eser, so there's a whole scope of portfolio projects under the eser project and these fall outside of it, but just because they fall outside of it doesn't mean they're not a good project and they don't need to be addressed. they're roof replacement, exterior envelope and painting, window repair, shower replacement, mechanical and hvac, emergency generators, exhaust extractors, those are mainly ongoing maintenance. electrical infrastructure. just the age of our facilities, and infrastructure needs to be updated just to be able to handle the electrical load of today's equipment, things of that nature. sidewalk side work, sidewalk, those potentially form a liability for the city if they're not addressed.

kitchens, as the commissioner mentioned, data infrastructure upgrades, a lot of the cabling, wiring, speakers, a lot of that related to the c.a.d. system, the dispatch system. a lot of those have not been upgraded, but there's a c.a.d. project that we might be able to attach some of those to, but just needs and revamping the stations. boiler maintenance, and then, a couple of planning studies that we're asking money to get and do some further analysis on, bureau equipment and electrical and wiring. before we get into i.t., i do want to say with regards to pricing and costing, there are limits to which we have control over that part of it. procedurally, we are limited by the admin code, the charter, as to what we can and cannot perform. so i want to say a lot of these costs here, they're not pulled

out of thin air, we do work closely with d.p.w. these are estimates that they have either after assessing systems or problems or they're based on work that has already been done in other eser projects at other stations, so there's work that twoel goes into determining these estimates. so while they do appear and are high, we're requesting $34 million in the first year and 54 in the second year, there is a basis for those costs based on the actual costs or estimates that we have been provided. turning to i.t. briefly, in the current year, we're working on closing out a number of projects, including upgrading our data terminals, in addition, we're installing modems on our vehicles to allow for wireless access and information transfer.

and we're doing a business intelligence upgrade to our internal reporting systems. kind of two major citywide i.t. projects that we're heavily involved with. one is wrapping up, and one is just beginning its planning stages. one at the first is the radio replacement project. both of these are headed by d.e.m., department of emergency management, so we've been working closely with their personnel. it will upgrade aid yo systems across the city for a -- radio systems across the city for a number of departments. that is a huge undertaking for the city, and so given advances in technology, there are a number of options and resources

available today that were not available the last time we did that, only to provide more toolstor our first responders, and that's the main goal, to make dispatch more efficient and more useable for our front line users, so that's a project we'll absolutely keep you posted of, but that's a multiyear project that's just getting kicked off. a brief review of what we are proposing here. there are six projects. these have -- a couple of these have been proposed in the past and not funded. incident display boards, these are boards that are installed at various stations that provide a visual dispatch that usually beats the audio dispatch that comes across the station so crews working can see incident information more you quickly than what is being dispatched over the radio. we have that installed in a couple of stations i believe, and have had very positive

reviews, so we're looking to expand that. remote user access of desktops. obviously we have computers all over the department. they'll be able to more easily maintain those stations without actually having to visit them. it's just more efficient uses of our i.t. individuals. incident command, making decisions in a virtual environment. obviously, a real incident, not the greatest place to do training like that. nfshl, there's not too many of those incidents that occur, but to the extent that we can do it in a -- in a virtual environment that would be of assistance to our training staff. fire station network reconfiguration, this is replacing out dated equipment at our stations and just making our networks more efficient.

in certain cases, station members have issues accessing information either on the internet or through different systems just based on the speed and the capablities of our technology and our limitations, so this would be an update both to replace hardware but reconfigure the systems to make it more user friendly fore personnel and the stations. this is just a better electronic solution for our members for both the physician's office to track injuries to improve communications, secure communications with members. it just would be an improvement on the -- a lot of the paper-based records that we're currently using. and the other would be -- last project would be field to tablet deployment. this would be a tablet that could be deployed to engine and truck crews. it would assist with field inspections, but even though our ambulances do it currently, electronic charts for patient

records. our engine crews will eventually be mandated by the state and locally to do all electronic charts. this would be a more efficient ways for crews to record information for a variety of functions as well as they'd be able to access training and different resources on the tablet. with that, i'd like to request approval of our budget request and answer any questions that you may have. >> president cleaveland: thank you, mr. corso. do we have any public comment on this item, either the capital or the information technology budget request? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? i see no names up there. mr. vice president. >> commissioner nakajo: director corso, thank you very much for this presentation. i also wanted to remark that i, as a commissioner, appreciate the detailed breakdown in terms

