[pledge of allegiance] >> clerk: this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. fire commission regular meeting wednesday, september 12, 2018, and the time is 9:00. item one, roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: item 2, general

public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matters within the commission's jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. 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 a speaker. the lack of a response by a commissioner or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support statements made during public comment. >>commissioner 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 meeting minutes of august 22, 2018. >>commissioner cleaveland: is there any public comment on these minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, what is your pleasure? >> so moved, mr. president. >>commissioner cleaveland: moved by commissioner hardeman.

do i have a second? [inaudible] >>commissioner cleaveland: second by vice president nakajo. all in favor? [voting] >>commissioner cleaveland: item passes. >> clerk: item four, report of department. report from chief of department joanne hayes-white. report since last meeting and report from operations chief mark gonzales on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention investigation, and airport division. >>commissioner cleaveland: good morning, chief. >> commissioner hayes-white: good morning, mr. president. i will be provided the deputy chief of operations report.

deputy chief mark gonzales is out due to illness. regarding the budget, we are nearing the close of the first quarter of this budget year and are officially in the last final stages of closing out last year's budget. with regards to division of training, we are anticipating what we call a bump-up academy. it's approximately three weeks in length. we have 24 e.m.t.'s with paramedic licenses which will be advancing to h-3 level twos, which one of the goals was to provide upward opportunity for some of our members, so we have 24 that will be availing themselves of that opportunity. we have two h 2 firefighters that will become fully cross trained and will advance to level h-3 level three firefighter paramedics. that minutes september 17. we are also targeting 10-22 --

october 22 for an h-3 level one entry class. those are candidates that are e.m.t.'s on the h-3 level one eligibility list, and we're working to comprise a class of 24 which will start on hopefully october 22. it's roughly a six-week academy. during the last month of this year, the division of training will also conduct an officer's training class for lieutenants and captain related to various aspects of their role and more formalized training. a lot of the training they received was on the job training. related to the h-2 academy, we are targeting january 2019 for a class of 54, of which 42 will come off the list and 12 will be coming from the e.m.s. division. i wanted to let you know that we did refresh the h-2 list.

it was recently adopted on september 10, and that reflects candidates who'd taken the h-2 test through july 28 of this year. and my understanding is there's approximately 2,075 candidates on that eligible list. we will probability this weely week, no later than next week, for those that were on the refreshed list, offer the opportunity to complete the survey. and sometime next month begin looking at all the candidates in consideration for the january class. activities since our last meeting in august 23, every two weeks i participate in an hsoc

meeting, deputies that deal with keeping our streets clean and safe. so i've asked assistant deputy chief zanoff to be my designee in case i can't attend, but they are regular meeting that talk about department successes as our departments collaborate for homeless participation. the departments that participate are san francisco police department, san francisco department of public health, public works, the mayor's office, and, you know, trying to come up with reasonable solutions to address some of the unavbehavior we're seeing on our streets. that afternoon, i had the privilege of going out to 22nd and mission where there was a fire a few years ago, a fire

fatality. there was a mural unvailing. the person that was selected to do the mural was one of our firefighters. if you haven't seen it, i would encourage you -- if you're all driving by or walking by 22nd and mission, at the he pretty phenomenal spray paint artwork. i attended that as did a number of people from division three, station 7, and members of engine 26 where the firefighter works. also attended here on the steps of city hall attended equality day, along with mayor london breed and assessor carmen chiu. on august 28, the city administrator and i met with pg&e. we meet quarterly to talk about responses to various incidents that we have and get updates from them on anything that's

pertinent fo pertinent for the city to know about. on the 30th of august, president cleaveland and i were part of a press conference that mayor london breed held at the department of building inspection that related to a.d.u.s, accessory dwelling units. i'd like to acknowledge our fire prevention under the direction of our fire marshal. they're very busy making sure that we keep up our end of the barring, putting in additional housing units, as long as they're safe additional housing units, on the market. on september 4, the department of human resources came over to the fire department, and we discussed how we are notified related to employee development. it hadn't met with h.r. for a couple of months, so it was a good time to sit down and

