>> good evening, everyone. you i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. . >> thank you. >> this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. the fire commission regular meeting wednesday october 24, 2018. the time is 5:00. item one roll call.

(roll call). >> item two general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minute os any matter within the commission's jurisdiction does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address to the commission as a whole not to individual commissioners. commissioners are not to enter into debate with the speaker. lack every response by the commissioners or department personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support statements made in public comment. >> any public comment? seeing none public comment is closed.

madam secretary. >> item three approval of minutes. discussion and possible action to approve the meeting minutes of october 10, 2018. you. >> is there any public comment on the minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, what is your pleasure? >> moved. do i have a second. >> i second. i did ask the commission secretary to include just one little comment that really doesn't change anything very much. >> okay. with that amendment, i suppose, added, all in favor say aye. it is approved. >> item four report from chief of department joanne hayes-white on currentshires, activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on october 10, 2018.

communications and outreach to government agencies and report from administration deputy chief nicholson. homeland security and training within the department. >> good evening. i just heard from your colleague. he is in route about a block away. he will be joining us shortly. the last meeting was on october 10th. we have finalized the budget including the final mark os that. with regard to the upcoming budget we will begetsing budget innstruction this is about a month'sheim. i have spoken to the committee to discuss preparation for next

fiscal year's budget. division training has been busy. in the process of offering the officer academy. all officers promoted within the last three years are expected to attend. the deputies and i spoke with every class last week. on friday we were joined by the vice president to offer words of wisdom, expectations, congratulations as well for all of them stepping up. it is the biggest step from paramedic to the first level of supervision. they have many tools because they were promoted and did well to examine. this is to support them with additional aspects of their role and time for question and answers. we are taping it so those that may have missed a session may get up to speed as well as for officers that have been in their role for a longer period of

time. if they want to refresh or retool, they will be able to view that on video. thank you, deputy chief nicholson. all of the staff at the division of training. in addition, a lot of people including the ac as well as members in the field have come in to teach and train on their particular specialty. it is a lot of work into it paying off well. the same curriculum is given monday through friday for four straight weeks last week was module one. this week is module two. we put a general order. you are welcome to come anytime to observe. work it out with assistant deputy chief. sessions are held at 19th and fulsome. earlier this week the deputies and i welcomed the entry level one class. we have 24 full new full-time

emts in training for six weeks. graduation date is november 30th, so they are off to a good start as well. we are still targeting a class of 54 members for h2 academy in january of 2019. that process will get underway within the next few weeks. again, that is utilizing the h2 list adopted on september 19th. for people that took the test through july 28th. there are 2075 eligible people on the list. it is not particularly on the agenda. it is a topic o on everyone's md and i am committed to continue to further define the selection and identification of the training facility. we have even as recently as this

morning we had a good conversation with the city administrator in working towards the process related to potential property swap between ourselves and pacific gas & electric. it would be a site that is out and i can pass around the graphic near the indian base in shoreline park. what we are contemplates is looking at a property swap of parcel of 19th and fulsome the current dot facility with some of the pg&e property which will be a site used for affordable housing. right now the city is looking at doing what is called a test fit to look to see if that property meets our needs. we believe certain par selfs as well -- parcels as well. the city administrator is very

optimistic and we are, too, that we are still on track for including this as part of the 2020 bond. the other thing i can pass around to you and we can provide e-mail copy. it is lengthy. our predesigned planning study published last month for our training facility. good evening commissioner. okay. then activities since the last meeting on october 11th. assistant deputy chief and i attended the h sock policy group to work with other city agencies on streetiest. those are held every two weeks. on the 12th a number of us attended a meeting with doctor yee and deputy chief and myself attended the meeting with the

interim department of public health greg wagner as well as a few doctors overseeing that department. doctor john brown talked about some shared goals as we move forward, particularly, as it related to pre-hospital care in the city. we want to provide the interim director greg wagner with a grasp how we are doing in terms every response time, how we work close with the private ambulance companies and encourage dph as a whole. the ems is under dph to again sort every commit to shared goals and partnerships as it is related to how we provide pre-hospital medical care. that was very productive. as i said last week 15 through

