combined efforts. thank you. thank you to the youth fire academy, training, potential members of our department. great job. >> thank you, chief. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: you are filling big shoes with the battalion chief smith who you are taking over for. and bringing 18 young people. -- and bringing in the young people. i was very young when i started. it was a big advantage when i got older because i had a lot of aggression when i was young and i had to calm down a little as i learned the job a little more. i watched your program last night. i don't know if anyone saw it, on the mayo clinic. it was fascinating. ken burns cocky is one of those public t.v. people. the mayo clinic is a greatest

organization around. it was just fantastic. it goes back 100 and something years. but just to show how bad the discrimination was for your parents and grandparents. it was. nobody in the room denies it. and in 1979, it was the first black doctor hired by the mayo clinic which is really amazing when this is considered like the premier medical institution may be in the world. but that is just the way it was. it was tragic. especially, if you are a person of color. that is why we have these four different organizations, the asian and latino. it is understandable. this fire department, not to me, this fire department before me and continuing it, has bent over backwards to try and correct the problems that blacks, in

particular in this country have faced with discrimination. not just this department, but i'm talking about the mayo clinic. i mean, you go back to jackie robinson and you think that all those years later, the organization like that would have had a black surgeon. i am not criticizing them, i am just saying the world his, in this country, was not treating black people fairly. the organization that you work with, the 798 and the other groups, it is wonderful because you all have a common bond. you are all firefighters. you all have the same goal. and i apologize for my ancestors if my ancestors -- i think they were the greatest people in the world and i hope that joe should they not raise me to be a bigot.

i know that. i hope that society can put this behind us and continue in making amends. if this means you are outdoing your population, so be it. because your roots, you have a right. you have rights that a lot of people like me were awarded. when i was young, i got any job i wanted. i don't know, i don't think a black person did. i graduated from high school and i was able to pick my job. i always wanted to be a football player but i never put any effort into it so that didn't happen. my second choice was signed painting so i became a sign painter. that is the way it was. i hope society, by the time my grandchildren grow up, will have opportunities that are equal for everybody. thank you for stepping up and taking leadership in your organization. >> thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you, commissioner.

commissioner veronese? >> commissioner veronese: captain tillman, i met with you about a month ago and you adjust taking your leadership position and you are smart after i met you but i did not realize how smart, surrounding yourself with young and good-looking firemen who will be to take this organization to the next level. i was really pleased to hear that you are a member of local 798. that is important. i don't want -- i think the chief mentioning it because it was important to her. i do not want to understate how important that is. because being a part of local 798 -- they are a great institution. but you guys bring certain things to your organization that need to be shared with other organizations as well. they don't have what you have and you don't have what they have. so, i am really happy that you

are putting new effort behind growing this organization at a time when the african-american population in san francisco is dwindling. i remember coming out of the cappuccino that we shared thinking how many are we hiring and how many african-americans are we hiring in san francisco. i asked the chief to send me the last ten academy classes. and a lot of credit to this chief. she has done an amazing job creating one of the most diverse fire departments in the nation. but there is always more work to do. especially -- it is a hard job to hire african-americans and people of color into these particular jobs because you have years and years and years of institutional racism that prevent people from thinking they are qualified, or getting the qualifications they need to get to these positions. your institution, i understand,

is not only training african-americans to do better on some of the testing, but also have opened it up to other people and you guys have some training that you do at your club that trains people to take these tests that department gives. and that says a lot about opening it up to other people. it says a lot about who you guys are the type of leadership that you show, not only within the african-american community but within the fire department community at large. hats off to you guys for doing that. there's a lot of work, as you and i discussed, that needs to be done. and the organization that you showed us here today, the young kids, i looked at those kids and i thought to myself, that is one of the most diverse groups of people i have seen in any one organization. you have people from all different walks of life in that organization. it is so important that they are

taught, at such a young age to have these leadership skills. they are looking up to you guys and they are thinking, god, this is what i want to be. and as the commissioners had mentioned, that is a complete 180 of what has happened in society over the last 100 years. you guys are leading the way, doing that and making it easier for this chief to choose from a pool of people that are stepping up. because you guys are bringing them out to become part of this great organization. hats off to you. there's still a lot of work to be done, obviously, because the numbers of african-americans in san francisco have dwindled since i was going up in this city, and that is a real shame. but it is a great effort to. it a great reason to invigorate your institutions. to find those kids so that they

