of the other and keep trying. you never know what door is going to open next. you really don't. [cheers and >> clerk: this meeting is being held by webex pursuant to the governor's executive order and the mayoral declaration of a public emergency. during the covid-19 emergency, the fire commission's regular meeting room at city hall is closed, and the meetings of the fire commission will continue -- convene remotely. you may watch live at www.sfgov.tv, and to participate by phone, call

415-655-0001 and use access code 2480-574-2796. members of the public will be allowed to participate but they are asked to wait until the item is called before public comment is received. when the item is called, members of the public can raise their hand by calling star, three. when prompted, callers will have the standard three minutes to provide comment. please ensure you are in a quiet location, speak clearly, and turnoff any t.v.s or raid joes around you. item 1, roll call. [roll call]

-- radios around you. item 1, roll call. [roll call] >> clerk: vice president nakajo will now read the land acknowledgement. >> commissioner nakajo: good morning, commissioners, and members of the fire department. the san francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the ramaytush ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco peninsula. as the indigenous stewards of

this land and in accordance with their traditions, the ramaytush ohlone have never ceded, lost, no, sir forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. as guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. we wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the ramaytush ohlone community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first peoples. madam secretary, next item. >> clerk: item 2, resolution 2022-04. resolution making findings to allow teleconferenced meetings under california government cold section 54953-e. >> commissioner nakajo: i need a motion and a second.

>> commissioner covington: so moved. >> commissioner cleaveland: second. >> commissioner nakajo: all in favor? >> clerk: mr. vice president, i need a roll call vote because the meeting is remote. [roll call] >> clerk: item 3, general public comment. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commission's jurisdiction that does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with a speakers. the lack of a response by the commissioners or dependency personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. and there are no callers on the

public comment line. >> commissioner nakajo: public comment is closed. >> clerk: item 4, approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve meeting minutes. >> commissioner cleaveland: so moved. >> commissioner covington: second. >> clerk: item 5, chief of department's report. report from chief of department, jeanine nicholson. report on current issues, activities, and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on february 9, 2022, including budget, academies, special events, kmuxs, and outreach to other government agencies and the public, and report from administration, deputy chief tom o'connor.

report on the administrative divisions, fleet and facility status and updates, finance, support services, and training within the department. >> commissioner nakajo: madam secretary, is there any public comment after the item? >> clerk: there are no callers on the public comment line. >> good evening. this is my report for this commission meeting. as some of you know, i attended the lunar new year parade. it was really well attended, and it was really great to see the crowds and energy back in the city. i know many of our families and friends also saw us on t.v. i know chief serrano's family was really proud to see him on t.v., and we just had a really

wonderful time, and many thanks to the asian firefighters association for hosting us afterwards at a dinner. it was just really, really nice, and i'm not usually a night person, so it had to be really, really nice if i'm saying it's nice. covid is on the decline. we have a total of 26 people off, and those numbers continue to drop, which is really, really good. we've been having multiple conversations internally and with the mayor's budget office, and i want to thank olivia scanlon and mark corso for all

their work that they do on this. it takes a village, and we are also set to meet with the mayor's budget office next week for some further conversation, and we will keep you in the loop about that. under our community paramedic division, street wellness team began at the end of january, and i am going on a road along with them in the next couple of weeks. i think it's really important that i get out there and see what's what and how they work, and i know that they are adding value to the city and to the department, and i appreciate their work and chief pang's work overseeing all of that. if you have questions about that, i know that chief pang is happy to answer questions.

we started an h-3 level class, a paramedic class yesterday with 20 people, and we have not done this -- i don't know the last time we had a level two class. it's been a while. typically, we've been hiring level ones as e.m.t.s, and then, they can go through a bump-up academy. the thing is we were actually going through e.m.t.s who had paramedic licenses, so while i want us to still hire level one e.m.t.s because not everybody has the opportunity to go to paramedic school, i think it is much more efficient for us to also hire level two paramedics. so they are in class for the next, i believe, six weeks, and it is nonstop hiring and trains over in e.m.s., and i want to thank chief tong and her team

and chief kailoa and the training of e.m.s. i know they're working triple time over there to get things done and moving, so it's good news that we are hiring. many of you know the -- went to the port commission last night, and the port and fire presented to the commission about the purchase of the port property, and i want to thank vice president nakajo and commissioner morgan for calling in, offering their support. the port, the fire department, local 798, and our commission, so it was a strong -- a strong