19 every day we were out giving introductory remarks to the officers' academy. on the 15th a few you have us were at a long overdue but requested by the party that received care. we had a patient reunion. that was a young man and i would like to credit john baxter for putting this together there. was a young man born in 1990 delivered and made the paper. he was born right at the toll plaza in oakland. his mother told him the story he was delivered we one of our members that was working for the ambulance company in 1990. they had never met. we brought them together, and i will pass around a little story about that. it was a great eunion fiction.

-- reunification. marshall is a young man in schoolworking as an emt. it was great reuniting he and the person that delivered him into this world. that was very gratifying. october 16th we had the monthly labor management meeting. very productive. 18th of october i participated with the police chief and deputy director and superintendent of schools and mayor london breed in shakeout california. we had an exercise at all workplaces as a reminder of how important it is to be prepared for seismic activity. we did a drop cover and hold drill with the students. later the deputy director and i have done it for five or six years a presentation on the san

francisco fire department and overview. mark did a budget exercise with a group of students in leadership san francisco. they are adult learners through the chamber of commerce. we participated in that. then that night there was a very good turnout. deputy chief gonzalez and i attended american legion awards night. they were honored. firefighter dwayne for community service and matt lane and steve kingler for efforts and rescues in a house fire in excel see your district. october 20th i was flanged by perfectly uniformed assistant chief cochran at the drill at the college prep. we appreciate father reese who

is the president there. a lot going on at the school. they welcomed us and made for a more real drill because they had other activities going on at the school. my hat is off to the captain for the work work she does in coordinating the work as well as the san francisco fire department members. we had 250 to 300 participants. i am amazed by those that give up saturday morning to spend three or four hours to hone their skills. realistic drills were conducted. the two deputy chiefs and i toured the site and gave opening comments and just wanted to again let the community know it is a free program. the neighborhood emergency response team program. i know commissioner covington has completed the program. 18 hours of important

information, very empowering. lesson in first aid, how to use extinguisher and there are neighborhood nerd training sessions throughout the year. we also do a session in spanish and one in cantonese. thank you again. we typically do the nerd drills twice each year. one in april for 1906 and then october 17th was the 29th anniversary of the earthquake. going out to the schools, these children are never experienced an earthquake of that magnitude. most of the teachers hadn't hadt either. it is important to convey the importance of a plan and beings prepared we tell the children to go home and teach parents and grandparents what we taught them that day.

very warding. as i said earlier we welcomed 24 new members to the fire department as emts. a number of them are pair are meddeck -- paramedic licensed. we already kind of know the quality of their work and their dedication. then last but not least that will conclude my remarks. i spoke with all of you. i did make the announcement i intend to retire in the spring. i am very much looking forward to it. i am excited bit. i am proud of the accomplishments i have seen over my 29 year career in the department, and very grateful as well. i think it is very helpful four the department to not have to rush into things for a smooth transition for my successor. monday was a great day to make that announcement. a relief to get the word out. i know there is a lot of

speculation. then to finish up with you commissioner, it was the perfect day. third alarm i got to go to that. there was property damage. the crews did an incredible job. you saw it t to have a 25 story building with 196 units having a complex high-rise fire which are very rare. our training plays off. everyone knew their role. you have to know what to do and you can't be fumbling around. what i witnessed that night was like a orchestra. everyone had a role and did it well. my hat is off to the commander and the aid. andre brown and frank with bryan, lobby control was ken yee. we had over 100 firefighters.

