our future budget. so, whomever the mayor is in the future, that will be our message from the commission is that we need to continue our recruitment and retention of employees and

we have to continue our replacement of our fleet so that we have a modern and up to date fleet. so, that's really our mission as commissioners is to continue that message with the future mayor and with the board of supervisors. thank you very much. let's have our assistant chief jeanine nicholson come up and give us a report. welcome. >> good evening, president cleaveland, commissioners, chief. assistant maureen. deputy chief jeanine nicholson. this is my report for the month of april with a few things from may thrown in. first of all, just to tag on to what the chief was saying about the interstation run that she

and i went to. it is -- it was founded by jim gallagher and the funds they raise from it go directly to the san francisco's firefighters cancer preveti foundation. so, it's a really wonderful -- wonderful on many levels. in any case, i will begin with my administrative divisions. this is the second time i'm see you today, president. people are going to start talking. [laughter] >> let's get down to business. the physician's office conducted 33 probationary physicals and 50 return to work evaluations. the investigatives service bureau, 107 alcohol tests all negative. and the background investigations for the next academy are ongoing. he's conducted -- captain smith has conducted 21 of them.

and we are still determining the start date for that. it was originally set for august 27th. but we have to dial a few things in before we determine the exa date. we will update you with that when we know. moving on to support services. assistant deputy chief tony rivera is in charge of that. we had quite a few facility requests in april, 149. and i just want to commend chief rivera and olivia for their diligence working with dpw to really streamline our station repairs and improvement process. they had another meeting today we have gotten them to prioritize all of our health and safety repairs and some of the other lists like the plumbing

list has decreased exponentially over the last month and a half. so, we're really pleased with that and i thank chief rivera and oh livial -- olivia for their due diligence. the division of training is about to receive two new passenger w vsch is great news. they have arrived. i think they started the process today. so, they should be getting those shortly. station 35 update. for the new station 35, we have an important meeting with them on june 11th, with bcdc, bay coastal development commission i believe. we have a meeting that the chief will be attending. this is for the station 35 permit approval. we've been working with bcdc for quite a while in terms of what the building looks like and it's footprint and all of that.

so, this will be a big step in the process for us getting that permit approval. and then we will be able to move forward with other permits that we need to get. but bcdc is really theg one for us. the adf. ambulance deployment facility. there's been plenty of talk about that. determinelation and abatement -- determinelation and abatement has begun behind station nine that were filled with asbestos and some other things. but that has begun and dpw, bless their little hearts, has already pulled all the construction permits for adf. which is great and they're currently preparing the contract proposal to go out to bid. so that's great news. station 16, again, seeing president cleaveland a lot, we did a walk through a week or so ago on that.

and we are meeting chief rivera and olivia and myself will be meeting with the contractor who is working on the station 16 project tomorrow and we will have further updates after that. station five, now comes time for the show and tell. [laughter] >> show and tell portion. you all have a photo of that that i brought for you. this was taken last week by chief rivera at station five. you can see they are doing the framing and you can see what a large building it is. the framing is going in on the second and third floors now and the rough plumbing and electrical is also happening there. so, we're really pleased with the progress at station five.

and i know chief gonzales is pleased about that. that concludes my show and tell portion. what else can i tell you about? our ppe, person protective equipment proposals were sent to the off contract administration, oca. from three different vendors and our clothing depot has received three sets six our ppe -- sets of our ppe turnouts to make sure they are meeting everything in the contract and all of our needs. so, that's good news. all right. let's move on to the training division under assistant deputy chief joe. the 124th class is currently in their ninth week. they split the class into half on the engine and half on the truck because it is a class of 54.

so, that makes it more manageable for everyone. so, they finished last week so they have now switched engine and truck. they will be -- so, they had five weeks of testing on the engine and five weeks on the truck. so, they are halfway through that testing. we did lose two recruits resigned due to illness or injury. and then just for the numbers in terms of training our in service suppression training sent approximately 270 members through. over 2,200 hours of training. that included surf rescue, wild land, peer support, wild fire. they did quite a lot of work in april. under special projects, what vice president nakajo just spoke of in terms of veterans retiring and the importance of good

officers, under special projects i have chief sato and captain cristobal working on our officer's academy we hope to get out in august or september of this year. it will be a five-day class for new officers and any officers who are maybe not new, but have not gone through this class. i went through it several -- quite a few years ago and it was really beneficial. so, looking forward to that. and then some more numbers for the ems academy and in service training. actually, just ems training. over 1,300 members did over 56 hundred hours of training. so, that's great. give a shutout to our fire reserves as always. 293 hours of drills, greater alarms and volunteer work. n.e.r.t in april did 29 events, classes, outreach presentations

and they had the n.e.r.t city wide drill. they had over 2,200 volunteers and we will have another drill in october. and this time we are coordinating our disaster committee with n.e.r.t to enhance some of the stuff we do. turning to homeland security. assistant deputy chief cochran, he and another chief worked this weekend during breakers. we had very successful. chief cochran staffed the s.f.p.d. emergency operation. things went very smoothly and i thank them for working on sunday. last week i was able to attend a meeting at the dem on fleet week. we are already prepping for it. we met with multiple agencies,

