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the process is underway and it is exciting. the assignment office. many of the vacation relief moves came out today. there be some more out tomorrow and vacation bidding begins tomorrow for temperature city, the -- for the city. the ffo vacancy and it is already completed. vacation bidding tomorrow for everyone from 11/29 to 12/5. support services. our poe handled 70 plus field and equipment repairs and hundreds of calls for equipment. our fleet we have on order six triple combination pumpers
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engines with pump tank and hose. we have a team from local 798 and central shops traveling to louisiana to conduct an inspection. we have five more engines in addition to those six with the office of contract administration. those five will have to go -- that request will have to go before the board of supervisors. we have gone over the contract and we don't see an issue with that and we have the mayor's support. that is in the hands of oca. the construction of new aerial trucks is underway. first one is due in april. when we have that one to meet our standards and our expectations, we can go ahead and order four more. we don't want all five at once. we want first one good to go. that will be in april.
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ambulances. you will be happy to know we have approval for ordering 15 ambulances. they are the box ambulances, not sprinter. they have a smaller footprint than the ones now. they comply with the zero operations but meet the safety needs. when we get the final paperwork from the vendor she will take it to oca herself to make sure they move forward to prioritize it. our facilities. i saw some of the commissioners today at the groundbreaking for the ambulance deployment facility. the weather held out for us. that was a really nice groundbreaking. mayor breed showed up and
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supervisor cohen and president cleveland was there. you can throw some dirt. nice job. we are looking forward to having that for the ems people. the $30.4 million budget for that facility. station 16 we continue to work diligently to facilitate completion. the contractor has been difficult to work with. he keeps moving the goalpost. it is moved to december 10th. i don't trust that. he keeps moving the goal post. we are working diligently and i know the chief spoke with public works about it today. we are on it. station five is still -- they could not work the past couple
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weeks due to smoke and rain. they need the stucco on and they need five days to cure that they can't do with the rain. we will see if the goal post get moved on that. i know the chief and captain need to visit the two sites 16 and 5 numerous times weekly and follow up with the contractors and public works. support services has its hand in a lot of things, as you know. another thing, they work with the mta and public works on the street projects. we have members go out and vet the street projects to make sure it does not have an adverse operational impact for us. it has been a good relationship
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and we get to provide feedback to the mta without upgrades and street improvements in a vacuum. there is a lot going on at support services. our training division. probationary drilling and training continues. some testing has started. aerial tests have started for some of the probationaries. they are continuing to do pump operations practice. in between the academies they are extremely busy with all of the training and inventory and inspecting and requesting repairs. they are also working on scripts and video for video ma many wil. we -- many all us.
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we are doing some of that with our manuals and with our drills, putting them on video for people. we are also updating the manuals and lesson plans. they are work on the schedule for the next academy which starts in late january. in service training 176 training through training. a lot of that was the officer training. thank you vice president for coming to that to speak to the members. that was a helpful training. we are currently doing live fire training. they are doing a below grade lecture. those fires have killed some of our members. we like to do frequent refreshers on that to keep our members safe because it is such a risky type of fire. they are doing live fire
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training out there as well in dynamic fire conditions. we are currently working on mou with city college and we will be able to enroll our academy members in city college and we will get remuneration for hours of training and it will facilitate trains for members not just academy members but moving forward officers and getting more education for officers and certifications and stated fire marshal classes. it will be done with city college. it is currently in the hands of the city attorneys. it will come to the fire commission for approval once it gets vetted buy the city attorneys. we will keep you updated when that is going to happen. it has to go to the city college
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curriculum committee for approval. we have been working with them for quite awhile. the chief and mark have been involved. we will be having some confined space training in the next couple weeks at treasure island. in our ems side we have h3l1 class. you are invited to graduation on friday morning. we have 22 members in the class. we started the 24. we had one member who is an army reservist who got called up to butte county to serve in wildfire was the army reserves up there. he will return and we will catch
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him up on the training to make sure he is good to go. we should end up with two 2 total. fiery serves put in 209 hours of drills including active shooter drills. nert conducted outreach meetings. the captain is working with bryan strong and i am working with the chief and we are working with creating a more resilient city. what is going to happen when something hits? we are doing a lot of work together to make sure we are more resilient and prepared. homeland security. chief cochran has been to multiple meetings and exercises.