of the cost both in capital budget requests as well as information technology. it greatly helps by the breakdowns when it comes to various stations in terms of the requests. >> thank you. >> commissioner nakajo: so i just wanted to thank you in terms of the detailed information. thank you, mr. president. >> president cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: i'd just like to say thank you, mr. corso. you probably have hundreds of and hundreds of pages you could present to us, and you broke it down the way you did. thank you. i really appreciated it. >> thank you. >> president cleaveland: commissioner covington. >> commissioner covington: thank you, mr. president. congratulations, and just as my fellow commissioner said, for digesting this and giving it to us in a way that is easy to understand. >> thank you. >> commissioner covington: mr. corso, i'm wondering about the

capital budget committee. are we involved in that committee? is there a representative from the department that sits on that committee? >> unfortunately, no. i believe it's in the administrative code. we've inquired about it on the past. we've requested to have a seat at the table just given the breadth of facilities, the number of facilities that we have, but unfortunately, we do not have a seat. >> commissioner covington: and who did you make that request to? >> i believe we talked to the mayor's office and probably capital planning. >> commissioner covington: and how long ago was the last request? >> a few years ago? >> commissioner hayes-white: a couple years ago. >> commissioner covington: okay. i think it's time we make a new request on that. we have a new administration. we have a mayor that is a former member of the require commission, and i think that a

request -- a formal request should be made to mayor breed regarding this because, you know, in our prior conversations, you have shared the difficulty of having people understand those people who do sit on the committee, having people understand what our needs are, and, you know, the necessity of us having a seat at the table and being heard on, you know, a one-to-one basis. so i'm looking at a lot of these things that i think, you know, warrant further discussion at a higher level. and i certainly don't have any hesitation about moving this item. i just wants -- wants to make

that comment. i've got so much paperwork here, i'm drowning. so you did mention that there is a portion of the charter that says all departments -- or i'll be specific, that the fire department has to use d.p.w. for these improvements? >> yeah. i believe it's chapter six. it's not specifically -- it limits the number of departments that can do capital work to, i believe public works, i believe the p.u.c., and i want to say department of real estate for certain limitations, but there is -- it is in code with regards to the process for construction work. >> commissioner covington: all right. so when my fellow commissioners here and on other commissions complain about the amount of money that is being spent on

particular items, we don't have any leeway. we cannot request any proposals to repair the shower and redo the fire department? >> that's correct. obviously, a lot of our projects are done by provide contractors, but d.p.w. is administering those projects, and there are costs associated with that administration as well as to the actual work done, but yes, to sbanswer you question, we cannot get requests for proposals, we have to go through d.p.w. for a lot of our fire station work, there's architectural need, design work done by their staff, so depending on the scope of the project, it would vary across the board. >> commissioner covington: can

you give me a percentage range? is it 10%? >> it's over 10%. >> commissioner covington: it's over 10%? >> i believe it is, yes. >> commissioner covington: okay. i believe going forward, it would be good to have that breakdown of what that percentage is per large capital project so we can have a better idea of how the moneys are being apportioned. >> okay. >> commissioner covington: thank you. so i think that's a big clarification. as soon as i say the charter, you know, everybody's ears perk up. you know, okay, we can't vote that out, so that's very, very helpful. >> i think it may be helpful -- if i may, it may be helpful on some of our projects that we're doing now, we have the detailed breakdown that provide those costs, so i'm happy to provide

that to the commission. >> commissioner covington: that summary would be preferable. okay. i did have a few other questions, but i will hold those in abeyance and give my fellow commissioners a chance to speak. thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you, commissioner covington. i could not agree more with your comments, and i believe we also should have a seat on the capital budget committee, and if there are ways to change that without having to go back and change the administrative code, we need to research that. we should have a seat at that table, absolutely. >> i'll discuss with the chief. >> president cleaveland: so let's see if we can work that out. i had a question -- so how difficult is it to change chapter six? >> i believe it goes to the board. >> president cleaveland: so the board of supervisors can