those key players set the tone. we had the opportunity afterward to take a look at the 12th floor of the fire and it went up through the 16th floor. we went to the 16th floor and worked the way down. tremendous job done by the firefighters. the building was well-built, concrete. it was contained to one corner of the building. my hat is off to all of those folks. i say it was a great day not only was it a third alarm fire only one injury was associated with that was miraculous really. next morning a little tougher a single alarm fire. crews did a great job there. same team. allen brown. they did a good job. i responded because there was a fatality. it was a tough case. young woman who died from burn

injuries at the scene. obviously, something that we always want a happier story. you know, my thoughts and hearts go out to the members that responded to that. it was very consult including the two paramedics. very difficult. working with the stress unit. we contacted them immediately and gave them a day off. not even in my career it stuck with me. it was a very difficult call. going from a great day monday then yesterday the reality how difficult the job can be from time to time. with that, you are going to have me and for many more meetings, a few more meetings. there will be plenty of time to go back. i feel very grateful and very fulfilled. thank you, commissioners, that

finalized my report. >> thank you, madam chief. any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. petitioner veronese. >> chief, thank you for your report. you left off the most important part of your report was the last but not least you are obviously not going to leave this department any time soon until we will have the commission will have plenty of opportunity between now and then to honor you, and i want to start by saying that i did appear at the three-alarm fire on monday

night. you are absolutely right, the department executed on that fire flawlessly, and it was nice to be able to go up into the building with you and check the damage. the reason for that is because it gave me a sense of the type of just utter hell that those firefighters must have faced when uncertainty they must have faced when they had to climb 16 stories because the elevator key wasn't working, and i understand part of the attack strategy is to utilize the stairs. for those firefighters to climb those stairs with gear and hoses is pretty stunning. hats off to every single engine company and truck that showed up there. if you recall the truck numbers, i think 28 was there, which

other engines were there? 2, 13. commissioners, it was absolutely amazing, but i want to round it back to the reason that our department is so successful with fires like that is because of the experience that and the knowledge and the leadership you have brought to this department with the years of your service here. it is an honor to work with you. there will be plenty of time to honor you between now and the date you actually leave, it has been an honor to work with you and i look forward to working with you for the next six months. you have left this department in a much better place than it was when you first came to the department. you were one of the first women firefighters, as i understand, in this department. that may not have been easy to come into this fire department

with all men, irish, italians, it could not have been easy to work up to chief. i look forward to working with you while you are here. i am very proud of the san francisco to be part of the commission and work with you. thank you for that. like i said, there will be plenty opportunity between now and the months to come. the one thing i wanted to mention. i will save that for a different item. i did walk in a little bit late. i will get the brief on the training facility. it looks like we are making progress there. that is great. it also appears as though we are also going to be doing a ribbon-cutting for 16 on november 16th. >> don't hold your breath. we might have to postpone it. it will happen probably not on the 16th. we will let you know.

>> that is good news. i walk by it's on a regular basis. we are getting close and that is great to see as well. hats off to all of those stations that responded to that fire. that was an incredible experience and they did a great job. i know the residents that were there. very few residents were displaced that needed places to go. the american red cross were on the spot there for the residents as well. i know the city has another department. i can't remember the name. the fire department, police department, there may have been traffic controllers that were part of that effort. it was amazing to see the city services come together with the fire department at the front of the line. proud moment, chief, nice work. >> commissioner hardeman. >> thank you, mr. president. good report on all of the

training. nice to hear about the possibility of going down to the port. that is great. that is terrific. i don't usually turn the tv on around 5:00. i am on a state board and i was at a meeting for friday and i was studying for this one. i told my wife i was going to turn on the tv a little after 5:00. i picked up all of the stations covering the fire. it was really going. it was blazing away, and it was wonderful to see firefighters all climbing to the top. it brings up the point about elevators if that should or shouldn't be used. that is a discussion to be had at some date. perhaps i have heard from staff talk about whether or not they