can look up to what you are doing and become part of this great institution. and chief, hats off to you. you are obviously choosing a great group of people to become part of this. not an easy job given the pool of people that i imagine, african-americans and people of color are not as predominant in the ranks of the people that are on the list that you choose from especially, i think one thing we need to take a look at is a list of people that are coming in through the e.m.s. divisions. because those, in particular, i imagine those numbers are much lower. and they dilute when they come into our department. they dilute the number of african-americans in this community and then over years and years and years, now, we want to make sure we don't find ourselves in the same position we were in years ago where we were pushing. i remember going to fire

stations with my mother, handing out letters to firefighters. they weren't happy that we were doing it. i remember that the time thinking this and she was teaching me a lesson about the consent of greek. it is people like my mother -- because -- consent agree. it's people like my mother. you guys are fighting for the african-american community in the fire department. congratulations to you. to all four of you for doing the job that you do and for the assistant fire marshal for the great work he is doing with the youngsters. congratulations. in any way that i can help you with your foundation, let me know. on the issue of earl gage, this is a guy who came into the department -- i cannot even imagine the way he was treated when he came into this department. i spoke with commissioner covington last year and bad on me for not following up, but i said, we have to do something to

honor that gentleman for sustaining what he did and making it through some pretty tough times. so you are right. i mentioned to you when i met you earlier, we need to do something for him. whether it is a plaque or something. i am willing to work on that with you and i am sure it will not be much of a tough sell to the rest of the commission but i will work with you in any way i can to honor the service of earl gage. thank you all again. and i hope the other commissioner say something because they all do you want to -- this is a great organization. keep up the good work. >> president cleaveland: thank you, commissioner. commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: thank you mr president. thank you as well commissioner. >> commissioner veronese: . commissioner veronese, when he gives his word that he is willing to help, means if you are in the trenches, he will be there with you.

these are not just words that he speaks. i will be right there with him in the trenches. i want to congratulate you all, captain tillman on having this new position and taking the bull by the horns and getting in there to do the work that still needs to be done. and to bill smith go -- hill, smith, and davis, thank you for stepping up. even though the chief describe you as youngsters, it is really good to see that you are so engaged. i was sharing this with commissioner veronese about how i've been hearing over the years of my tenure here on the commission, about the openness of the black firefighters association and your willingness to help prepare anyone who is

interested in being in the field , to help them prepare for exams cocked to help them with agility tests and all of that. just getting them in shape and just as importantly, encouraging them. no matter which community they come from, that you have always had open arms. and because of you, there are so many people in the department who are not african-american who have gone through those preparation classes. and they are very forthcoming and very candid about their appreciation for your efforts that have led to them being successfully success -- successfully selected by the chief of the department to be a firefighter in this illustrious department that we all serve. so you are on a nice path.

[laughter] >> commissioner covington: i am very proud of you. thank you for being here today. >> president cleaveland: thank you commissioner covington. vice president nakajo. >> vice-president nakajo: thank you mr president. a little bit more. i think it is a great thing, since we had every meeting with captain tillman, in terms of this presentation that i know i am not the only one responsible. there's a lot of things that as a listen to you and i talk about comments with the commissioners and i will try and put it in some order. but basically, this format that you are using for the executive board to make the change of the young energy of the membership, in terms of the black firefighters is a good plan. some folks think that one of

these days, african-american or asian american will come. our day has come. it has been here. as far as i am concerned, in terms of the black firefighters and the leadership and your involvement in that, it is about time. i welcome you to do that. it is impressive to the point of the presentation of the cadet program. i am glad that commissioner commissioners pointed it out. that was what was obvious as well. we say it black firefighters and not all of the cadets are african-american. they are women, latinos, there is a spread. there is asians. it shows how far we have come. when you talk to me about earl gage, it is a name. it is a memory. i agree with you in terms of remembrance. but earl gage or whoever it is, that name should be burned into your soul for the point of view for the black firefighters, that somebody had to pay the price to be able to get here. for myself, is a commissioner, part of that, and we mentioned it was part of the consent agree