discuss that process. on september 6, there was another press conference with mayor london breed and mohamed nuru that had to do with love our city, the sweep. also attended another healthy streets operational meeting, and then, the deputies and i, on the 6, and i'd say it was a very good meeting and really appreciated by us, there was new leadership of the black firefighters association. sherman tillman, who's a captain, is the new president, and he let us know he had taken over the leadership position. so we invited him in for a meeting, which he readily accepted, and he and members of the association and the board were very well prepared, had an agenda. they actually brought lunch for the meeting, but it was a very good information exchange. they're off to a great start under his leadership, in terms

of their presence in the community, and we appreciate them. and i see a bit of a -- sort of a resurgence in the black firefighters association, including the membership. president tillman noted -- which i think is also a good healthy sign of the department. he's the first president of the black firefighters association that's also a member of local 98, so i thought that was a really positive step. as you know, i was out of town over this last weekend, attending my niece's wedding i phenomenal, but there was a lot of work here. i heard the stair climb was very successful, so thank you for that. i saw your son, commissioner alioto veronese, in his turn

out coat. and then, of course, this was the first mass that i had missed, the police fire mass, where father green, every year, oversees and does a great job acknowledging what happened on 9-11-2001, but also, the police and fire members, active and retired, that lost their lives during the previous year. i know we had three members there: president cleaveland, vice president nakajo, and commissioner alioto veronese, so thank you for attending, and then, mayor london breed and members of the command staff. yesterday, there was the 9-11 ceremony that we continue to do at every station in the city where we commemorate the remembrance those that lost their lives.

also appreciate mayor breed's attendance at that. during that day -- and we were asked -- president cleaveland, i think you had connected me with a colleague of yours related to the phenomenal event i got to go by in the afternoon where 300,000 meals were packaged by corporate volunteers. we had our veterans group very involved, we had a bell ringing at four different times during the day at pier 35 where all these meals were packaged and put together. i believe the leader pelosi was there, and paid a visit, as did mayor breed, and our department, under the direction of lynn calder, was there and participating. i hope that's the first of future events on 9-11. just to make you aware, i will be attending over the next couple of days, at least, today

through the 14th, elements of the global climate action summit, which is exciting. there's a lot of people coming into the city to talk about environmental and climate issues. there's a big gathering today here at city hall at 1:00 p.m. and something tonight at the museum of modern art, and ongoing activities related to that. so that concludes my report. if you want to get -- have me go right into the department chief of operations report i will. >>commissioner cleaveland: we'll go to public comment, is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. i see commissioner veronese wants to ask a question. commissioner veronese. >> i have a statement. quick update on station 16? >> commissioner hayes-white: my understanding is both station 16 and station 5 are on

delay. the latest we'd heard was that station 16 was looking at opening in november . i don't believe that is going to happen. there are some delays associated with that project, as well as which was very disappointing to me because they've been on track the whole time, station 5 will go into the new year, so if you want more specific information -- >> commissioner veronese: we can punt. >> commissioner hayes-white: we can punt until the next meeting. >> commissioner veronese: do you want to punt to the next item or the next meeting? >> commissioner hayes-white: either one. >> commissioner veronese: it's up to you. >> you knew we were going to put you on the spot. >> commissioners, good morning,

chief, maureen, secretary maureen. assistant deputy chief tony rivera. in terms of fire station 16, the latest developments are an updated schedule has been submitted to d.p.w. on behalf of the contractor. there was an issue with the fuel and oil delivery system. i'm not sure if you're aware, station 16 has a fueling pump for diesel, and when it was removed and being replaced, there's been a lot of changes in the regulations, which are controlled by the state of california. we had to incorporate a lot of these changes into the new fire station 16 facility. with that being said, i'm sure you could kind of picture what a lot of -- a lot of those changes have impacted the schedule for the station. we had to completely redesign

the tank, the delivery system, the -- not only the tank, but what they call the vault, where the tank is held, so that fuel, if it did -- if the tank did rupture, the fuel would not leach out into the soil. so there's been a lot of challenges to make that happen, and i believe there was -- the initial design was submitted, denied because of some documentation that was not properly filled out, but it has been resubmitted again, and i believe that our latest update is november 8 for a final completion of the station. i'm open to any questions you might have. >>commissioner cleaveland: november november -- >> november 8 of this year? >> yes. that is the date that's mentioned. >> and there was a slight delay on 5, as well?