showing. and this evening at 7:00, i'm going to the port's southern advisory committee meeting, and chief o'connor and i will be there to speak to them on the same. and then, last, i've been doing meet and greets for the new h-2 firefighter class. we did some today, and we're getting some -- we're seeing some good candidates. chief peoples and i have been taking the members who have gone through the panel process, meeting some of our other firefighters and e.m.t.s and paramedics, and they passed those folks on up to us, and we had some meetings today, and we will continue to do so this week. and that concludes my report, and i'm happy to take any questions. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much, chief nicholson.

madam secretary, do we need to go to public comment before the commissioners ask their questions or comments? i think you're muted, madam secretary. >> clerk: sorry. there is nobody on the public comment line. >> commissioner nakajo: all right. commissioners, at this time, comments or questions to the chief of the department. commissioner covington, please? >> commissioner covington: okay. thank you, mr. vice president, and thank you for your report, chief. i wanted to know a little bit more about -- excuse me -- what was discussed at the port commission, and i definitely want to thank the vice

president for calling in, and also commissioner morgan, so what was discussed? >> thank you, commissioner covington, and through the vice president, yes. the port staff themselves that we've been working with closely on the purchase of this land and that we've been working on with the legislation, we -- tom o'connor presented for the fire department, and we talked about a lot of things, and is there anything specifically that you'd like to know? i can have deputy chief o'connor speak to what he spoke about last night?

>> commissioner covington: well, you or chief o'connor can just hit the high notes. >> chief o'connor, you can talk about this. we talked about how good our department is, how good our partnership is with the port, how our relationship is with congress member phil ting on the legislation, and chief o'connor gave a presentation on what the department could expect.

chief o'connor, did i miss anything? >> we talked about the necessity to move into a new facility, and we found a perfect piece of land, and we broke it down to the components that we need for suppression, our emergency operations training core, how it needs to be a clean and green facility, the light impact on the neighborhood that we had, smoke mitigation, cleaning the water, clean and green facility. and then, we really highlighted all the community partnerships that we wanted to expand on when we were in the bayview-hunters point. [indiscernible] we talked about the fire academy training center where we're going to reach out to community members about fire training and middle

class jobs. that was really the ending point, how we just want to partner with the community, for the city, and have this be a beacon for san francisco and the area for training. >> commissioner covington: okay. very good. thank you for that. i'm glad to know that representative ting is really supporting this effort because we do need all hands on deck for this to make it happen. and did you talk about the cost of all of this? >> no, that was not discussed, other than the port commissioners asked about fair market value, and director andrea kopenik was there to speak about that, but we did not talk about the cost of the facility. >> commissioner covington:

okay. all right. great. i just have one other question for you, chief, and that is a question regarding something that was in our packet. it was a letter to you, the mayor, the commissioners, the san francisco chronicle and ktvu regarding the reduction in staffing. it's a very short letter. you probably did receive it, you may not remember it. if you want me to read what it says, i can. >> i'm looking for it in my packet right now. >> commissioner covington: it's just one paragraph. >> okay.

if you could -- yeah, first, if i may just clarify, i meant assembly member ting, not congress member, but if you could read it to me, that would be helpful. >> commissioner covington: it says, with the reduction in staffing in the fire department from both covid and retirements, there is a significant increase in mandatory overtime, period. because of this, most probationary firefighters are working double shifts, period. since they are accumulating the mandatory training hours at an accelerated rate, it would seem only fair that the

protectionary time requirements be reduced to be consistent with hours worked. >> so -- probationary time requirements be reduced to be consistent with hours worked. >> so that has been raised before, and we have kept it consistent with regular shifts and not overtime shifts, so, you know, i'm not sure who wrote this. maybe chief kailoa, might you have something further on this? any comments you can make for me? >> nothing further than that, chief. >> commissioner covington: i do know because we had a flood of retirements and also people who

were not covid compliant, not working, that the newbies have been working very hard, and it seems to me it warrants a little more discussion. not with the commission but with all the interested parties. >> yes, thank you, commissioner covington, and what i can tell you is we've had a significant decrease in mandatory overtime over the last month or so, really since the first couple of weeks of 2022, and, you know, some days, we only have three or fore people on mandatory -- four people on