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he recently facilitated us teaching at the police academy, teaching them basic fire operations instruction us because sometimes we work really well together with the police. we can always improve on that. what we did was we had at least one member who was a police officer and became a fire fighter. usually doesn't go the other way around. cops like to become firefighters. he went down and taught them basically fire operations, what to look for, what to do, what nonot to do, how to stay safe. help us because we had issues and we don't want them to be victims in the fire. we need to access the street,
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building. it is a good collaboration. the chief is working with the department of emergency management, coast guard and others for a disaster. if a bridge goes down, if the bridges go down in the earthquake, how are the members living outside of the city going to get here? he is working with the coast guard and the ferries to vet who has priority on the boat. it is first responders and medical personnel. he is working on that plan. chief cochran went to a vertical terrorism exercise with fdny in san francisco recently. they did a fire with an active
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shooter in a high rise. it was taught by one of the first chiefs at 9/11 in new york. he said it was really helpful. mayor bride was there. he is continuing to work with the chief and the police department on upgrading the active shooter training. lastly, talk about wild land responses. they had multiple deploymentses to the fires in southern california and in butte county. we sent engine 9, 11, 17 to ventura. let me grab a letter that was written. stand by.
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we received a letter of thanks from a battalion chief from the fire department we worked with. it was sent to the chief. i am writing regarding the recent department of three fire engines to the woolsey fire in ventura county. i was the strike team leader trainee with engine 9, 11, 17. i cannot speak highly enough of their performance and attitude. they had a can do attitude throughout the deployment. our mission was public relations. the companies maintained a positive attitude and worked through the 24 hour operational periods to help the citizens. it was a pressure to serve with them and they brought great pleasure to yourselves. if the three companies i worked with are any indication you will
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continue to have great success. warm regards. acting chief. that is a really nice that is a boy and girl for our members to speak to the work that our mutual aid committee has done, and it is also really great we were able to purchase five more wild land engines this past summer to enable us to die ploy to the fires up north and the other benefit of the five rigs we have them here and we can use them here if a disaster occurs. we have more equipment. then there is also some follow up with the members that were deployed tobute considerate. the cancer foundation and local
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78 did testing of blood and urine on the members up there. i don't have all you have the details but i can get that for you at another time. adam would come back and talk to you. finally, we are working to conduct a critical stress debriefing to those members that went to buts county. some of the work they did was harrowing, it wasn't just fighting fires but it was looking for remains. that concludes my report. >> thank you, chief nicholson. any public comment on the report? public comment is closed. >> commissioner veronese: thank
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you for the report. there is a short list to ask you about. never trust a lawyer that says it is short. the city college classes, are those classes the ladies and gentlemen of the defendant can take? -- the department can take as well? >> yes, these are people getting firefighter one certificates. chief can you speak to this. >> director of training. we have working on trying to get college credits for the people hired in the academy so they will get college credits toward their deep agree and we will get reimbursement back. >> i was wondering if the ladies and gentlemen that want to be firefighters. are there courses available to the public or is this just part
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of your training and you are getting credit for it? >> we are starting with this program to hopefully expand to state fire marshall it will begin with recruit academies and people hired. >> not open to the public? >> right. >> it would be great if there were vacancies. if you had a short class if you could offer those to the people who are training to be firefighters or members of the other department. i don't know if there is a need or if you have capacity in your classes. i love you are doing it. when i was in the police department we would take classes and get credit for it. it is great you are getting credit for it.
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the aws is coming up occasionally. i wonder what the department if we could get a report that doesn't need to be in session. i would like to get reassurance the department is planning for worst-case scenario. i would like to know what that looks like and department response looks like. when i hear the entire side of the city is going to burn, i am trying to figure out if that is a real concern? obviously it is for the person reporting it. is it a concern of the department? are they telling us that is not going to happen this is what we should anticipate. is that updated? >> i wonder how comfortable we are with the action plan and what that is. i don't just mean personnel but
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water is a part of that as well. fleet repair. i know you mentioned fleet repair earlier. the mission discussed this in the off sites meeting that we had about potential of going to the mayor's office or board and getting our own person. i want to make sure that because that is a priority. station 16 had that replacement piece for almost four our five months. that is station 19 had a truck from 1985 for several months. i know this is a big priority of ours but i haven't heard about it since the last time we talked about it. i want to stay on top of that as a commission. it is an important ask. proposition c and homelessness. we get great statistic us from chief gonzalez.