>> so currently, that is correct, commissioner. so station -- the contractor from station 5 has verbally notified us that they feel that they are -- they have an approximate four-month delay for the completion of the station. they submitted a schedule. it has actually been refuted by the estimator for d.p.w., and because d.p.w. is refuting what the contractor is stating in the schedule, the -- it's now going to be -- go to another level of management that's going to actually look at it. at d.p.w., management will make a decision on whether it is a valid claim that they need this additional four months, or it's not a valid claim, and if the project is delivered late, there would be liquidated damages assessed to the

contractor. >> what's the estimated date on that one? >> so the current estimated date is december 28. the updated estimated date is april 4. >> okay. thanks, chief. >> all right. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, chief. >> i don't know if the other commissioners have questions on this. >>commissioner cleaveland: commissioner hardeman, i saw your name up here. do you have comments for chief? >> commissioner hardeman: not for the chief. >> chief, i have a cup ouple o other questions. the grant writer. how are we doing on hiring the grant writer? >> i'm going to get mr. corso update on that. >> good morning, commissioners. so we have a completed draft, almost draft for the grant writer.

h.r. requested some additional documentation fore that, and we anticipate to have that in by friday. >> when do you anticipate starting interviewing people? >> we would anticipate the end of this month -- this is not off of an existing list, so it would be open for application, which -- so we would want to have a reasonable period of time for submitting applications and then vetting them for interviews, so most likely, next month. >> okay. so by the end of the year, we'll have somebody in that -- >> absolutely, yes, for sure. >> okay. thanks for that update. chief, one quick update on new academy site, how are we doing with that? >> that remains a work in process in collaboration with our city administrator, and probably, i would say, if not the top, it's in the top three of my priorities to move that forward, yes.

>> commissioner veronese: have we set a date by which we need to make a decision? >> commissioner hayes-white: we have set a specific date, but i would like to have something nailed by down the end of this year. >> commissioner veronese: oh, like, a site chosen by the end of the year? >> commissioner hayes-white: yeah. >> commissioner veronese: and do we know when our eviction date is for treasure island or a moving target? >> commissioner hayes-white: moving target. i think the last date was 2024. >> commissioner veronese: so five years from now. it's not going to of course athe next couple of akd -- affect the next couple of academies. >> commissioner hayes-white: no. not at all. >> commissioner veronese: okayme okay. thank you. that's all. >>commissioner cleaveland: okay. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: it's nice that you have staff to

take over when you have family delegations and stuff. that's my big regret. when i was working, i used to pass on everything, and i'd never do that again. too many things to pass. any way, the 22nd and mission mural, i'm looking forward to that. that's exciting. have to get over and check that out. glad to hear that. i know when we were there and you were there, that was quite a fire. and on the 22nd street site, the building right adjacent to the -- the complex that was on fire, i marvelled at the firefighter going up to the pitch roof, dragging a big, metal ladder, a hose, getting up on that pitched roof, water flying all over the place, and standing on this with his turnouts and hat and all this

cumbersome stuff, and just keeping that fire from spreading to that -- >> commissioner hayes-white: i remember that. >> commissioner hardeman: i don't remember -- whatever building you call that, and i was thinking boy, cal-osha, if they followed the firefighters around, so many brave acts and all these amazing things that firefighters do, but that really impressed me because i used to workup high. i was a sign painter many years ago, and very brave. and i'll always remember that, watching that -- how brave that person was, and how he did his job. >> commissioner hayes-white: i remember that. >> commissioner hardeman: it was amazing. so you have, on the list, 2,075? >> commissioner hayes-white: correct. >> commissioner hardeman: okay. so that list is going to last how long or approximately how long? >> commissioner hayes-white: so members on the list, it's sort of a rolling period for them. when they take the exam, they

have two years to remain on the list. we pull or refresh the list periodically, typically before we select the new class. so -- but once they're on the list, they remain on it for two years. >> commissioner hardeman: okay. good. and that's about as low as it's been, the eligible list is 2,000, that's pretty low. >> commissioner hayes-white: it's lower than some of the other numbers, correct. >> commissioner hardeman: let's see...what else? i got back from hawaii last night. i flew over with a senior lieutenant and a brand-new lieutenant right in front of me. i thought i'd bring that up. glad to see our firefighters vacation, too. that was it. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner hardeman. commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. i just had a couple of questions for the chief. chief, thank you for your report. can you talk a little bit more