mandatory overtime over the last month or so. >> commissioner covington: okay. thank you. you're muted. >> commissioner nakajo: commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: yeah, thanks, mr. vice president. i had a follow up on the property and port discussion. are we getting anything from assembly member ting, certifying that they're selling the parcel to the fire department for training purposes? are we getting some kind of written agreement, letter, whatever, that we can then submit to assembly member ting that can be part of the presentation at the legislature? >> so they have yet to vote on it, so that would have to happen first, and, you know s i'm not sure how that would work, but i would imagine that

would be an action item at their next commission meeting. >> commissioner cleaveland: okay. so we'd still have to vote to approve the sale? >> yes, and the port itself has been extremely supportive of us, and director forbes has been great in having her staff work with us. >> commissioner cleaveland: great. that was my question. you said you had a class of h-2 firefighters beginning soon. how many do you expect to begin to recruit into this class? >> well, we have an h-3 level two class that started yesterday of paramedics, and we currently have a class of h-2s

in right now. they've been in -- chief kailoa, you can tell me how many weeks they've been in. five weeks. they've been in for five weeks, and our next class is likely to start sometime in may, and right now, we're looking at 50, but it's going to depend on retirements and some other things, but that's what we're looking at right now. >> commissioner cleaveland: okay. in a bunch of discussions with the mayor's budget office, any particular items that are new that we haven't discussed in the past or any particular new requests that we are putting forth that you can think of? >> no. we're still in the preliminary discussions with them, and the

mayor made it clear what her priorities are, the vibrancy of the city, clean streets, etc., so we are linking what we can to all of those things, but our usual -- we will be requesting our equipment and fleets and some other things, as well. nothing earth shattering at this time, no. >> commissioner cleaveland: so we're still dedicating some of our focus of the e.m.s. definition on the tenderloin area in the city, correct? >> so -- >> commissioner cleaveland: including this new street wellness team? >> yes. the street wellness team is staffed by two members of station 49, and, you know, the

tenderloin linkage site, we are not staffing, but we are responding for overdoses and the like, and we have a member that is in charge of the healthy streets operations that are in charge for that, city focus in the t.l. so yeah, our folks are doing a lot of work, a lot of great work and have really stepped up to the plate and have been, in my opinion, a wonderful city partner with some other departments in terms of finding some real solutions with some of the issues out there. >> commissioner cleaveland: well, i think that we are a key player, and probably the most important player in the tenderloin area right now, helping get that area together, so to speak. that's all my questions right

now, mr. vice president. thank you. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, commissioner cleaveland. madam secretary, can you show that commissioner morgan joined the meeting at 5:27? >> clerk: thank you, mr. vice president. i show he joined the meeting at 5:21. >> commissioner morgan: thank you, mr. vice president. i had a photo shoot with the mayor at city hall for black history month. >> commissioner nakajo: no problem. we were at the point of where we were asking questions of the chief for her report. deputy chief o'connor has to still deliver his report.

commissioners covington and cleaveland made their remarks, and i'll go ahead and ask my questions. on the portions of the paramedic class, i'm thrilled that we have a paramedic class and that we're hitting the ground running with these members. i think it's important with all the staffing teams that we're seeing, as well. a great job you did last night, chief, as well as chief o'connor, with the port commission. i wanted to let you know, commissioners, as well as commissioner morgan, that i was really thrilled that every

commissioner did speak spoke in support of us and the training facility. it was remarkable because some of them picked up points that i picked up in our presentations by the chief and chief o'connor, commissioner morgan, myself jumping in. one of the commissioners didn't release that we were doing all of the direct work with the crisis teams. again, the education is just not suppression or fire prevention, but e.m.s., as well, but it was really, really encouraging if you chief said do you have any design concepts yet, and the director responds with the square footage of the property. the ad strors working

cooperatively with the port commission, and then hearing all of the team is working with assembly member ting. even commissioner burton is saying that they're behind this concept, so for us, to go into the finality, i don't want to put the cart in front of the horse, i just want to say that it was encouraging, but also let folks know that we are looking at the state of the arts facility. commissioner morgan, did you want to make any comments about last night's port commission meeting, as well, from your