i remember the day when firefighters, what is called the plaintiff his against disagreement. it was a really clear definition of what your associations stood for on an asian level at an african-american level or latino level. part of that was diversity. or an opportunity to have members of our community to serve within this requirement. it does not necessarily have to be african-american, but in this state and this presentation, the point of information -- of the we said that many times. its may 24th year as a fire commissioner but i was a first asian-american vice president of the san francisco fire commission in 140 years. i remember that. i e-mailed my son in japan where he was studying and told him, guess what? i became the first asian-american vice president of the fire commission. and in that same light as being a member of the san francisco fire commission as a president, i am, the first asian-american.

i can get it down and bring it down categorically and say japanese-american. i can talk about other commissioners who came in under frank jordan. what i'm saying in terms of the consent agreement, it wasn't that long ago. in terms of that, i understand the principles of what we all fought for and what we want to see, but i think mentioning here as well is the agree of that presence. so to me, in terms of the question of what was -- it was in terms of that h2, h3 lieutenants, captains, battalion chiefs, cheap officers. i, for one at this stage of our existence, in terms of the spirit of diversity would like to know what those numbers look like. what kind of african-american men, women, how many asian-american? how many latinos? how many folks do we have within the officer his ranks can --

that can reflect a self in this administration in terms of the future? these are the kinds of things that go in my mind. i am just excited. just thrilled and proud in terms of the presentation. it is interesting because some of the videos and some of the degree of the members of the department, it gets more than hipper than hip. the music is cool to each week. but part of that, when it comes up with a sign that says rebirth , that is no joke. for this commissioner to see those people present what they're doing with the african-american firefighters, the web and in, the veterans, and i just attended the afa to do the same kind of request. come to the commission and share what you are doing. but the -- because the reflection of what you are involved with is a much more diverse attraction. again, i think we have to keep

our hindsight for the folks of color to be able to look at that and see where we are in terms of our presence, and in terms of advancements as well. i made this -- made these various comments. i hope it makes some sense but i totally support this. the leadership you are exhibiting and what you are showing. i know everyone of you and i know what you are capable of. i know where your heart is and i know where your community spirit is. i know it just does not fly. i know your heart and your spirit and your community is all of us. again, i honor you. i am there to work with you as well. thank you, very much. >> president cleaveland: thank you vice president. i will wrap it up again by thanking you for your presentation. thank you for your leadership, each of you. you are an inspiration to all of us and keep up the good work. thank you for being here tonight is there any public comment on

this item? >> i would like to say that 93 was a good year. [laughter] >> president cleaveland: thank you. [laughter] >> is that the year he was born? >> yes. >> president cleaveland: is there any public comment on the item? seeing none, a public comment is closed. madam secretary, would you call the next item? >> clerk: item six, the report from the chief of the department on current issues, activities

and events within the department since the fired -- commission meeting on september 12, including budget, academy, special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public. and report from administration, the deputy chief on the administrative division status, finance, support services, homeland security and training within the department. >> good evening, again. >> commissioner hayes-white: this is my report since our last meeting of september 12, regarding the budget. you will notice that mr corso is not here. he is on a well-deserved vacation for a few days with his family in hawaii. but before he left we chatted about the budget. i do have great news for you that i will get to any moment. regarding the budget, as reported at the last meeting, we are working with the controller posten his office and the mayor pushed's office on the final

closeout of the fiscal year budget. we finish the fiscal year without any issues that we are currently working on the carryforward of funds for projects and other expenditures that are in the process and will be completed in the 18, 19 fiscal year. it is anticipated that closeout and rollover of the funds for the department will be completed over the next few weeks. the good news, and i alluded to it yesterday, at a special meeting that we had, the department was awarded over $3 million in federal grant funds over the past few weeks for three separate grant projects. we are really grateful for these awards. i would like to acknowledge all members that participated in this under the direction of the deputy director of finance, mr corso. we were allocated funds from two grants. the breakdown is fiscal year 2018 port security grant, and i know this is -- $399,562 for a