change chapter six and give the board more autonomy? >> i believe they can do that. >> president cleaveland: okay. just for kicks, you have $400,000 for shower repair in the budget. just for kicks, how many showers are we repairing? >> we have second page, the detailed breakdown that we have, there's about seven stations that are identified, and these costs are approximately -- a little over 100,000 per shower, based on estimates we've received from d.p.w., so 200,000 -- 400,000 would represent close to four showers. >> president cleaveland: in the -- on page four, you talk about the comprehensive fire station needs assessments. i agree. we definitely need to reassess our fire stations, what are our needs, definitely need to have it done on a more regular basis

than we've done in the past. can we get a second opinion from someone else rather than just get the opinion from d.p.w. of what our needs are. >> i know they work with various people. for example on our training facility, they brought in consultants to do some of the needs assessment work. currently, they do have provide contractors that they assign different work depending on the type -- like, if it's structural or seismic, if they need additional resources, they will contract -- >> president cleaveland: so they're just overseeing the actual firm that, you know, is doing the needs assessment. >> they have their own architects in house, absolutely, so it's kind of a joint effort, consolidated report. i will say just kind of overlooking, just on the eser projects in total, the eser program in total, these stations are in the best shape they've been in in a long, long

time. they're not where they need to be, but one of the benefits in doing an eser bonds every few years, we've been able to get into a lot of those stations and see what is currently needed. so a lot of information we have now, much more information. the negative of that is is that we're realizing how much all that information and those needs are actually costing, and that's kind of where we're struggling with, when you see some of these large figures, that's kind of where we are in the middle. but we're obviously continuing to work with d.p.w. and all of our partners on improving. >> president cleaveland: let me be clear, i don't think any of us on the commission are knocking d.p.w. we're just looking for greater efficiencies in the delivery of the finished product to the fire department, and i think, you know, we need to be prioritized as a public safety agency for the city, as the agency that probably reaches out and touches more people in

our city every day than any other city department, so we need to be prioritized, and we need to have people that understand our needs, work with us on a regular basis, and provide those efficiencies and time and talent that we need. so we're not saying we're going to get rid of d.p.w. at all. we're not saying that as a commission, we're just saying we're looking for greater efficiencies here, and if the d.p.w. can assign specific people to us that do electrical, do plumbing, that do painting, whatever, that work for d.p.w., but become familiar with who we are, what we are, and what we have to protect and renew and refurbish and refinish and maintain, we'll be a lot better off and more able to maintain our facilities in a proper way so they don't go into repair. we don't have to wait ten years or 20 years to do something

about it. >> i will say on that, day-to-day, we've been working very closely with d.p.w., just to put a light on some of the issues that we've been having. so far, d.p.w. has been responsive as far as having additional personnel available strictly for fire department. that's obviously a work in progress, and we'll always be monitoring, but they put a lot of work on that situation. >> president cleaveland: i just want to reiterate. i'm not knocking d.p.w., i just say we need to have a really good and close relationship with them, so they understand and respond in an appropriate way. thank you very much. i think we had a motion from commissioner covington -- excuse me, commissioner hardeman. >> commissioner hardeman: thank you, mr. president. mr. corso, about five years, we were authorized to hire a station engineer or two? is that something i just lost track in the back of my mind. >> so we had a number of

stationary engineers back in 2009, but they were mainly dedicated to the awss system. so when that transfer function moved to the p.u.c., for the most part, all of those positions did, as well. except for one, we have one stationary engineer working out of headquarters, and he's still employed. does a great job, but obviously, that's one person for all of our facilities. in the past, we've requested for additional personnel to assist him and assist the department, so we can prioritize our needs and coordinate the projects with d.p.w. unfortunately, we've not been funded for any of those positions, but we do have one stationary engineer. >> commissioner hardeman: yeah. that is a person that's highly educated. mandatory training every year. when something has to be done, new station, they say, can you send me a stationary engineer. they can cover a lot of things that can happen -- they cover a lot of trades. i'm glad to hear we at least

have one left. >> president cleaveland: thank you, commissioner hardeman. mr. vice president. >> commissioner nakajo: mr. president, mr. corso, just as a point of clarification, did you say we are moving forward with the eser bond on 2019? >> yes. so there was an update, and i can provide some of the materials from capital plan,inpla planning, they've added an affordable housing bond in the amount of $300 million to the 2020 time frame, and by doing that, they've moved the eser bond from 2020 to 2019. so it's currently anticipated to be on the ballot in november . currently total amount of $600 million. that covers -- as far as what we have currently, based on their information, 250 million set aside for fire station and police retrofits and improvements, 150 million set aside for fire department training facility, and 125