about the accessory dwelling units and the -- the nature of the event showing the mayor what it is that the department does related to? >> commissioner hayes-white: i sure can. i'd like to ask our fire marshal to give an overview of the mayor's executive directive and ma what it means to our department. >> essentially, the executive directive, it puts a timeline on processing affordable housing units, a.d.u.s, etc., and it puts timelines on four and six months, and that's on every department. so from the time it enters planning through d.b.i. through fire. we put a team dedicated in place at this point handling a.d.u.s. that team consists of a captain, a fire protection

engineer and a plan inspector for the plan review. they're committed in their duties, and we've cut our backlog in half. at the time of this report, it was about 30. we are committed to that four-month deadline to process. again, there's so many things within our control because there's other departments where it has to make its way through, but we are dedicated, and we will be able to meet those requirements put forth by the mayor, and we're on board with it. >> commissioner covington: thank you, fire marshal. i know in the past, you have mentioned that -- that we have a team, but is there some coordinating unit with other departments. >> so each department has a point, a lead person for the

a.d.u.s. plans has one, d.b.i. has one. we meet and communicate with them at a minimum once a week. not only do we do that, we set aside every monday of the week just for a.d.u. preapplication meetings, so those meetings are held -- >> commissioner covington: and is this new or is this ongoing? >> this is new. we've started this in the last couple of weeks. we are meeting often d.b.i., and -- often with d.b.i., and often, planning joins in, as well. >> commissioner covington: it's great. i think we've needed this sort of thing for a while. it's probably helpful to you, as well, since you mentioned at the last meeting that the fire department is the last point of signoff and sometimes people have to go back to the beginning. so this is good for you and the department, and especially for the homeowners who are trying to create more housing. >> absolutely.

and i think there's some confusion among applicants, when they submit their application to planning, they put it on this date and put july 1, fire may not get it until three months after the fact. we're the last one that it comes through, and we quite often get -- we get complaints, because people are concerned, hey, why is it taking so long when we've had it for a short period of time. the coordination between the departments will help speed it up, and just the service that we deliver to the applicants will help. >> commissioner covington: so every monday morning, you'll be meeting. >> every monday morning -- every monday, we set aside the whole monday for preapplication meeting, and we go anywhere -- we typically will have anywhere from two to six, and at those meeting, d.b.i. sits right next to us. and planning, they pick and choose when they come in, but it's a joint meeting at a make

up -- minimum. >> commissioner covington: well, kudos to you on that, and i know you absolutely want this to work. >> absolutely, and if i may add one thing, commissioner, we've worked on and developed a information sheet that's common to those a.d.u.s. that's been signed off by fire and planning at this point. i'm happy to say that that handles well over half of our problems right from the get go. >> commissioner covington: and these guidelines are distributed to the person who is asking for the permit? >> early on in the stage, planning department has a copy of this information bulletin, that's correct. >> commissioner covington: wonderful. it took us a while to get there, but we're here. and this is a new concept, you know, you auxiliary unit, so -- the auxiliary unit, so now, i think we'll be getting up to speed, which i think is what

everyone wants. so thank you for that. >> my pleasure. >> commissioner covington: also, chief, you mentioned the meeting with the new president of the black firefighters. so captain sherman, you said they supplied lunch. that's always nice, when the guests bring lunch. i know that we have, on our tentative upcoming calendars, the youth camp, so next meeting. that's what i want to know. i think it would be a great opportunity for all of the commissioners to meet the new -- the new president. >> commissioner hayes-white: great. so i know that the commission secretary has worked that out with captain tillman, and i think he's going to take the opportunity in addition to telling you about the youth academy, also about some of his