have an opinion whether elevators should be used in a fire. in that kind of building it might have been nice to use the elevator. that is another subject. congratulations, chief and everybody on that fire. you did a good interview and i saw the commissioner behind you with the hat. i saw the baseball hat. just kidding. it was good to see you there. the transition that you have chose to take along with your discussion with the mayor is brilliant. i commend you on how that should be handled. it makes it easy so everybody, not just your staff. the commissioners and mayor to have all of this time to

contemplate who the next chief will be. i am not going to go into comments about you and what you have done. that is for a later date, but the bay bridge. i went through the article fast. the place of birth was it oakland or san francisco? it didn't say in there. she was on the way to st. luke's hospital. i hope they put san francisco. she probably wanted her baby born here. that was good. if i guess that's about all i will go into on your report. thank you. >> thank you commissioner hardeman. commissioner covington. >> thank you for your report and congratulation os your retirement. all i can say is common in, the water is fine.

you know, the lord bless the person who thought up retirement. you work long enough and you finally get there. you get a few years of being on your own time. congratulations on that. i agree that it is going to make for, you know, a smoother transition, particularly as regards the new training facility. we really need to lock that down. i also wantedtor as everyone else has done really commend everyone who fought the fire on washington street as well as, you know, those people who helped with coordination and everything else.

it is really, really important. we are talking about training. in your report you mentioned training new officers. the training of a good firefighting force is so important, and we have very good trainers, we have people who joined the department who have worked previously elsewhere but they still go through the way san francisco requires that you fight fires, and i am not surprised at all, and i appreciate your description of the coordination as a symphony because that is what is required, and that is what the members of the department deliver time and time again. i also saw the interview with

you while you were on the fire ground giving the details of what had happened, and you are saying that now thaw the fire was under control you could answer a question regarding your retirement. you know, the firefighting comes first and the chief was very, very clear on that. she did not want the light to be shown on her until everything else was under control. chief, i didn't get a chance to look at everything in this tone of a document so i would perhaps we can chat about it later, not at this meeting. >> i have an electronic copy to everyone.

>> would you prefer a hard copy or e copy? >> i would prefer a hard margin. >> the secretary can reproduce it for you. >> i see that there are 9.7-ac 9.7-acres here. talking about the possible new training facility. am i correct it is the green section or orange? >> orange. >> okay. thank you. >> happy to walk through that with you if you would like at another time. i will get you a hard copy. >> thank you. the 9.7-acres would be very, very good because we have been

bantering around 8-acres. i want to make sure that we are going to have enough space for everything. go ahead, chief. >> the 9.7 was written by someone for the three areas, one, two, three, which we have looked at and have determined that may not suit our needs best because of the slope of the area. we are now taking a look at the orange area on the other side which is flatter, and the eight acres was in the scope of what we need, and that again would be if we get everything we need. eight acres is obviously a huge piece of property in the city if we can get eight acres that would be wonderful. i don't know that we can get eight acres, but we will continue to advocate for that.

>> the eight acres -- my question is was eight acres will that be enough space for everything we need including some small percentage for expansion? >> i believe that was part of the scoping that was done to look at what we have at treasure island to see what we could do to mirror or replicate that. whether or not that is incorporates additional expansion i don't know. i don't know if the chief knows or if we could find out. we will find out. >> all right. i will tell you my concentration is on the fact that the department has gone through the process of being an accredited department, and it would be very, very good for us to have the space to have those classes

for other departments at the same time we have classes for our own department. we will need space for that. right now we don't have any additional space. chief rivera can you tell me -- maybe chief sato will know. how many acres do we have on t-i and in the mission combined? >> good evening chief tony rivera. i believe the combined acreage is six acres total. we are in the process of working with a consultant to address what our actual needs will be so we are right at the 11th hour of the report and we should have it updated. we just actually chief sato's team submitted a round of