million set aside for awss, and that's currently of the plan that was just presented at capital on mobbed. >> commissioner nakajo: i appreciate the information. it's very important. 2020 is right around the corner. correct me if i am wrong, it's going to be upon us to be able to get the voters of san francisco to approve that bond? >> it will be a city effort for sure. police have been involved in the previous eser bonds. they've had a number of allocations for police station improvements as part of the other eser bonds, and they have less facilities, their allocation has been less, but they have been a part of previous eser bonds. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. so what i'm hearing, we are the majority of that bond. >> correct. >> commissioner nakajo: can you share with this commission what it takes for the public to

approve that bond, is it a percentage? >> i believe it's two thir-thi approval. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. so i believe we have to go out and hit the street. >> yes. there'll be a lot of education on the program. >> commissioner nakajo: is there a response from 798 about this? >> i have not receive anything from them given the update, by i can reach out to them. >> commissioner nakajo: all right. please keep us updated on the process. i hate to say it, but november 's around the corner. thank you, mr. president. >> president cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president. quick question, mr. corso. in the last fiscal year, what we requested and what we received for capital as well as i.t., what was the delta there? >> so i believe for i.t., last year, i believe we requested approximately $1.2 million in

funding. we did not receive anything. we had a joint project that was technically under d.e.m. for some upgrades to radio system. that was about 400,000, but that was not fire department specific, but we were very supportive of that project. on the capital side, i believe we requested somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 million for that year, and we were allocated approximately 3.5 million in our budget. >> president cleaveland: okay. commissioners, i think we had a motion from commissioner covington to approve both the capital and i.t. budget requests. do i have a second? >> commissioner hardeman: second. >> president cleaveland: all in favor? [voting] >> president cleaveland: it's unanimous. thank you, mr. corso. >> thank you very much. >> clerk: item seven, chief of department's report, report from chief of department joanne hayes-white on current activities in the department since the fire commission meeting on december 18, 2018

including the budget, academy, special events, communication and outreach to other government agencies, and other facility updates and report from operations on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation and airport division. >> president cleaveland: good morning, chief. >> commissioner hayes-white: good morning, president cleaveland, commissioners. this is my report since the last meeting, december 12. i hope everyone had a good holiday season and wish everyone the best in this new year. you heard from mr. corso regarding status of the budget. one thing i would like to add related to the budget which is on everyone's mind is this grant writer position, the 1823 grant writer. i know, commissioner covington, you assisted with some revision and augmentation to the job description. i wanted to update you that job was posted earlier this month, january 3. it's -- the deadline for

applicants is january 25. to date, we've received 30 applications and are looking forward to moving forward with that process. with regards to the division of training and academies. we are anticipating the 125th class entering on january 28. that day, there will be 42 members, and two weeks after that date, they will be joined by 12 members from station 49 for a class size of 54. to date, we've made 38 offers for -- out of the 42 for january 28, and we are awaiting some more results from the department physician to select the full complement of that class. it is anticipated that we will have a second academy this year, in september, and prior to my departure, i anticipate and intend to work on making my

successor's job a little bit easier by conducting a few more interviews in the springtime, prior to my departure. let's see...with regards to facilities, station 16, i'm hearing, is very close. as you know, it's willfully delayed. i know we're close. at this time, i know we have captain steve mcportland going over final inspections at station 16 at this time, so it's anticipated that we will have more news by the end of this week. there are some punch lists that still need to be completed. i'm confident that by the end of this month, we will have news and have the members moved back into station 16. i think that's fair to say, and i'm getting affirmation from chief rivera, and i'd like to thank division of support services, tony and his staff, for their diligence in getting the station delivered.

the good news is although this's delayed, what i'm hearing from the members and some of the station chiefs is they're pleased with the quality of the work, as they should be. but we are -- we're a little disappointed with the delay, but we will be delivering that station asap. division five, turk and webster, our two house, has had some delays, we were hoping that to be opened at the end of last year. now we're getting a date of march 29 for completion, so that's -- those are the two stations that i wanted to report on. as you know, you were at the ground breaking for the ambulance deployment facility on gerald and mckinnon, and that is on track, i'm told. division of training continues to be something that we are prioritizing, particularly now in light of the fact that the -- the updated general obligation bond schedule has moved up to have the eser bond

be contemplated for november of this year. so that is a priority. we do not have a site selected at this time, which is why it's a priority, so we continue to work on that. i'm working very closely with the city administrator. i have chief nicholson assisting and chief scanlan assisting, as well, and i agree with commissioner nakajo, it does take a lot of work to get these bonds passed. generally, the department -- we're two for two, we're three for three, actually. [please stand by]