perception? >> commissioner morgan: yeah. i hope we made a dent in it. i'm a proponent of the training facility. i'm sure it's in an area that needs some -- you know, more infrastructure like that for training and opportunities for some of the young kids in there just to know that it's right around the corner. and it'll create construction jobs, good union jobs for local hire, supplement our apprenticeship program, and put people to work, so i'm call for that, growing the fire department, and i hope, you know, we made some kind of impact on that. it was a pleasure to do it, and i think that the chief was doing a great job, and that's all i've got to say. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, commissioner morgan. i think it was the influence of trying to recruit members of

the community of color in terms, as well, and the chief made a remark, i believe it was the president of the port commission, they talked about how repressed he was that department came with a team, with the chief, with the command staff, with the commissioners, as well. all of this subject matter, chief nicholson, did you want to put anything else in there before we move on, tom o'connor? >> no. you spoke well. thank you for your support, commissioner morgan. it was super helpful. thank you. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, chief, and chief nicholson and chief o'connor are going to the advisory committee, and i want to thank olivia scanlon,

as well. madam secretary, do i need to call chief o'connor? >> clerk: we've already called him. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. deputy chief? >> clerk: okay. let me pass him the ball here. >> okay. good evening, vice president nakajo, commissioners, chief nicholson. i'm deep chief tom o'connor, chief of administration, and this is my report from administration. all right. all right. good evening, commissioners.

we'll begin with diversity, equity, and inclusion office. the fire department participated in two separate city job fairs, one on january 22, and another on february 12. inspector kato talking to the mission high school about services at our fire department, and [indiscernible] from the office of outreach recruitment and development spoke virtually. the students at [indiscernible] high school and lieutenant anderson also attended the santa rosa junior fire academy

to talk to them about fire prevention. here's another repeat of pictures. natasha parks had a busy month, as well. this was snuck in by teresa, assistant, and we had a great, great moment at headquarters today. chief [indiscernible] tendered his badge today, and this is a great, great milestone today. he's been cleared for duty on his [indiscernible] office, department of motor vehicles, and we did a little sneak attack on matt. we passed the commission room with his sister, lieutenant

alba, the therapy dog, matt's wife, daughter, his classmates from when he got into the fire department. the team from engine 21, the -- where he was a captain, the team from engine 36 where he was a firefighter, and it was very emotional for all of us to see him doing so well. it was a great moment for the fire department to see matt to get that badge and to move on in his career and beat cancer. january was also cancer awareness month in the fire service, and in partnership with the cancer awareness foundation, week two, we saw that we delved into the scientific research that indicates the link between occupational exposures and

cancer rates in firefighters. week three, we looked at the best practices on the ground, and we talked about scene contamination and talked about keeping our turnout gear clean from all the cancer contaminants [indiscernible] and last, we talked about supporting our fellow brothers and sisters [indiscernible] and to provide resources to assist them, so a big month for us, and begin, kind of capped off by the watching chief alba today. our positions office, chief [indiscernible] and deputy phelps had the busiest month of all. you can see we had the largest surge of covid from december 19

to january 31. we had 314 members sick with covid, and i think this speaks to the great burden of overtime that fell upon them. all of the men and women in the fire department had to work hard during this pandemic. it was a team effort, and we really had to thank everybody in the field what they went through with the department. [indiscernible] to april 2 now. she had to give a longer notice to leave d.p.h. we don't have her yet.

we're going to have her son. 129 class and the h-3 level two class, and we'll be sponsoring the big climb at [indiscernible] stadium and we're going to challenge ourselves to climb 750 steps in support of blood cancer and research support. [indiscernible] tests negative. our testing numbers were so low because of the omicron outbraem, but testing has now resumed. we had three postaccident drug tests were administered. two negative and unfortunately one was positive.

for support services, assistant deputy chief ramon serrano, again, one of our busiest players, you can see that fire station 35 is coming along nicely. we put in a new concrete base and finished the concrete work outside the manifold, and we commissioned all of the building's systems. so it's a very complex building, and we commissioned all of the systems and all of our members so they knew how to operate the facility. we also had 142 service requests in the month of january. 140 of those were completed. we had to remove a request at stations 3, 19, and 42.