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i want to make sure we are using that. i understand the mayor put out a press release about how she is trying to implement prop c. i want to make sure we are a voice and if there is money to the department we get a piece of that since 38% of the call us go to homeless people. >> we should advocate for funding. without a doubt. >> great so i hear you are going to do that. station 16 is my district station. when my little boy calls 911 station 16 call us up. it is without a home for almost three years. it was supposed to be done a year ago in december of 2017. i have asked the pw to send me the contract. i have received and reviewed the
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contract. the contractor is the slickwi dated damages allow us for dpw to charge $2,500 each day for being late. i have heard that it is $370,000 to date and counting. that is at least three ambulances that we could have paid for. now my bet is that money does not come to the department. >> it does not. we have had this conversation with public works and for some reason. i don't know if it is the city char terror what it is, but that money does not come to us. >> chief, if you think about that up a contracttor not finishing the work, a super visor dpw who is supervising
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getting paid $2,500 every day that contractor is not done. we on the other hand, owners of the house, are not getting any of that money but we have to live in somebody else's home. when that house is done we are scrapping to make sure there is kitchenware and making our members pay for that kitchenware. it is a little ridiculous. i know this is not you. that $370,000 should be paying for the things we need. we need an advocat if that needs to be if san francisco fire commission, it needs to be there that. maybe we should draw up legislation to the board of supervisors so that money come back to us. they are at station 51.
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at station five they are on california street. it is not right what is going on. these guys have to double up and somebody else is getting paid for it. >> i agree with you a thousand percent. as i said we have had this conversation with public works. we have been told, no, that is not how it works. that money does not come to us. >> my recommendation will be in another item here that we have the city attorney draft up the legislation, board of supervisors can vote no but they know where we stand once we vote on pit. >> it is guys to the general -- it goes to general fund. >> it should go to our fund. the mission of the department was brought up earlier you mentioned the doctor and work he was doing.
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the mix is to promote the health of the members. that is one of the core parts of the mission. i am curious as to the grade that the cancer prevention folks would give the department in that regard. i would like to know what the cancer prevention people think. how we could do a better job. i think that is a core part of the mission to take care of our own people. to piggyback on that. this commission passed the peer support resolution a month ago and there is a deadline to report back on that. i want to make sure we meet that deadline. i know you are making the one last week i was in another country. i want to make sure we are on top of that and that in the
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future when we have wildfiresna we have the resources and support to take care of those people and not at the last moment when it is necessary but early on. if i can update the reassurance the department is going to meet the deadline imposed by the peer support resolution so we can move forward on that. i told you it was a short list, chief. >> it is getting shorter all of the time. >> wild land fires. i guess tha that is a cal fire . these fires are turning to urban fires. i don't know that we fight wild land fires any more. >> it is the wild land urban
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interface. >> that word has not impacted how we fight the fires or whether or not we have the right equipment for those fires. i am curious as to the answer to those questions. are we still fighting wild land fires with wild land equipment. are we sure the men and women of our department have what is needed to fight the fires they are fighting today. what resources could you report back we are sending them up with? are they sleep everything in rigs or in tents? >> no, they were well cared for up there. >> if we can get an idea what that looks like because if there are resources from that privately or internally we need to take care of the troops we send to the fires. >> we can have the mutual aid
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committee. >> it doesn't have to be an agenda item. maybe a one page on what it looks like for the firefighters to fight the fire and if it is enough by estimation of the department. >> you are not done are you? >> i am going to let it go. >> thank you commissioner. i would hate to see your long list. >> you chief gonzalez. >> to piggyback on the report about the deployments. i had the privilege to represent chief hayes white at the huntington park nobody hill the other night.
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the captain was awarded recognition. we nominated him for the appointments. he exemplifies the members that go to the deployments. since 2006 he was deployed 19 crimes. our units were part of saving the camp and lodge. he went to the fire in 2017 as part of the strike time that saved did you house us -- houses in santa rosa. part of the job was looking for evidence. that was the task. they did a good job at it. i aim happy they got that award. thank you.