>> so regarding activities since our last meeting, december 13th , i participated in the kelsey street operation's meeting, as i do every 12 weeks, i have an officer admitted -- joining me as well. it was 45 minutes of the operations people, in the last 45 minutes of the policy level groups the department has. i am happy to bring forward what was discussed earlier in terms of possibly having a joint meeting with the department of public health, bringing it to that table, and i think it is a great idea. i also met with -- and i meet with them periodically, the commander of the fire reserves. many of us enjoyed a gathering of our holiday lunch, to again

for us to appreciate the commission, and the members of the department headquarters and the admin staff. that was enjoyed. also i wanted to -- at the last meeting, i wanted to acknowledge the commission. i submitted a written report on the meeting. that was a tough morning. not only with honoring mayor lee for the one-year anniversary of his untimely and unexpected passing, but i was informed just before the meeting of the very unfortunate circumstances related to firefighter stephen pocket's at death. at 12:20 pm on december 20th, it was pretty unusual because it was a large church. where many members in the uniform in our department, as well as other departments came out to honor steve, thank you commissioners for being there with us, and president cleveland

, i would like to ask you adjourn the meeting in honor of stephen, and for his dedicated service to our department. 12:27 pm, as well as the assistant deputy chief tony rivera, delivered specification for ambulances, to change orders but that is on track and i met with some of the members of the office of contract administration to thank them for our closer partnership and to reemphasize the importance of not to take anything away from any other department, but these are emergency service rigs and apparatus, and should be receiving the high his attention and level of priority. we appreciate all the good work of the office of contract administration and the relationship that she rivera has developed with them. also -- that chief chief rivera has developed with them. we also had new year's eve, and

we would like to thank all members who are working that evening. it is always a challenging evening for us. i specifically wanted to recognize the assistant deputy chief who put together the event action plan and work closely with other city agencies to ensure an enjoyable, but safe new year's eve. we also had the assistant deputy chief his auto in the emergency operations centre. once again, we were able to ensure it was a safe night, and we worked really collaboratively with other city agencies. we did put the revamped munimobile bus, which is now our assets, into operation. it was a really good plan, and b. are appreciated -- appreciative it was a safe and enjoyable night for all. i also wanted to thank, because it is kind of going above and beyond, but we had myself, the

deputy chief nicholson, assistant deputy chief rivera, and assists -- assistant assistant deputy chief sauto, and r.c. two, we went -- it was great. i have done it the last few years, i also happen to be on the board. they are elderly residents and they celebrate their new year's about 8:00 pm. the party starts at 6:00 pm. it is a great place. i would like to particularly say thank you because they bring such joy to celebrate new year's with these folks. i danced with them and we even had one of the captains in the battalion of 70 that was feeding one of the residents. i really appreciate the staff. i made -- i make asks very often , and i get affirmation from the group his people out here. i appreciate it. it is something that brings a smile to a lot of people's faces

thank you for that. the moscone he centre expansion is pretty exciting. it was getting old and tired. on january 3rd, i attended that opening, i would encourage any of you who have not seen the expansion to take a look. it is pretty impressive. it is also impressive that there was never a closure of the moscone centre during this reconstruction, and the reinvigoration of the moscone centre during this expansion. that was interesting to see. is also worth noting a number of our retired fire prevention inspectors are on staff at moscone centre and we utilize the subject matter experts to have that come off without a hitch. that is beautiful. we had a staff meeting earlier this week on the seventh, and yesterday i was over here a good portion of the day where i attended the swearing in of

carmen to -- chu, and then that swearing in and selection of the board president. it will be my district supervisor norman yee. i know that we will give the operations report, i did want to make note that it sort of put a damper on the holiday. we did lose two people to a fire on clay street in the early morning of december 24th, christmas eve. members did a phenomenal job in responding to that fire. we always take those losses, their losses for us as well. we are trained and we work together to always make a positive difference. that is part of why our jobs are so difficult because when we don't get what we are trained to do, it makes it very difficult. i want to thank all the members who responded to that fire. i was able -- we had to deal

with some very difficult times with our members, as well as family members and media eric and i joined her later. i know cd2 was at the fire as well, and both deputies did follow up with the members. there was a tally at the house, and when transport who the victim later died the next day at the hospital. we will keep them in our thoughts as well. that concludes my report at this time. >> thank you, chief. is there any public comment comments on the chief's report? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> chief, i understand that we had a distress unit that was called out for that particular fire as well. >> they were.