goals and an overview of what they've been up to in terms of the black firefighters association and participation in community events. >> commissioner covington: well, very good. and onto the new facility. you said that 2024, that we have until about that time to have a site. but it would take actually the next five years to build something. >> commissioner hayes-white: i'm saying we don't feel we'll be removed from the island, but yes, we're moving aggressively, because we're hoping to get funding for this on the easter 2020 bond. that's why i was saying in the next few months, it's one of our top priorities. >> commissioner covington: i remain nervous about this timeline, and i remain nervous

about us not identifying a site yet and really tieing it down. so if you say by the end of the year, which is just a few months -- >> commissioner hayes-white: that's what i'm hopeful for. i would say respectfully through the chair, anyone is welcome. these are complex discussions. as you know, property is at a real premium, and we're trying to identified eight acres within our 49 square miles. so yes, i'm concerned about it, as well. so any input from any of the commissioners related to meetings that we're having, you're certainly welcome to participate, recommend. if you know of any spare eight acres in the city, we'd love to get that input. >> commissioner covington: duly noted. >> commissioner hayes-white: thank you. >> commissioner covington: okay. thank you, mr. president. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner covington. the chief, i see your name up here. >> commissioner hayes-white: and president, prior to giving

the operations report, commissioner hardeman, you jogged my memory when you said you were with a more senior lieutenant and a newly appointed lieutenant. we did have since the last meeting the opportunity to promote, and i know that the fire marshal's happy. we promoted permanently 11 promotional fire inspectors. now we have permanent people in permanent spots, so that's a real positive thing. so 11 permanent inspectors, and i believe 13 acting inspectors. so wanted to make note of that. and then, before moving -- transitioning to the operations report, president cleaveland, for your consideration, we did have a retired member, retired member william disbury who i worked with for a long time at station 23, passed away in august. he retired on december 21,

1997, with over 28 years of service. then i also wanted to make note without getting into too much detail because i'm respectful of his privacy, but we did put something out to the field. i wanted to acknowledge assistant deputy chief kai ali and andy zanoff for their care and support of a member who unexpectedly had a very serious medical incident while training in one of our modules down in half moon bay in a fire station where there was an ambulance. so while they had this medical incident, and it was very serious, it was helpful that there were resources rapidly available. and he was transported to stanford hospital, and he remains down there. chief ali, it was friday,

august 31. i had a busy day, thinking i'd get down there about 6:00, and i didn't get down there until 8:00, and she was still there. very much appreciated her support of our lieutenant. >> is he out of i.c.u.? >> commissioner hayes-white: i don't believe so. i don't believe so. he did actually have to undergo some surgery, also unexpected last night, so we keep him in our thoughts and prayers, and it is lieutenant ron johanson, who is one of our training units. also our stress unit have also been very supportive to ron's wife and his family, so we ask that you continue to keep him in your thoughts. >> commissioner hardeman: i have a couple of questions, chief, on your report. you talk about the sur -- >>commissioner cleaveland: i have a couple of questions, chief, on your report, you talk about the surveys. what type of questions are sent out? >> typically, if they speak a

second language or bilingual, level of education, a.a. or undergraduate degree, volunteer work experience, whether -- if they're a paramedic, those are primarily what we look for. and then, the background, we consider their employment history, their driving record, and it's a whole host of factors that are evaluated. >>commissioner cleaveland: and they're given veteran preference if they're a veteran, they get some additional points for something? >> that comes off of the d.h.r., and i believe they get additional points if they have military status or veteran status. >> on the grant writer

position, i know that mark mentioned you have a draft. is that something you can share with the commissioners? >> commissioner hayes-white: yes. >> i think we'd probably all like to have a look at it. and on the 2020 bond meetings, is that something you can also notify the commission about so that if we can -- if we have the time, sit in on these meetings talking about the new training facility? >> commissioner hayes-white: yes. >> what do we think we need to budget in that 2020 bond to cover the cost -- estimated cost of a new training facility, given that we don't have the land yet, and we don't know what that cost will be. >> so again, i'm going to ask deputy chief rivera to give a ballpark, recognizing it is an eight-acre site. i know that we've worked with a consultant to come up with our functional needs. >> put deputy chief rivera on

the spot again. >> so d.p.w. did contract with a consultant who specializes in building training centers all over the world. based on the findings, the training center -- i believe the initial cost came in at 94 million, but i believe now, based on updated construction, materials, and also some of the locations that we've been looking at in area that's would need grading and reinforcement, we're, i believe, at 110 million. >> what w >> -- what was the approximate cost the last meeting that i attended. >> and it will only go up. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> all right. thank you very much. >> absolutely. >> all right. i see vice president nakajo had a question.