comments last week that will be incorporated into the final document. >> very good, chief sato did you want to add something? >> the property on 19th and fulsome is about 1.3-acres. treasure island is 4.5. it comes out to about six acres total. >> we will have a little more. i understand that even with the space that we have now that we are bursting at the seams is that correct? >> absolutely. >> i will hold you to this. do you have any idea how much acreage we might need for a smalltaneous training facility for other departments in the area? >> for other departments we scent looked at that. >> okay. >> i would add this,

commissioner, that we currently use our current training facility on weekends and after hours for other agencies and departments. that would be a possibility in the future. >> what about during the week? would we have more usage, more demand during the week? >> i am not sure what the demand would be from other agencies towards using the facility. i am not really sure. >> we haven't looked into that because we haven't had the space ttoto accommodate them. their access is during the evenings. during the week we are bursting at the seams. >> that may be a shoe horn way to accommodate them and look forward. we don't want to miss this opportunity of having the space we need to have a smalltaneous

training going on. there are some departments i am thinking would like to have training done during the week so i don't know if there is any way to do some fact finding, you know, maybe call just a couple of friends in other departments and ask whether or not they anticipate that they would need the facility during the week or if that would better suit them. >> most of those requests are for specialized training which would include certain props. it would depend upon what is built into the training center. we included in our plans all of the required props for firefighter 1 and 2 and for specialized training we are rescue systems one site and rescue system twos. we would like to speak french.

>> speak into the microphone. >> it is what we have available in the new facility as to how much draw we could get from the outside. we have tried to incorporate as much as we can in the new facility to look forward as to what our firefighters will need in terms of training. hopefully we can accommodate what they would request. we haven't polled them or asked with what kind of training they would like to do if the site were available. >> okay. how are these classes paid for? are they paid for by the other departments or is it the governmental entity? >> it depends on the type of classes and training they request. some require state certification

there would be a state fee plus instructors. others would be basic firefighting. if they brought their own instructors could be a minimal cost to them. >> like a classroom rental which we have done before. >> i want to make sure we are forward thinking on this new facility, that we are not going to out grow the new facility, you know, in single digit years. three years down the line we discover we should have had this angthat and the other thing and that bell and that whistle and we didn't even have the conversation about it. it is important for us to do that. now is the time. it will be so exciting to have a new training facility. thank you both very much. >> thank you commissioner covington. commissioner hardeman had one final. >> i hit to get into a contrary

opinion. this has come up many, many times about other didn'ts using our facilities. i didn't see a big deal of it. i do know with the chief now and she is doing the next big class in january, the 54. the scheduling always seems to be in flux. my preference would be to not have anything to interfere with the ability of the department to do scheduling as needed. i worry if we get into a situation where we are allowing other facilities -- other departments to use our facilities, i don't think that would be in our best interest. i thought i would bring that up. it has come up so many times. to me that is minor on the

whether or not we fill the facility. i hate to say that like it looks like i am disagreeing with you, but that is how i feel on you that subject. i want that new training facility to be ours and not have concern about any other departments ability to use it so we don't have restrictions if we get into a problem down the road where we guarantee the departments' right to use the facility. that is an opinion. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner hardeman. thank you for the report, chief. it is a pleasure working with you. >> excuse me. i am sorry i wanted to respond. he was responding to something i said. rebuttal. thank you. >> go ahead. >> i now we want people to have

the impression our own department would be second. i am saying definitely the san francisco fire department would come first in its own training facility, but if we do not have the ability to assist in train you go other departments, some other department will. they may wind up helping train our folks because we may be out of space, and i don't want that. that is all i am saying. thank you. >> thank you commissioner covington. >> thank you for your report, chief, and thank you for your service. one you have the longest serving fire chief in the country and essential the longest serving female chief. we will work with you closely. our commission one of our most important responsibilities is

recommending the next chief to the mayor. we will come up with a process that is on the agenda for the next meeting at which time we will prove a process to recruit and review and recommend to the mayor three candidates to be the next fire chief. it is important when we talk about the fire the department responded to. it shows the professionalism we have in our department and thaw professionalism has started with the top with leadership of the department. we want to maintain that, and we will. thank you for your leadership. we will be having many opportunities to applaud you and your service in the coming nos. one quick question on the facility. iit is a very big item on the