they did a phenomenal job and meeting with some of the members after that fire. >> i know that the head of the stress unit has decided to move on, and is no longer with the stress unit. >> correct. they consider themselves co- leads. they have requested a return to the field for personal reasons. he's got his hand -- hands full. he is a new dad of twins. he has a request -- requested to move out. i think we will always be a resource. the beauty about the members of the stress unit, or the behavioural health unit -- >> peer support. >> is that even though they may not be assigned to that position , they always remain as great resources. as does captain dan griffin who has also been on the unit with

dan christie. he will be tapped into often times. we lose the full-time work of dan, but he will continue to be a resource for us. we will advertise for his replacement. believe that that general order is on our desk. >> i think i saw it on an e-mail it went out a couple of weeks ago. dan and captain griffith do an amazing job. i encouraged that we try to get that unit up. i know the peer support unit measured that the commission passed, and they know they're supposed to be an update to the commission mid february or late february are really looking forward to that update and i think that is an important part of the health and wellness of this department, in addition to the cancer awareness stuff that we are doing. thank you for that period i know dan did great work. i know it is not an easy job. and i talked a lot with john

christie before he left and before he retired from the department, and that is a tough job. it takes a real tough person to do something like that. i know dan has a new family, and a wishing well, and i hope we get someone in there quickly. i wanted to mention, when you talk about the things that you did on new year's eve with -- what was the name of the group? >> it is little sisters of the poor home. >> little sisters of the home. i know you work with st. anthony 's. when you say things like that, this city will miss you when you are gone. we really are because you are one-of-a-kind. when you are out in the field, and i know you do not like accolades, but i will give you some because you deserve it. you drop names of firefighters like you know them, and you probably know every firefighter in this department. my grandfather was the only person i knew who could actually

do that, and you can actually do that too. you know names of firefighters in this department that you probably haven't seen for years, or i know you spend a lot of time with the members, but you treat these people like they are your family members, and we will really miss you when you are gone. i want to say that on behalf of the commission that we will really miss you. i will probably say it ten times before you are gone. we will really miss you, and i hope when you do decide to refocus, that you don't go far. >> thank you. >> i am really looking forward to 16. i cannot weight until 16 gets opened in my district. i ran into director new brew, and he made promises about getting that thing opens quickly , i will hold him to his promises. i hope we get those. the men and women really want to get back there. i am hoping we will do some sort of event like we did for station five where we commemorated the

actual opening of that particular station. if you could keep us all updated on that. >> we will do two ribbon cuttings. >> thank you chief. thank you for your report. >> thank you. >> yes, we won't be saying this for much longer, but you survived. chief, when you listen to your report, being out there is possibly the new chief. god bless you if you can keep up with how she has dealt with the community. she describes all these things. she barely describes them. steve paquette, one of the closest people to the families his secretary for the labor attorney that i worked with on medical pension funds. i know very well. i called her up just before the funeral, and she basically could

not stop talking about the chief , at the time the chief spent, and the effort to the chief spends, and then when she gave all these hours and time and commitment, she assigned a person to work continuously, nonstop with the family, and i would be very surprised if the new chief can handle the way she has always handled herself, and never really tells everyone how much time and effort she puts into its. the thing that makes san francisco great, just like joe was saying, every commissioner -- she typifies what we want in san francisco. she sees no color, she sees no sex, she sees no sexual preference, she sees no religion she is there for people no matter who they are.