>> thank you very much, president cleaveland, thank you very much, chief hayes-white. under your report in terms of reference, but also in terms of my request, i believe at the last commission meeting, i asked for a breakdown in terms of the numbers. again, the commission and myself particularly enjoyed the members from station 49 that were invited to attend a class. and we have statistics -- and thank you very much for providing this, 2011 to 2018. first point of question is who provided this information to myself -- and i'll note there's copy -- there's not copies to the rest of theitionition, but we can make arrangements for that. >> it was compliments of my

assistant. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. and i'm going to make an additional request in terms of these numbers. they gave me the number of academy, number of successful candidates, total numbers, but what happens with myself in terms of this is that i -- i naturally start to move towards an identification of men and women, as well as ethnic groups. for me, the 49 -- how many of them are women or men, and what's that ethnic breakdown? i say that only because again, this h-3 -- excuse me. let me check that. this invitation to the academy was a policy that was delivered

and promised to various members in 49 to be able to be given the opportunity to come over and become an h-2 category. and so for over the years, probably at one point, we'll ask again for refreshment of what those numbers are. but again, for me, it always breaks down just by observation of how many are men, how many are women, and what that ethnic breakdown is. i say that again because that ethnic breakdown of station 49 is going to reflect somewhat within this number of candidates that comes over to the academies in the sense of how many are men, how many are women or whatever that is. i just wanted to be able to ask that particular question. in that same training thought, i know that you reported again, and the reason why we have that request is the officer training program is going to occur. and again, for myself, i know

there's lieutenants and captains in this department. we have a category or a rank of batallion chiefs, assistant chiefs. so what happened to myself -- and i think i asked that question of this officer training program. i'm assuming that it's open to all existing lieutenants or captains. i thought the differentiation was it was going to you new captains or new lieutenants, but i'm assuming it's open to all the captains and lieutenants. but what happened to me, the curiosity or the question of how many of these captains or lieutenants, batallion chiefs are men, how many are women. and actually in terms of that, what the ethnic breakdown is. now i know somewhere along the line as we talk about that, someone's going to say we're not in an affirmative conception at this particular point, and there's legislation to reflect that. and i acknowledge that. but what i also acknowledge is

that we're from the city and county of san francisco, and we're made up of a diverse community. and i just want to be able to now, as we're at this juncture, to be able to kind of see and realize those kind of numbers. that's why, again, i appreciate this request in terms of more clarity in terms of the station 49 candidates, but there is going to be an eventuality to the officers that i am going to ask that. and then, when it comes to the commission request for meetings, i'll probably at this point start to request a presentation by the youch receipt recruitment -- outreach recruitment officer so that we can see what that reflection is from h-2's to h-3's, in other words what a total reflection is of that number and what that looks like. i just wanted to put that out there, chief, so you know where that's coming from, but also some discretion when that

information could be provided. thank you, chief. thank you, mr. president. >>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president. so chief hayes-white, will you continue on with the deputy chief of administration's report. >> commissioner hayes-white: certainly, and just to give a brief response to vice president nakajo, no problem with providing that information. it should be noted that your colleague, commissioner alioto veronese just requested the last few academies, a breakdown. i'm going to shift that because as you noted, there are certain reporting requirements as it's related to race and ethnicity under the law, and she has all of that down better than i do, so we should be able to provide both of you with the information that you're requesting. should not be a problem. so onto the operations report,

this is for the period august 1 through the 31. you have in front of you chief gonzales's lengthy report that captures that month. i'll give you some of the highlights. the pictures, i know you like, include some community events, the district ten safety fair, some strike team photos, and also some i.m.t., incident management training team photos. starting on page 2 -- page 1 basically said that there were no greater alarms during this reporting period, so that's why i'm moving to page 2 so quickly, but it should be noted there were 11 working fires or first alarm fires. we also had a busy month in terms of mutual aid requests and responses, and we did actually receive a request in early august, and deputy chief