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>> commissioner hard die man. >> commissioner hardeman: attor, remember that. >> i get paid for the results. >> i sign a lot of checks to lawyers. anyway, the training facility in hayward, have you toured that a new one? >> i have not. >> i saw that on tv. i was shocked how lab brat it looked. i was impressed. it impressed me i didn't know anyone was building the new training facility. they mentioned where the money came from to fund that. it was in one ear and out the
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other ear. funding for five more engines, can you -- a little more detail what happened there? >> the contract was for $10 million. anything spent over that amount has to be approved by the board of supervisors. does that summit up? >> it was anticipated this number would be the request originally if the money was there to cover them? it is not adding something that wasn't anticipated? >> we are not asking for more money. we are asking for approval to go forward purchasing the rigs. >> the money is there? that is why i was confused. i asked the right question.
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>> good evening assistant deputy chief rivera. any city contract up to $10 million. shovels or fire trucks or broomsticks, once that contract reaches a capacity of $10 million we have to get bored of supervisor approval to move forward and to purchase from that specific contract. in this case we are at that point with our fire engines with five. we are going over the $10 million. >> i understand. >> thank you. >> the one person that was up at thebute fire that is graduating friday is he back to graduate? >> he will be there on friday.
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>> he is part of 22? >> yes. >> how dedicated are in southern california. we got the thank you letter. they deserve a pat in the back. they went through the terrible ordeal and were withing to go there. we have to thank them. you can't do anything else. they are doing their job and they are american heroes. good people. >> thank you commissioner. one quick question. on the mou with the gotc, guardians of the city. is there any update on that and how close are we to having the
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mou finalized and signed off? >> we are meeting next week. >> make sure the commissioners get that information so there is a couple of them there. thank you for your report. please call the next item. >> clerk: item 6, fire commission meeting calendar 2019. discussion and possible action to adopt the 2019 fire commission regular meeting cander. >> public comment? public comment is closed. commissioners, what is your pleasure? >> so move the calendar, mr. president. >> very similar to this year except there are special meetings this year and next year some special meetings. >> may i have a second.
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all in favor. it is unanimous. it is adopted. thank you. >> item 7 report on commission activities since last meeting november 14, 2018. >> any public comment on this item? public comment is closed. commissioners who would like to report. i see commissioner hardeman's name there. >> commissioner hardeman: i did attend the meeting last week. i was not trying to make proposals or vote up or down. just there to support and listen. it was a bigger crowd and much longer meeting that went well. as chief nicholson said we are at 49 groundbreaking. the mayor was all dressed up in
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red. she sounded like the comment commission. her heart is in it. she loves the fire department. that was real nice. we had the president of the board speaking also. very nicely done. i am sure it is on tv tonight. it would be covered. all of the brass was there. everybody was smalling. happy to shovel in dirt. it was a fun thing to do. very enjoyable. >> commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. i echo commissioner hardeman's seniowaments. it was -- sentiments it was a happy day to see dirt being moved.
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things will be happening very quickly with the build of station 49, also known as the ambulance deployment facility. it is just a very exciting, you know, and the people waiting for so long to have the facility to finally see there is going to be some movement. very nice day today. >> thank you commissioner covington. deputy chief gonzalez. >> thank you. i am not sure if this is the right time can adjourn -- adjourn in memory of michael kirk. >> happy to do so. no question. >> anything further commissioners. >> i had a couple meetings this past couple weeks. one with the executive director
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of the bicycle coalition. we have a representative doing a very good job. that individual should come at a future meeting to update how we are interacting with the san francisco bike coalition. we have issues sometimes with them. it is a much better relationship now and i am happy to see that. also met with the black firefighters association president to see how their organization ask going and get his input on our next chief. finally, i enjoyed the groundbreaking. all of us are happy to see dirt moved and construction by beginning on the new ambulance station 49. it has been a long time in
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coming. we needed the voters to approve the bond to pay for it. we need voters to approve a bond for the future training facility in excess of $100 million. i hope the voters watching this program will remember us when we come to the ballot in a year and-a-half with a request for funds to build the new training facility. that is it, madam secretary next item. >> agenda item 8 next meeting. >> what ask on the dockets for future meetings? >> cancer prevention coming in. i believe they have the results from the case stud die. we have the chief's public comment. i am not sure of the resolution on the coastline task force.