that is something we are not going to be able -- if we can't replace it -- if we can replace it, it is wonderful. and then it is the only longer funeral that i went to was governor pat brown when he passed away. that was a very long funeral, and it was so much respect shown by the fire department and other fire departments to the firefighter who passed away. and then to be sitting next to the commissioners, just to be there with that group of thousands of people, to be sitting there, up at the front like that, was such an honor. i was so grateful i was able to sit there, and listen to the tributes and be there at that

very sad event. on the deceased person, i hope it wasn't due to no smoke alarm. does anybody know? a failed smoke alarm. >> that report is still under investigation. >> that would be a tragedy. >> we can do some follow up with it. >> such a nice neighborhood and such a beautiful home. anyway, i just wanted to come in and say that. thank you for your good report. >> thank you. thank you for your report. chief gonzalez? , not. >> good morning president, vice president. my operations report for december. we had two greater alarms during this reporting period. the first was on december 8th

at 2:00 pm. i would say this was a precautionary second alarm. this was pulled by the first in officer with the conditions presented to her. they did a good job and not the most of it out. i don't dissuade any of our officers from doing that. if they think they need a second , pullets. you can always send the units back pretty quickly. i will not go over all of these, the whole narrative, but i would like to commence the second engine driver, firefighter lee, who is faced with the intersection. it backs down to the first engine, drops a couple lines, pulls onto the hydro around the corner. he had the wherewithal to pull around the corner. all four corners had bulb outs. if he had put it on that corner, it would have blocked other apparatus that may have had an ingress into that street. he did a good job in doing that. as a note, is one of the difficulties we face. if too many of these bold outs

are put out there. you need to think about how it affects us and our fire practice at these incidents. they knocked that fire pretty quickly. the second was another second alarm that the chief had mentioned on christmas eve. it was 52 minutes after midnight there was one death of an occupant and one critically injured. she eventually succumbs to her injuries. one of our members was also injured, and the incident commander was temporary assistant calo his. i will go over the narrative of this because i think it is important. the full box was dispatched. they were trapped in their bedroom. their bedroom was on the third floor. engine ten was first on scene. they lead the line to the front porch. engine ten was faced with reaching a large 4-foot wide corridor with all brass hardware engine seven was next on scene. they reported smoke shortly

after the windows blew out. , 16 arrived and saw the victim from the third floor where the victim was yelling and waving. they arrived prior to division two. upon the arrival, they were assigned to fire tech. firefighter adams was trying to get to the victim from the aerial. the fire was looking just looking up from the window and bedroom windows above. they got close to the window and then were pushed back from the flames. the fire would reduce and would attempt again. battalion seven called for a 150 redline. this was not successful. the fire auto explode -- exposed they made contact with engine ten and engine 31, and reaching the door, they got it open. they were able to look in their. moments after opening, the fire opened off into the fort four -- into the foyer.

three of the firefighters started to catch on fire. battalion for -- it was a 4-foot drop. they were able to grab the line and put them out and he called for additional crews. engine ten found one of the victims upstairs. they assisted with taking this victims out, extricating her out of the building, and she was transported code three. rescue squad one resume to the search and the second victim was found in the victim -- in the bedroom and unfortunately that victim was deceased. all remaining units put out the fire. they were rotating throughout the overhaul of the structure and it became clear that this fire had been burning for a long time. i would just like to add, all companies did their level best. we question ourselves in any fire we go to, let alone fatalities. i can tell you right now, other than the family and friends of those, nobody feels worse than

we do. i am extremely proud the job that they did. each and every one of those firefighters on those companies that night. they did their level best, and i really want to thank deputy chief nicholson, epic -- assistant deputy chief cochrane and the rescue team that handled and dealt with some of our members at that fire, as well that's -- and the chief. that she followed up with the family of the victim his. one of the hardest thing to do. as you said, she does that very proficiently, and she has done it time after time after time. onto other incidents, there was a first alarm on the 2nd of december on 1427 larkin. no injuries. there was a roll over into the building at 279,916th street. minor injuries. we had a rescue with a vehicle that went into a pole acquiring

extradition -- extraction. the victim sustained serious injuries and is expected to recover. at the airport on december 22nd , there was a hazmat team with a conspired just confined space rescue. there is a labyrinth of tunnels. it is just amazing. there were two workers down there doing some work, and they became overcome by equipment fumes with one becoming unconscious. our eunice did a great job. we can give you a little bit of a narrative, but they found the victim. they pumped some air down there, and the victim became conscious and crawled to where researchers were. all companies and departments that were down there did a great job. some of the functions in december, the new year's eve, all the members of e.m.s. and suppression had a hand in that and they did a good job. it was a smooth event.