new rescue boat for the department. then we received news last week for the fiscal year 2017 distanced to firefighters grants it was two-point -- $2,733,591 for the purchase of new rescue tools as well as new defibrillators for department apparatus. and i know support services and the assistant deputy assisted and gave great input for that. in total, with a piece grants resulted in the acceptance of $3.133 million in federal funds. to address much needed equipment for the department his' overall operations. these grant programs contain small matching requirements as conditions of acceptance. the department has identified these funds to meet our obligation. and of course, we will have more information available when these grants are brought forward for

your formal acceptance. it will be to action items. to more. one of the two meetings -- at one of the two meetings next month. that is great news. that is even without our official grant writer. mr corso has added he thought this would come up. and so i am anticipating the question about the grant writer. mr corso said he is working on finishing the job description for the grant writer. he hopes to have it. i told him he did not need to do before he went on vacation. i hope to have it for the internal review shortly and he will forward a copy to the commission. he has not quite completely did it yet. he hopes to complete it before the next commission meeting. with regard to the division of training, we have a bump up academy that we started with 26 and we are now at 23. we hope to graduate and bump up 23 members of our department. we are on track, and members are

going through physical appointments at this time and we are hiring 24 new entry-level e.m.t. into the department later in october. the division of training is planning for an officer his training class and as i reported at the last meeting, we are projecting a class of 54 h. to firefighters in january of 2019. that is from a list that was adopted september 10th for tests taken through july 28th. the department sent out a survey to the 2,075 eligible people. that date has closed and we are compiling information from that survey. and a wrap up of events since the last meeting. as you no kak it is busy here just like it is busy tonight for another event by the city hosted a global climate action summit. i attended two events to support that effort on the 12th of

september. and then on september 17th, myself and members of the staff attended a meeting on the auxiliary water supply system. that afternoon i attended a housing meeting with about six other department heads and the mayor to talk about the collaborative nature of the work that needs to be done in an effort to streamline the housing process. at the building process and the permitting process. that evening, the assistant deputy chief and the deputy chief and i arrived a little bit late because i was coming from the meeting with the mayor. we hosted a division of training and the broad foundation. it is an all-day relay -- relay that they have from the peninsula up to the city. with the help of the san francisco fire credit union and also a big boost to tony rivera

and other members. i wanted to call him out for his other large donation. we were able to donate $6,500 to the burn foundation on behalf of the fire department members and the credit union. i did want to give a shout out. they may have left but the block firefighters association. as they have done for several years, the cooked dinner and it was jacob held that spearheaded that efforts. at the end of the day, there is probably 40 or 50 people there. they were fed and appreciated the hosting by the division of training. i'm sure she will mention it in her report, the deputy chief attended an event honouring those members that self dispatched but in a very brave and courageous way to 911-2001, including our own assistant job e.g. chief. last week, on the 18th, the

deputies and i attended a labour-management meeting. the commission secretary handed you two items. the commission graciously approved by travel which was paid for, not by the city but by the national fire protection association. there is two documents i handed you. one is the report from the nfpa. i was proud to be selected as a member. the last time i did it was in 2008. i don't travel that often. i have been asked and it just wasn't working out. this year i was able to attend and adopt a number of position papers including on active after hours reports. and using data to report response capability and resilience. smart cities and active shooter and hostile threat assessments. always very valuable to meet with my colleagues. there was about eight big city,

large urban city chiefs. most of them got 2 feet -- meet a few new ones. i found that to be very valuable thank you for that support of the endeavour. and i wanted to point out the great selection -- i'm really proud of this document. there is not a day that goes by that i don't think of the loss of tony valerio. through the good work of our department and with assistance from an external investigation, there were a number of areas that we found could have been improved in terms of -- it is always a risky environment when we are responding to fires. in one of the areas that we honed in on was a failure of the accord on the -- the court on the portable radios of our members. so what i was surprised to learn is there is no standard related to the ratings of the makeup of the radio. so it took over five years but

there was a committee. we asked the national fire protection association to examine this come up with the standard if they thought one was needed. they basted on the line of duty death of our members. and someone that had participated in our department on the safety investigation and taken an interest -- and i believe is a director of training at time. i had put him and suggested he be part of this committee. and as you see, it has not fully been adopted. it has been an open comment. as it says at the beginning, for the past five years, firefighters, manufacturers, and experts have met across the u.s. to set a new standard for portable radios. what is being proposed is a standard onto a portable voice communication devices for use by emergency services personnel in hazard zones.