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is that something that is ready to go? no. the chief's appraisal. >> that is going to be tabled. i talked to dhr. >> policy update. >> yes. >> we can do the drum policy. we will have that ready. >> study on the training facility. >> at our last meeting it was announced we would be discussing the new training facility this evening, then it was taken off the calendar so i think it should be on the calendar for the next meeting. we have not had a thorough discussion about the training facility and how we are going to
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get one. >> thank you. >> okay. commissioners, vice president. >> vice president nakajo: are we talking about the items for the december 12th fire commission meeting? point of clarification we still have the december 19th closed session at the headquarters? >> correct. >> okay. in terms of the january calendar, mr. president. what is the commission elections? >> the first meeting on january 9th. we will have election of officers for next year on january 9th. >> thank you very much,
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mr. president. >> interviews are separate. they will be held at dhr but not here. >> it will be held probably dhr offices at 1 south vanness. >> it is hard to keep that. >> i have to post it. >> we have to have open session and closed session. >> anything else? >> were you finished? >> point of clarification we are talking about interview dates january 4, friday, january 8, tuesday, and the time is 9:00 to 4:00? >> clerk: that is what is put out at the moment. >> i would book at 9:00.
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if it starts at 10:00 we will let you know. >> thank you. >> that was january 4 and 8. if we could get a calendar invite. >> bring your list of questions. >> january 4th at 9a. >> and the eighth at 9am. >> how long long do you anticipate going? all day. 9:00 to 4:00. the 19th will be all day probably meeting as well as most of the day. >> december 19th at 11:00. >> that will be at commission head quarters? >> that is all day event? >> potentially, yes.
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>> is it possible to get -- i know we get our materials for the meetings. it is posted on thursday, right? is it posted publicly on thursday the agenda? >> the friday before the meeting, 32 hours. >> are materials posted friday before the meeting? >> friday or monday. >> is it possible to get the materials a little earlier than we are currently getting them? >> it depends on the report sometimes from the various divisions. it is not easy. >> you can get the agendas if that is what you want. >> clerk: the agenda is not final until the friday before the meeting. the materials that go with the agenda come to me as the agenda is set. >> they can come to you after the friday?
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>> usually not. i usually get everything on the friday. >> is it possible to post the materials on our website with the agenda? >> i do. supporting documents. those agenda minutes and supporting documents. >> i will take a look at that to refer back to the chief's report. i enjoyed it. you i couldn't find it. it is not part of the packet i receive digitally. >> it goes to the other four commissioner os friday hand delivered. you opted and the ops report is separate. >> is there a reason that can't be a public document?
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>> it is public. it is separate from the packet. >> i would like to receive that digitally to refer back to it. >> i can scan that? >> i enjoy that so much. >> any further input? i don't believe i called for public comment. any public items for future items? seeing none it is closed. last item. check. >> clerk: adjournment. >> i would like to adjourn in honor of michael kirk who passed on tuesday morning. he was hired in 2002. thank you for attending tonight. this meeting is adjourned.
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today we are going to talk about fire safety. we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. it's a wonderful display. a little house in the urban center exhibition center that shows what it's like in a home in san francisco after an earthquake. one of the major issues that we are going to face after earthquakes are fire hazard. we are happy to have the fire marshall join us
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today. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> we talk about the san francisco earthquake that was a fire that mostly devastated the city. how do we avoid that kind of problem. how can we reduce fire hazard? >> the construction was a lot different. we don't expect what we had then. we want to make sure with the gas heaters that the gas is shut off. >> if you shut it off you are going to have no hot water or heat. be careful not to shut it off unless you smell gas. >> absolutely because once you do shut it off you should have the utility company come in and turn it back on. here is a mock up of a gas hear the on a house. where would we
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find the gas meter? >> it should be in your garage. everyone should be familiar with where the gas meter is. >> one of the tools is a wrench, a crescent wrench. >> yes. the crescent wrench is good and this is a perfect example of how to have it so you can loosen it up and use it when you need it. >> okay. let's go inside to talk about fire safety. many of the issues here relate to fire, for example, we have a little smoke detector and i see you brought one here, a carbon monoxide smoke detector. >> this is a combination of smoke and carbon monoxide
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detector. they are required in single homes now and in apartment buildings. if gas appliance is not burning properly this will alert you before the fumes buildup and will affect you negatively. >> this is a battery powered? >> this is a battery powered and it has a 10 year battery life. a lot of times you may have one or the other. if you put in just a carbon monoxide detector, it's important to have one of these too. every house should have a fire extinguisher, yes. >> one thing people expect to do when the power goes out after an earthquake about using candles. what would you
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recommend? >> if you have a battery operated candle would be better to use. this kind of a candle, you wouldn't want it in an area where it can cause a fire or aftershock that it doesn't rollover. you definitely want to have this in a non-combustible surface. >> now, here we have our stove. after a significant earthquake we expect that we may have gas disrupted and so without gas in your home, how are you going to cook? >> well, i wouldn't recommend cooking inside of the house. you have to go outside and use a portable stove or something else.