i want to recognize captain jim connor his. he was one of the officers at station five when i was there. well respected. he could be intense, and i deserve some of that intensity and i appreciate -- i appreciated that. thank you for putting up with me and the young firefighters that were there, he knew all aspects of the job, and he taught it -- he taught all of us. i appreciate that. some of the other outreach pertaining to the december holidays, on top of all the outreach that we do -- making sure you get rid of them become -- before they become too dry. i would like to think a.b.c. cochrane and lieutenant baxter for the law enforcement response to fires and the educating date -- education they're using to educate sfpd. they are also doing a video on

cliff safety, and also a video on surf and short safety which would be really good. i will show you a quick video. we are handing out a toy collection. this is the law enforcement response to fires. you can see agency cochrane sitting in the front there, doing a great job with some of the power powerpoint his they are teaching them. coastal beach safety filming going on. the canine handler, lieutenant miller inside that car. he was hiding in the car. the second alarm fire on irving.

this is the one i was speaking about earlier. cliff rescue on december 10th, they did a good job. december safety fair. marine operations training, with the local state and federal partners. and other outreach event. the japanese medical students visiting from toyo medical college. high surf public safety messaging during the 50-foot wave warning. we had a big hand and gave a lot of the signage out there. station 49, on christmas day. and their feral cat pet, edna, who helps stock ambulances. there is the new year's eve preparation. you can see the fireworks on the lower left. we have our gators are ready to go out of station 49, in the

middle picture, and on the right to, the prep. all of the members going over the a.p. with the chiefs. lieutenant baxter again. off-duty members involved here with the goodwill donation marathon on new year's eve. the building relationship with the media. and for tips, follow us on twitter, and instagram, and facebook. also on periscope and youtube. i would just like to congratulate lieutenant baxter for only showing up on three of the pictures of all of those pictures. [laughter] onto e.m.s., you guys can stop me any time, you have a lot of items on the agenda but i can keep going up to you guys. >> you are doing a good job. >> okay. new year's eve went smooth. we have to bolster up our ata program.

we need to increase the membership to stabilize our staffing. vision zero ambulances, we are getting ten of them in february, and five more shortly thereafter the e.m.s. identifiable home address, our report is added to this, as well as the e.m.s. six report. we have given you the stats for their permits, annual inspections, for the high-rise section, headquarters, as well as plan checks to put their numbers forward. as you know, captain mike pat from prevention did a great job with the developments working with city agencies, and captain law has done a great job with our task working with sfmta and street improvements. as a mention to, the bulb outs was one consideration that we need to look at when they do this. again, we went over that with them about our aerial shots with the overhead bus lines. they said they will be passenger zones.

i would like you to drive up church street and see what i'm talking about. they said these will be loading zones, or passenger zones, where they could drop people off. people are just parking in these zones all along the street where we told him they would continue to and they are keeping their cars there. when we drive up with our aerial trucks, will not get our aerial up. i want you to address that with m.t.a. shortly this week to see if we can take care of that. i also have the bureau of fire investigation who are doing a great job. also attached is the airport, the report from the airport. that concludes my report to, and i'm available for questions. >> thank you, chief gonzalez. is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, any questions, mr vice president?

>> thank you chief for your report and thank you chief gonzalez for your comprehensive reports. i have a series of questions and comments. on page 2, you talked about the second alarm at 3838 clay street who rolled up this report? >> the temporary assistant assistant chief. >> great report. but it does for us and the commission is it gives us some detail, precise information, and again, in terms of the skill level of the assistant deputy chiefs, where they can be written where we can see exactly what goes on with your addition in terms of narration. it is a great thing. thank you very much for that. i am glad you acknowledged the photos, i understand now that baxter who provided those photos from page 7-12. >> yes, sir,.

>> greatly improved, chief, from just a photo. now there is titles, information , poses, totally comprehensive. >> he knows what we like. >> right. in terms of the general public, those photos cover from page 7- 12, and for the general public, in terms of your operation report, there's about 45 pages in here. in terms of the commission, and the commissioners, we do a lot of reading, but it is all part of comprehension. again, i wanted to acknowledge the various chiefs who report and contribute to this e.m.s. services. i also want to remark on page 18 , page 19, the description of e.m.s. six is much better. much better to me and a sense of the layout and the format. the chief is very good. if that could be related also