that exactly the conditions that were faced by tony and vince and the passage of this indicates that they do not die in vain. it is very difficult circumstances. it weighs very heavily on me. as a chief of department losing to members. i am gratified to see there will be changes made in the industry based on this. i did want to share that with you. and just finishing up since the last reporting period to, the deputy and i were in a meeting on the 24th this week with peggy sugarman who is the head of the department of human resources to talk about new initiatives that they are working on with the city departments as well as the labour unions representing the members of those departments. it is all good news. let's see. we had the retreat yesterday, as you know.

and a few things on the horizon this weekend. that the deputy chief nicholson will be representing the members of the fire department at the 16 th annual california firefighter memorial ceremony in sacramento. i have gone in previous years. d.c. gonzalez will be out of the state so i will remain in the city while he is out. we will be attending the ceremony. there are 38 members inducted at that ceremony and two of our members who passed away last year will be added and affixed to the wall. there there's a formal ceremony that takes place where the members of their families receive flags and the highest honours. thank you to chief nicholson for attending that next week. it will be a very busy week.

great planning done by homeland security. they have been attending a lot of meetings. the two of them are like glue. they stick together and get work done. i appreciate all the hard work that you do on that. it will be interesting because we did receive for today, i don't have a lot of information on it, but the transbay centre is going to be closed for least a couple of weeks. definitely next week. it will add to the difficulty in navigating your way through the city. this week is busy with a dream for his convention. and next week with fleet week. more to follow on that. but the main thing is that we want everyone to be safe that is utilizing that facility. fleet week will be capped off on sunday, october 8th. you are all invited to attend. and participate with us at the italian heritage parade on october 8th.

that concludes my reports. thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you, chief. is there any public comment on the chief's report? seeing non, commissioners? any questions for the chief at this point before we go into chief nicholson's report? >> commissioner veronese: i wanted to ask you about the two grants that we received. did we apply for those grants? somebody within the department applied for this grant screen. >> commissioner hayes-white: we do not pass that many opportunities that come our way that we think -- that have any chance of getting. we regularly, not just occasionally, we are aware of the grant season, if you will. there are safer grants and i don't think there has been a year that we have not applied for. anywhere in a low of four or five or up to about ten or 12 spee 60 had mentioned to me something about the grant writer

, that we had that approved for 100%. is that true? >> commissioner hayes-white: i was referring to your clear direction that that person be working full-time on the grants, to the extent that that can be done. but what i was conveying is that , yes, we do have some want to work full-time on grants. if there is a down. , which there is. because 100% of the time, we don't believe that there will be -- that person will be fully working on grants. we will obviously utilize that person to assist with other duties as needed. that their main objective were to be to search for and apply for what we always have applied for but to extend and expand what we are looking at. >> commissioner veronese: i am looking forward to the grants, like money falling from the sky that we get once we have a grant writer that would be dedicated to that.

the particular grant for the equipment, is there anything in there that prevents us from using that on drones? do you know? >> commissioner hayes-white: the rescue boat, obviously not. the other grant, the $2.7 million, the purchase of new rescue tools. i think those are specific. the jaws of -- we will get the jobs of light that are hydraulically powered. we specified that in the grants. the other piece of the grant is for defibrillators. those two are identified or spoken for, if you will. >> commissioner veronese: ok. and then as far as a grant writer, are we any closer to finding someone to fill that position? >> commissioner hayes-white: i think the two commissioners we are speaking with when i presented that piece, just briefly, i did allow the director of planning to go on a vacation.

he has promised you a viewing of the job description. he is continuing to finish the job description. the position is funded it right around this time. it was not funded beginning july 1st. they are finishing the job description and he will send it for internal review and he will forward it to the commission. not completed yet but his goal is to have a copy for your review prior to the next meeting >> commissioner veronese: and on the process, does it go to civil service? >> there is an 18 clock 23 list. there is a list and then we do a review of the list and we can call for resumes and review the resumes and go through the interview process. i believe we definitely want to have the person and by the end of this year, realistically because it does take a little time. >> commissioner veronese: thank you, chief. >> president cleaveland: thank you commissioners.