2020 bond. what do you think that cost is going to be minus the land cost assuming pg&e is willing to make the land swap, and i assume they are. >> we have been in discussions naomi and i approached pg and e about a year ago. costs i don't know if there are costs. do you want to provide that? >> this is the item we put in. >> not the land cost. >> assistant deputy chief rivera again. $110 million based on the consultant's work including all of the props that chiefsano

discussed. >> that cannot include the land cost? >> does not include the land cost. just the cost to build the state of the art facility. >> chief nicholson. come right on up. welcome. >> good evening. deputy chief and this is my report from the administrative side. i will begin with the physicians' office. the flu shot is available. i want you to know i didn't cry too hard. it is available at our physicians' office. they conducted 58 fiscals in the ranks and 39 return to work

evaluations. investigative services conducted 20 drug and alcohol tests negative. he is gearing up to get ready for the chief's recommendations for the next academy to conduct background investigations. the sight. office has completed -- assignment office has completed what should be the vacancy build. we will hopefully get that out this week. we will get that out tomorrow to the field. vacation bids will be in november upon conclusion of the vacancy awards. the chief recently appointed five permanent lieutenants. we had five permanent captains last month. retirements for october 1st. so far we have had one. it was james lowe who served for

40 years in the fire service elsewhere then here. wonderful man, pleasure to work with. all right. move to support services. we are currently work anything regards to station 35, the new floating fire station. we are working with the port, planning, public corks regarding the -- public works regarding approval of documents. we are working diligently on it. facility requests. 139 in september and we closed out 101. that is not quite the way we want the numbers to go. we want them the other way. we want to closeout more than we receive. we will continue to work with public works on streamlining that. if it doesn't work it is more evidence for us in terms of moving forward to get our own

internal people to reparish our facilities which is part of the strategic plan as well. we are trying to work with them. if it doesn't work, then we have our case. the bureau equipment is busy. handed 60 plus field repairs plus services and materials. they get 150 phone calls at the boe every day. they are quite busy. in terms of facilities, i will just weigh in on the training facility as well. as the chief mentioned, we did speak with city administrator naomi kelly today, and in terms of the size that is in -- the size of the facility, combined facility 19th and fulsome and treasure island. that does not include driver

training which we do on the streets in treasure island which we will lose. that could be another need that we would have. also, with the training facility in terms of in my opinion it would be an honor if our facility were a regional training facility and that other departments did come and use it and did look to us. we would absolutely prioritize our needs first. it would be an honor to be seen as a regional training facility for others to look to, state-of-the-art. the employment facility has been turned over to the contractor on october 22. we turned it over to them. i know that we will be doing a

groundbreaking november 28th for that facility. the budget for the facility is $30.4 million. it is scheduled to open in late 2020. 2020 station. we work with public works. the fuel system is moving forward. i will show you a photo. this is in front of station 16. this is the new fuel system they put in. we are waiting for concrete to be poured on that. there are other issues that need

to be completed and it will likely be pushed after november 16th. it will not be completed by november 16th. you station 5, final completion we talked about last month. we are looking at late february is what we hope for. things are in flux. the contractor was having trouble getting su subcontracto. it is moving along. ambulances. this was hot a few months ago getting new ambulances. chief rivera and his team have been working diligently on the ambulance specifications and they have been updated and vented by central shops and ems. we are going to a smaller

footprint but not to the sprinters. the chief is going to have another meeting with the current vendor tomorrow regarding specifications. he is working on that and we are moving forward. our mobile command vehicle is due for upgrades. we are working on that. the current technology is outdated. that could be basically a mobile command site for us. we are working with the doe and with information technology, our it people and homeland security to update that vehicle. our moose boat that i showed a photo of a month or so ago is currently at hyde street pier. we will conduct dive training on thursday and friday on it with rescue.