including department of homeland security, the f.b.i., coast guard, sfpd. this has been declared -- this was some new terminology that i led, a level two sear event. so, sear is a special event assessmented rating. there are levels one through five. what a level two means is it is a significant event with national and possibly international importance that may require direct federal support and situational resources. the good news is, we're already doing that -- we're already collaborating and coordinating with these agencies to ensure a safe week. also chief cochran has been working with mark corso and some i.t. people in determining our equipment needs for updating our command vehicle. the command vehicle is the one that looks like an rv, and we

will be able to in the future utilize that in the event of a g incident like an earthquake for our continuity of our operations. they're working on that. i also want to recognize under homeland security our fire department canine unit. they continue to be extremely active. i want to recognize all their diligent work. they do six trainings per month. i believe once a week and they also go to many of our public events, our outreach events. so, i really commend them. and then the chief already talked about future hiring. so, i don't need to go over that. and that concludes my report. >> president cleaveland: thank you, chief nicholson. any public comment for this report? seeing none, public comment is closed. chief hayes-white, you had a comment? >> i did. just briefly. i wanted to sort of piggy back

off what chief nicholson said. i try and take every opportunity but sometimes i don't. but i just want to appreciate the team that i put together both uniformed and civilian. i don't take a lot of time off of work. lately i have taken a day or two here and there. probably more so than i have in last 14, 15 years. significant that this weekend my youngest graduates from high school. it gives me -- i'm very proud. they grew up with their mom in this job. they were ten, 7 and 4. i appreciate the work from everyone that assists me and supports me. i have high demands for people. but i really appreciate to the letter each one of you for being able to kind of have them plug in. whether i can look at every one of you and tell a story.

the other day chief cochran, there's a group of people at headquarters. we're on a city tour map now. and usually i stop and talk -- i love to do that. i was rushing to get to a call with mark corso and i looked at chief cochran and i pointed at him and he said got it. every single one of them assists. we are all similar and we are also very different. that's what makes a great team. i'm just reflecting on how time has passed so quickly. i see it in my boys. i don't see it in me, but i see it more in they are grown men now. i have been able to succeed in being a good mom and good fire chief because of everyone i have. and thank you to the commission for their support. >> president cleaveland: thank

you, chief. commissioner veronese had a question. >> commissioner veronese: i appreciate the high school congratulationsuation of your yogest child.raduation of your chief, could you give me -- if you don't know right now or at a future meeting, several months ago i had the privilege of visiting station eight and next door to station eight there is an empty lot that the station was using as their parking/they had a park and fountain. and that space had been torn up by agreement of the city and next door. i think it was linked in maybe building a monstrosity next door. when i was there the whole thing was torn up and i had seen pictures when it wasn't torn up. it was pretty nice.

i was wondering what the status is of that side yard for that station. if you could give us an idea. i believe linked in offered to pay for -- if it is linked in. had offered to pay for a new side yard and some amenities out there. i just wanted to know what the status of it was, if you know. it doesn't have to be today. >> he is reluctant but he usually has some good information. >> president cleaveland: welcome chief rivera. >> good evening everyone. chief, commissioners. so, i do have some information. i don't know how up to date it is. but there was -- you are correct. there was an agreement before the developer of that large building to pay for the repavement and also a couple of amenities. the area was used as a staging

area for a lot of construction equipment, which did cause damage to the parking and that rear area of station eight. we're currently trying to come up with an reemen i think initially the developer thought it was going to be a pretty easyix. but then we find out that there was some sewage and drainage problems. so, we are actively working wit the developer to come up with a resolution and the members are aware of it. so, it's kind of a work in process. i don't have an update, but i can definitely get you one in the next couple of days. >> commissioner veronese: could you continue to update us monthly until it is done? >> absolutely. >> commissioner veronese: i know having been there, that this is a side yard that was important to the people that were there. >> yes. >> commissioner veronese: they had spent time building a fountain and a ponds and a

barbecue area. and when i was there, it was just a big dirt pit. [laughter] >> commissioner veronese: not a whole lot of sympathy i have for a developer that uses the lot and doesn't replace it quickly. so, if you could keep us updated, i will keep my eye on it because i would like to see that get done and returned back to the menand women of that station. >> yes, sir. >> commissioner veronese: and if there are plans, if you could show the commission the plans that would be great of what they intend on putting there. it was pretty nice before. i would like to see it go back to something really nice especially if it is linked in or another company that has foundations or endowments or something like that. thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you commissioner veronese. commissioner hardeman. >> commissioner hardeman: i don't have a lot to say. but as usual, chief has had a

very busy time. sounds like all your responsibilities are moving along. the training, having 50 would be great if the 50 could make it through. i think a few meetings back there was a report talking about the oakland police department and their failure rate, which is fire department and a police department. but it was like 70% where they had a hard time getting people through the training. so, it's nice to see that 90% success rate, something like that, over the years, i guess maybe higher for retention and injuries are generally the problem. this is a physical job, so those are going to happen. so, those are in some cases unavoidable. we'll have a new mayor the next

time we meet. so, i hope this budget goes well. whoever the new mayor is, looks like we will have a good relationship with the fire department. i think we have been fortunate. mark farrell has over the years i think had a good relationship with the fire department and he's really doing a fine job in my opinion as mayor, which isn't going to get me anything. but he has been aggressive. aclike to see him put his ons on some of the drug paraphernalia and people in bart and et cetera. those are the same people that our fire department has to deal with. and i think it was interesting for the public to see some of those people sprawled out 6:00 or 5:00 in the morning. and those are the same people later in the day