>> commissioner hardeman: briefly, mr president, very good report, chief. i enjoyed hearing about the grants. and that they guarantee they are coming. that is good. yesterday at the meeting, i thought it was well done by you, delegating cd to n.c.d. three. chiefs nicholson and gonzalez to handle it. it was very good. i thought it was done well. i think they are in line with local 798, which is very encouraging to see the italian chief and president of 798 there we have not seen him in a meeting for a while but he was

there yesterday. and outside of your staff he probably spoke the most, which i really enjoyed. it i want to hear what you guys have to say because he represents a tremendous amount of workers of your workforce. that is it. the other thing is i -- we did not discuss much yesterday about training and conferences, with those are two of my favourite things when you give us our agendas and i see two or three or four people going to conferences and agendas at two different programs to learn education. it is terrific and i know you are a big supporter of that. that is good too. thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you commissioners. thank you chief for your reports i would like to commend you on working on that and improving standards for firefighter radios it is very important. we had a tragedy but we diagnose that tragedy and we are coming up with a standard that can be

used nationwide, in fact worldwide to protect firefighters by having a standard for the radios that are being used in emergencies. kudos to you for leading that effort and making it happen. we look forward to that standard being approved by the nfpa. ok. no other questions. chief nicholson, will you please come up. give us your administrative report. welcome. >> thank you. good evening. i'm the deputy chief of administration, janine nicholson on my report from the ministry tip side. i would like to first thank commissioner covington for spearheading that meeting yesterday. i thought it was super helpful for me to have that interaction

with you all. i am sort of -- on sort of a less formal manner. thank you for that. so up just briefly with my administrative divisions, we conducted 50 promotional and permanent physicals in multiple ranks. at 83 drug and alcohol tests, all negative. the assignment office, the annual seniority list has been issued and vacancy bids will be happening soon, including at the airport. for appointments and promotions, we promoted five captains permanently. eleven h. for inspectors, and 13 acting inspectors. so once those captives clear, then we will be able to bump up some lieutenants which is always nice.

the want 22nd class completed their probation this month -- the 122nd class completed their probation. they passed all their test, physical, manipulative, and written. i believe there are 43 of them in that class. the retirements for september, we only had three. one lieutenant lieutenant and two firefighters. the chief spoke about future hiring and about the bump up class, the e.m.s. bump up class. they are currently doing their right outs. these are the people that are going from e.m.t. to paramedic or from firefighter, firefighter paramedic. their ride outs are on the ambulance and they are doing for several weeks as sort of an intern. they have a preceptor and someone evaluating them and making sure all the proper patient care is done. they should be all completed. there are 23 of them that have made it through thus far. they should be completed next

friday, october 5th and start work on october 6th as paramedics. that is good news. support services. we spoke a little bit about this yesterday at the retreat. we spoke about facility requests and how d.p.w. is handling them. and so there were 188 facility requests in the month of august. during that timeframe, we closed out 135. so as you can see, we are still getting more in the then are being completed. so we are continuing to work with d.p.w. but that also is more water for us to recommend -- more fodder for us to recommend our own internal candidates. we keep an eye on that number every month. from the bureau of equipment, we

did receive five land rigs from the state. we have eight we can deploy which really reduces the impact and wear and tear on the front line breaks and the ability to help other departments, other areas in california, as well as ourselves when the disaster hits we will have those available for deployment within the city as well, which is great. as we have spoken about before, we have ordered six fire engines they have pump, tank, and toes. they have been ordered and fabrication has started. that is due at the end of this year. the chief is in the process of ordering for more suvs from the chief and rescue captains. five engines and two trucks. and he has also completed new specs for jet skis and we are

just waiting approval from central shop on those specs. chief rivera, also what we're talking about yesterday, they are working on a new m.o.u. to cover some of the issues that we spoke about yesterday when i mentioned if we bring our rig down there and they fixed it and then it breaks again, the next day we get charged twice. he is including language like that in the m.o.u. that is a work in progress. but we definitely have our eye on that kind of stuff. for our facilities, the deployment facility, f. jay amoroso won the bid and they have a notice to proceed for october 22nd. it is scheduled for opening 2020 and the budget for that facility is 30.4 million. october 22nd is that notice to proceed. the chief spoke about the aws s. and we had a meeting with the