zanoff received a request, that we sent a bus to clearlake for the potential evacuation of a hospital. fortunately, the fire altered its behavior, and the bus returned to san francisco, but we were there in the case that it was needed to evacuate, you know, up to -- between 12 and 20 patients, depending on their level of illness. so we were able to do that. and it was a good -- even though we weren't used, it was good to put that into practice, and we appreciate -- it was led by their rescue captain, john cavanaugh, as well as two members of our muni team, the bus driver. we've also deployed our k9 unit, which was part of task force three. currently we have two of our members deployed, but in the month of august, we deployed ed

martinez and his dog fritz to hawaii, hurricane irene, to search and rescue. got some excellent work from august 22 to august 30. i'm jumping around a little on his report because i'm trying to put together all the mutual aid deployments. we were busy in july and continued to be busy in august related to the mendocino complex fire. we had a full team and assistant out basically from july 28 to august 8, and our o.e.s. rig was also out from july 26 through august 23. that's a larger period of time, so typically, at day 14, we swap crews, and so we did that. that was four members. and then, additionally, for the mendocino complex fire, we had two engines that we sent from july 28 to august 12. later in the month of august, we had the mill creek incident, and we sent a full strike team and a leader and assistants,

that's 22 people, from august 21 through august 28 to the mill creek fire. so every request that we've received, we've been able to be responsive for, so that's good news. and that speaks to the great work of support services and bureau of equipment to make sure apparatus are maintained and ready to roll when they need to go. so back to the notable incidents. busy month. no greater alarms, but a busy month. we responded to a shooting. it was complicated -- on the bay bridge where there was one person deceased on arrival and two critical trpss. we also participated, were able to respond to the west portal muni tunnel. it was a technical rescue where there were critical injuries by one of the workers in that tunnel. the crews did a great job in treating and transporting that person to the hospital. unfortunately, he succumbed to

his injuries, but we were able to get him to san francisco general, which is our goal. also back to the strike team deployment, we did, looking at 8-10, we did have an immediate need strike team, and that's basically where we don't gather our wild land folks, we take on duty units and send them, as long as they're within the nine bay area counties. we did that that evening, it was more precautionary. we sent them to vacaville because we thought it was a thick, quick moving fire. we were able to bring them home that evening, as well. on 8-14, there was a first alarm fire on milton. it was a child care facility, and there were three people displaced, a couple of animals displaced. red cross assisted and lieutenant baxter and city services ensured that the people in the daycare had alternate tiff daycare for

their kids by establishing temporary placements. we did assist with the rescue of an 80-year-old female on 8-17 who had fallen on a trail. crews worked to get the victim off the trail and transport her to the hospital, and she will make a full recovery. we also had a fire on 48th avenue at the end of the month on august 31. crews did a great job in containing it just to that alarm level, the first alarm, but it was complicated. there was a police officer that we actually assisted and needed to treat. he was very courageous and went in to remove some of the occupants, and he was treated and releases. he had minor smoke inhalation. there were rescues performed. total of four people transported. one with life threatening injuries. i believe she will recover but is still recovering with significant injuries at sfgh.

she was someone that had jumped from the third floor unit we got on scene, so i actually visited her in the hospital that evening, where she was receiving excellent care at sf general. there was some social media responses that we always like to get that john captures, and then moving onto page 4, on functions, and most of you were there at the 124th graduation on august 10. as i had indicated earlier, the black firefighters association is participating in a lot of community events, including on august 10, a district five concert and backpack give away. our department, and i believe deputy chief sato was there participating in the annual pistahan parade. on the 25th, engine 43 went above and beyond at a street

fair by playing with the kids, showing off the engine. on the 25th, black firefighters hosted a free screening clinic for the community. i don't know exactly the location on that, but i can get it. and i alluded to earlier an incident, management team training was conducted at treasure island during the week of august 27 to august 31. an opportunity to work with outside agencies and members of department of public works learning how to work together on a major incident. the training was priceless, according to lieutenant baxter, and the lessons will assist us in being pretty prepared for disaster and working methodically with other departments. station 19, that's out where i live, on the 27th of august participated at sf state's gator event. station 4, on the 28th participated with ucsf in a