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>> so it wouldn't be safe to use your fireplace to cook? >> not at first. you should check it by a professional first. >> outside should be a safe place to cook as long as you stay away from buildings and doors and windows. >> yes. that will be fine. >> here we have some alternative cooking areas. >> you can barbecue and if you have a regular propane bark could barbecue. >> thank you for joining us. and thanks for this terrific space that you have in this exhibition space and thanks for helping san francisco stay safe. -
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>> tenderloin is unique neighborhood where geographically place in downtown san francisco and on every street corner have liquor store in the corner it stores pretty much every single block has a liquor store but there are impoverishes grocery stores i'm the co-coordinated of the healthy corner store collaboration close to 35 hundred residents 4 thousand are children the medium is about $23,000 a year so a low income neighborhood many new immigrants and many people on fixed incomes residents have it travel outside of their neighborhood to assess fruits and vegetables it can be
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come senator for seniors and hard to travel get on a bus to get an apple or a pear or like tomatoes to fit into their meals my my name is ryan the co-coordinate for the tenderloin healthy store he coalition we work in the neighborhood trying to support small businesses and improving access to healthy produce in the tenderloin that is one of the most neighborhoods that didn't have access to a full service grocery store and we california together out of the meeting held in 2012 through the major development center the survey with the corners stores
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many stores do have access and some are bad quality and an overwhelming support from community members wanting to utilities the service spas we decided to work with the small businesses as their role within the community and bringing more fresh produce produce cerebrothe neighborhood their compassionate about creating a healthy environment when we get into the work they rise up to leadership. >> the different stores and assessment and trying to get them to understand the value of having healthy foods at a reasonable price you can offer people fruits and vegetables and healthy produce they can't afford it not going to be able to allow it so that's why i want to get involved and we just make sure that there are alternatives to people can come into a store and
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not just see cookies and candies and potting chips and that kind of thing hi, i'm cindy the director of the a preif you believe program it is so important about healthy retail in the low income community is how it brings that health and hope to the communities i worked in the tenderloin for 20 years the difference you walk out the door and there is a bright new list of fresh fruits and vegetables some place you know is safe and welcoming it makes. >> huge difference to the whole environment of the community what so important about retail environments in those
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neighborhoods it that sense of dignity and community safe way. >> this is why it is important for the neighborhood we have families that needs healthy have a lot of families that live up here most of them fruits and vegetables so that's good as far been doing good. >> now that i had this this is really great for me, i, go and get fresh fruits and vegetables it is healthy being a diabetic you're not supposed to get carbons but getting extra food a all carbons not eating a lot of vegetables was bringing up my whether or not pressure once i got on the
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program everybody o everything i lost weight and my blood pressure came down helped in so many different ways the most important piece to me when we start seeing the business owners engagement and their participation in the program but how proud to speak that is the most moving piece of this program yes economic and social benefits and so forth but the personal pride business owners talk about in the program is interesting and regarding starting to understand how they're part of the larger fabric of the community and this is just not the corner store they have influence over their
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community. >> it is an owner of this in the department of interior i see the great impact usually that is like people having especially with a small family think liquor store sells alcohol traditional alcohol but when they see this their vision is changed it is a small grocery store for them so they more options not just beer and wine but healthy options good for the business and good for the community i wish to have more
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sustainability mission, even though the bikes are very minimal energy use. it still matters where the energy comes from and also part of the mission in sustainability is how we run everything, run our business. so having the lights come on with clean energy is important to us as well. we heard about cleanpowersf and learned they had commercial rates and signed up for that. it was super easy to sign up. our bookkeeper signed up online, it was like 15 minutes. nothing has changed, except now we have cleaner energy. it's an easy way to align your environmental proclivities and goals around climate change and it's so easy that it's hard to not want to do it, and it doesn't really add anything to the bill. francisco --
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>> this is the regular aboboard meeting of the san francisco board of education. the date is november 13, and this meeting is now called to order. miss casco, roll call, please. >>clerk: thank you. >> please proceed, miss casco. >>clerk: thank you. [ro [roll call] >> apologies to the public. we're still working out issues with the mic. we were told not to speak too
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close to it, so hopefully,