p.u.c. it included conversations about interim measures because the auxiliary water supply system serves part of the city right now and needs to be expanded. however, that will take a lot of funding and many years. so we talked about what are some possibilities for us in the interim. and we already have some of those things in place. we have hose tenders. but we would like to get some more hose tenders in place. and just so you no, the current hose tenders do not pump. they strictly supply and carry hose on them. our new hose tenders, what we would like to get is a hose tender. i will put a picture up here for you. you might have to help me. that is one from new york. they call them their satellite rigs.

it has a pump. what we would like to have as a pump. about 5,000 feet of hose. as well as, we would like it to be four-wheel-drive. so it can actually get through the roads after an earthquake and we could deploy these throughout the city. just as an interim measure while we are waiting for all of aws as to be completed. it is just some information for you. nothing has happened with this yet. but just so you have an understanding of what it is. one person would be able to deploy this. you don't need a crew of four people which is also pretty impressive. >> we had our ppe contract awarded for cleaning and maintenance and for new p.p.e.

and chief rivera and his guys worked really hard on that. mes is the people who have the new contract. it is morning pride which is our new p.p.e. and then moving on to the training division, the 122nd class completed their one year and the 124th class completed their six-month testing. for in-service training, both can't combine, suppression and e.m.s., we did more than 5,000 hours of training in august. on the suppression side, we did flat roof ventilation operation and rescue technician. it was a class that was donated. wildfire module and building construction, and on the e.m.s.

side, we did rescue training, narcan administration, which is what they use for people who have overdosed on opioids. that is not just an a.l.s. scale , a paramedic skill, but all firefighters can now administer that. they also did advanced cardiac life support and e.m.s. fire ground safety. when they interact with us with fires and the like. lots of training going on. and then for a special project, the officers' academy is coming up. we are hoping for october 15th for the starting date. we will send you all formal invitations if you would like to attend any of the days. i know you can't all come at once. you will have to work that out amongst yourselves. but we would love to see you there if you ever want to come. we will get you the schedule and

what is being taught. and to thank chief sato for his work on that. the fire reserves, 257 hours of drills and volunteer work. and commander philip buckley does a lot with them. he is to be appreciated. they continue to work hard. they had 21 events, classes and outreach presentations in august they also had, august 29th, commissioner -- commissioners might be interested. they had a class on psychological first aid. and they are also working in coordination with chief cochrane on battalion control. i don't know if you all

understand what battalion control is, do you? ok. battalion control is what we would use in the event of a large-scale disaster if either the radio communications go down or if the 911 system is so overwhelmed that they just can't manage to dispatch calls and take calls. so what battalion control does for us is, each battalion chief is in charge of their own battalion and all the rigs and dispatches within that battalion so it is something we have to practice. because it is not something we do regularly. so we practised it so we will be ready for a large-scale disaster but they have been really helpful with that and chief cochrane is now working with them on that. so there will be an october drill with them and we will also work with battalion control stuff.

homeland security. as chief hayes-white said, i was at a dinner to honor chief cochrane. i got to see him in civilian clothing. that might be the first time since you have been in that position that i have seen you in civilian clothing, but he was honoured for his response to 911 in new york city. there were 11 of you that went. but there were only four of them that we're honoured that night. three active firefighters. that was a good evening. as you may know, fleet week starts this friday. they have been hard at work on the event action plan for that. and coordinating with the military, the dem, it is a huge effort.

so but the eap helps ensure our accountability and the smooth operations. so there is a senior leader his seminar within fleet week and we will bring a photo for you next time, but our fuel unit that we use is going to be on the cover of that. what i mean by the fuel unit cat is we have a rake that brings fuel to the vehicles that are -- we have a rig that brings fuel to vehicles that cannot be moved so part of what chief cochrane and the d.e.m. works on his disaster planning. some of that involves, how will we refuel? anyway, that will be on therapeutic the boe shined it up -- that will be on there peerk the boe shined it up. i digress.