first off orientation of the facility with staff. for those of you that haven't been done in the mission bay, it's a changing environment. it continues to have some street changes, a lot of new construction, including the war yarz facility. the ucsf campus is growing and changing, so station 4 being proactive in knowing their area and the facilities and what's contained in the facilities. then, as i referred to earlier, there was aircraft firefighter training conducted at half moon bay for our airport personnel during the week of august 22 through 31. page 5, other events that are noteworthy, and i'm highlighting some of several. on the 7 of august, the department participated with law enforcement partners in multiple events through the city for nshl nigational night. on august 15, there was a

district safety fair, with over 450 community members attended during the four hour period. i believe deputy chief zanoff and deputy chief malloy held hands-off c.p.r. training. you have some pictures in the next several pages of chief gonzales's report. you have an assistant deep report beginning on page 14, and again, chief zanoff notes the first responder stair climb. there was a plan put together -- developed and put together by assistant deputy chief zanoff and assistant chief cochran, and we thank you for that. and thank you, commissioner alioto veronese, for

collaborating with that. regarding the ambulance deployment facility, top of page 15, the construction of new station 15 was awarded to amoroso construction. notice to proceed will occur in early october, so that's moving along very well. i talked a little bit about the last casualty transport deployment to lake county fires. few more pictures. page 17, tabletop exercises and community involvement. quite a bit occurring in the month of august, as well as i wanted to note and thank the e.m.s. division. annually, they have ambulance inspections that are conducted by the local emergency medical services agency. they're very thorough, and it's -- it's a complex process that we go through. and it's been several years now, but there were some gaps in our -- in our inspections

several years ago, and this year, again, went very smoothly, and appreciate all the work of the e.m.s. division under the direction of assistant deputy chief zanoff, that all the inspections were checked off, and we got the thumbs up from the local emergency medical services agency. and it's -- like i said, it's not an easy -- easy process. and then, on 18, policy and protocol review, the e.m.s. officer and staff have been working on the proposed medical policy and protocol changes, which i believe go through the health commission. there is a public comment phase, and the e.m.s. staff works closely with dr. brown. in our department for this process. and for further details, you have questions, i would -- i would probably defer that one to assistant deputy chief zanoff, and the doctor, who's

here today. the next several pages then are some statistics for the month of august and previous months for comparison's sake regarding the identifiable home address. that was something that commissioner alioto veronese had asked us to incorporate into this report. i'm happy to answer any questions specifically if you have those. and a lot of other interesting statistics. i'm moving now to the -- i don't see a page number. it follows page 20 -- the monthly call volume, as well as response time sheet that we put together. it is -- yes, just go monthly response to medical calls through 9-3-2018, follows page 20. the most interest and the most

important number that i look at is at the lower bock right column, which is first ambulance on-scene, code 3, priority three. as you recall, and it's been several years that i did have trouble getting our ambulances on scene to a code 3 life-threatening emergency, 98% of the time within ten minutes. month after month, and now i can say year after year, we've consistently been meeting that, achieving our goal. as you can see through the month of august responding in roughly 9:30, in the 90th percentile. so average time response is 92.77. so good collaboration between our division of support services who keep the apparatus up, running and maintained, as well as our e.m.s. division for

their efficiencies, and i would say in collaboration with mr. corso and mr. jesus mora who runs the statistics of peak periods and when we need the apparatus most on the streets, so it's working really well. page 21, the division of fire prevention and investigation also gives you a lot of information related to permit applications, inspections completed by type, fire complaints that come in. any time there is a complaint or concern from the citizens, it's noted, and then, an inspector will be sent out to take a look at the area that's being -- of concern to the caller. page 24 also highlights the types of complaints, how many are open and closed, and the

work of the division of fire prevention and investigation. page 25 -- and this is relatively new. within the last year, 1.5 years, community outreach, we're able to do that much more readily because we have two inspectors dedicated to that work. we did have a retirement, and he was very passionate about the program, and that was inspector fernando juarez, but he's since been replaced, and he will be working alongside inspector tony kato. with regards to training in the bureau. you can take a look at some of ongoing training on page -- bottom half of page 27. [please stand by]

>> chief hayes-white: it comes from the larger developments. that has worked out really well. and then you have got a summary of what is happening at the