we have a task book for operators of the moose boat so they will get the proper training. be signed off and qualified to operate that. we have it all in writing. moving to training division. probationary firefighters got 87 of them got to the division of training in september for 560 hours of pump training and aerial operations training. the dot crews working hard with them. we need them to be proficient at the basic skill to learn. in between academies they are extremely busy. they have inventory i inspectioning, polishing and cleaning and lesson plans including the video library. the video drill manual we are

putting together. it is not just paper any more. the youngsters like the video. we are sad adjusting our training to how people learn, which is important. they also do creative things. they use old hose to make victim dummies. they are shaped like people and they have serious weight to them. we repurpose things. i know chief rivera likes that. you are not the money guy but a penny pincher. our inservice training. 304 members through 904 hours of suppression training. we talked about that last time. we also the building construction training with them. as you can see from commissioner vercommissionervernise went to .

you may have seen the fire at the oakland construction site this week how it bumped different leo i burned differently than the fire in the high rise. we go over it teaching them how building construction affects fire dynamics. other training we do that we don't talk about a lot. i want you to understand how much is going on down there. we do bart drills where they lift, crib and rescue. we do bart orientation. the third rail trips and bart rail operations. in bart tracks are above ground. we work on how we respond to those. also, we did some pg&e substation training and other

orientation to what tools we bring and don't bring to electrical areas. don't bring long hooks. your hair will not look as good as chief rivera's. i am just saying. the officer's academy. module two this week consists of company and probationary drills and engine and truck operations. the lieutenants are learning about drilling and going out to give drills to fellow lieutenants. ems academy and in service. 1094 members. some went through twice, two types of training. 4700 hour u hours of training.

stop the bleed and community c cpr. bump up academy completed. we have an acacademy that will last for six weeks. fiery serves 138 hours of drills in september. i want to thank the deputy commander who keeps us informed. they went to the third alarm fire the other night and were very helpful because when you do overhaul in a regular two-story house you have to walk down the set of stairs with equipment and debris and burned wood. they had to come down multiple levels. the fiery serves helped as well. we don't like to take things burned down in an elevator. it could go wrong. while we may bring down equipment after a fire, we see

don't typically bring debris down in an elevate tour. they were super-helpful with that. they all got a workout. in september they did presentations and meetings. the captain is trying to spread the message. she met with you the unionfied school district board in san francisco. she had a medical meeting to explore -- preliminary meeting with them. i know we are also looking to partner with other community organizations with students for that. she is also working with the department of public health regarding use of medical reserve core which will be critical during the disasster i the volunteers. hospitals could be overwhelmed,

not functional or we can't get people to the hospital. on october 20th the nerd drill i am bringing the show and tell. here we go. look at those people. our mayor was there as well. all right. on to homeland security. that was our homeland security chief and assistant deputy chief of training joe sought to. homeland security fleet week every one did a great job organizing especially chief zanoh and cochran. they stepped up and did a great job. one drill was inter agency with the coast guard, fema, navy and

onnd on. lcu drill on treasure island. landing craft utility. more photo ops here. that is chief cochran's boat. the landing craft behind him so we had that come to treasure island northeast -- treasure island. there was a ramp in good enough condition to use. they came in, lowered the ramp and we drove a vehicle off. part of fleet week was about being able to get fuel during a disaster. how are we going to fuel up the rigs, all of the equipment that we need. this was a trial run. that ask not a fuel rig, it was

part of the practice. also, for homeland security chief cochran today went to dublin to meet with the police and working k-9 foundation with some of our guys from our k-9 unit, and they offered an emergency medicine course then gave us some kits for the dogs that include trauma bandages, activate you had charcoal in case they happen to eat anythi anything. narcan for opioids. dogs can come across that and we want to be able to react and take care of them. they gave the dogs sleeping bags. all sorts of