we had a weeklong incident management team class that falls into our disaster operations held at treasure island. a lot of members of the department attended on their own time. i know the chief went out there and spoke to them. these will be the people who will be responsible for assisting in running the department during a complicated at extended incident to. it may be used out in the field but they will be needing support by planning by logistics, by all sorts of other things. that is why the incident management team would do. during fleet week, there are several classes that we will be teaching. chief cochrane, along with another captain will be teaching a rescue system with the marines on tuesday. i know that veterans, our

veterans association will be serving lunch for about 70 military personnel that day. and then on october 1st, i think that is monday, they will be instructing a confined space on a u.s. navy ship at pier 3032 , which is pretty cool. we are really involved in all of fleet week. we have a big part on it on land and in water. and one last thing i wanted to mention, i think the italian heritage parade, chief gonzalez just pointed out to me, it is a seventh, not the eight -- not the eighth. it is the sunday. thank you. that concludes my report for this evening. >> president cleaveland: thank you, chief nicholson. is there any public comment on this report? seeing none, public comment is closed.

his. >> commissioner veronese: can you send us more information, on the awards that chief cochrane received? >> absolutely his. >> commissioner veronese: i believe it was a battalion chief and who else was that? >> john sikora and jeff morano were the ones that were there. jeff is retired but there were other members that are still active, correct? and they also honored dan armenta who died of cancer a few years ago. but i can give you more information on that his. >> commissioner veronese: i'm sure the full commission would like to learn more about that and these gentlemen and why they were honored to. thank you. >> absolutely. >> president cleaveland: thank you. >> commissioner hardeman: i will try to be brief. it was a good report on all the equipment. it looks like it is going in the right direction. good news. i don't know if this is you or chief gonzalez, but as i was

goofing around, they had a special about houses and fires on government tb. this is something i had not heard before until -- on government television. this is something i had not heard before until that night. everyone has been recommending to me about closing bedroom doors when you go to bed at night. >> close when you does. >> commissioner hardeman: the only problem is i have never heard anyone say that this is something you should do. you need a carbon monoxide monitor also in that room besides a smoke alarm. i had never heard that mentioned until the other night. i thought that was something -- if i did not hear it, and i am a commissioner, i thought it probably does not get out there that much. >> yeah, i don't know if you

recall, we are talking about this, the last commission meeting when we were talking about this to be severed that is what i am saying. you hear it but it never says don't just have a smoke alarm in that room, have a carbon monoxide detector as well. because that is nothing i have heard before. >> yeah, and those are useful when you have heaters and those kinds of things. if they are not burning everything completely, that is when you can get carbon monoxide carbon monoxide alarms are helpful. >> commissioner hardeman: the other think was, congratulations , all 43 from 122 class that started and finished. that is just wonderful. and all of those who finished under six months, there is no loss is. that is terrific. thank you.

>> president cleaveland: thank you commissioner. a couple of questions. the aws s., the new host tenders that you showed us a picture from new york, do you have any idea of how many we might need and how much they cost? >> how many we would need is still under discussion and under -- we are still evaluating that. but they could cost -- i think they would cost approximately $1 million each. >> president cleaveland: it is certainly a lot cheaper than billions to build the cisterns or what not. >> it will take a long time. whereas we could have these in place and a much shorter period of time to protect the city. >> president cleaveland: on the list of repairs you said that each of the fire houses, i suppose in chief rivera, at the request for repairs and whatnot, are those lists you can share

with the commission so we can get a slaver of the -- get a slaver -- get a slaver -- get a of the issues that are happening >> president cleaveland: madam secretary, kenney called the next item. >> clerk: item seven is the report on activities since flavour last meeting. >> president cleaveland: what is your pleasure? i do not see any names up. commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr president, i wanted to thank you for all of your assistance and organizing of the retreat and helping me organize the retreat. and thank our commission secretary for her assistance as well.

i have heard from a few people regarding the retreat and they have been extremely complementary. i thought it was important. i thought it gave us an opportunity to talk about things that we don't ordinarily get a chance to talk about at length. we heard some new voices which i thought was a very important. it was a good give and take and i want to thank everyone who attended there were, of course, command staffers there peerk but then there were also some other members who contributed to what i think was a very rich exchange and thank you all very much and we will be following up. >> president cleaveland: we