fire station 39 need all new roof units, and fire station 13 needs to replace the entire rooftop unit. our support services, we had our first tractor drawn aerials. a mobile unit and three new units were shipped to the factory where they're going to the final punch lift in all of the rigs. [indiscernible] we're coordinating with our e.m.s. team to finalize the [indiscernible] with type one ambulances, and we're trying to find ambulances that are available. with the supply chain issues, it's difficult to get vehicles right now, but we're doing our best. again, [indiscernible] and that is my report for the month of january, and let me see if i

can minimize this screen. thank you, commissioners. maureen, i think that you are -- >> clerk: and i believe we have one person on the call-in. >> commissioner nakajo: all right. members of the public, can you call that member of the public, please? >> clerk: yes. would you like to make public comment? >> yes, ma'am. >> clerk: okay. you have three minutes. >> this is captain matt hutchinson. good afternoon, command staff, san francisco fire commissioners, members of the public. can you hear me, ma'am? >> clerk: yes, i can. >> i currently serve in the

mission district. i apologize. due to user error, i wasn't able to log in at the appropriate time under general public comment and the approval of the minutes. respectfully request that i be able to comment on our union meeting. it's a one-day event on sutter street from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. we cordially request the fire commission to attend. before covid, it's been an annual event. our last event was [indiscernible] this year, we have one of our very own ba tallian chief [indiscernible] rescue two in the mission district. he's heavily involved in urban

search and rescue training. the second speaker will be from fdny. his name is lieutenant mickey convoy. command sergeant ed thomas, u.s. army. i served with him in the second ranger batallion, and he went onto serve delta ranger unit. the second speaker [indiscernible] 24 years of service. the topics range from leadership, resiliency, optimizing [indiscernible] the board and leadership, etc. this class is beneficial to all ranks and members. not only do we have members of the san francisco fire department, we have members from sfpd and the fire service throughout northern california. this is an expensive endeavor,

and our local supporters are local 798, s.f. fire credit union, and the s.f. fire chiefs association. again, we cordially invite all members of our command staff and the fire commission to support us in our efforts, and it would give them opportunity to see the good impact that we make in our community. it provides an opportunity to learn from a top performers from the fire service and the military and inspires our members to become better and implement the takeaways. thank you for the opportunity to provide the presentation. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much, matt hutchison, president of the san francisco firefighters association, and thank you for the invitation. at this point, is there any

questions in terms of the commissioners to chief o'connor, please? commissioner cleaveland, please? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. vice president, and thank you, chief o'connor, for your report. a couple of clarifications. in the chief's report, she mentioned that there were 13 members in quarantine. in your report, you mentioned 300, so i'm trying to reconcile, is it 13 new members, and we have 300 current members in quarantine? i wasn't quite sure what that number meant? >> thank you, commissioner. over the course of mid-december to the end of january, we had 314 in quarantine, and we're down to the number that chief nicholson mentioned. the numbers are dropping dramatically, so that's why our

quarantine is going down, as well. >> commissioner cleaveland: okay. the numbers are dropping. you have one positive drug test. what do you do when you come up with a positive drug test? >> we send it in for a confirmatory test. we take the person off duty and put them on leave. they can get a second test that they can send out to a private facility for test. >> and if i may, commissioner cleaveland, we terminated this individual. >> commissioner cleaveland: oh, wow. thank you for that. last question, on the hose tender thing, we currently have two hose tenders. how many do we have in service right now? >> we have four in service right now. >> commissioner cleaveland: okay. we have four on service right now and two in order, is that

correct? >> we have one in development and three ready to purchase. we have one in development, run through all the bugs and make sure that it's to our specs and survive the training in san francisco. we get one to complete the training and then complete the order. >> commissioner cleaveland: so we've got four, if you will, and one more in the pipeline, which is great. >> three more in the pipeline. i'm not quite sure. we have four currently in service, three that were old, and one that's kind of new, and we're testing it? >> we have four that are old in service right now, we have three new ones coming. one is in development, and then two will be built. >> commissioner cleaveland: okay. one plus two. how long does it take from ordering the hose tender to

getting a hose tender? it seems like it's a really long time. it seems unnecessarily long, but nothing we can control. could you give us a little timeline from ordering had to getting it for our public watching? >> so it's a fairly unique development. you arrested it. it goes to a city department where they go over the specs, and then, it goes out to bids, and there are responses on the bids, and then, it goes to contract. and we're in the process of sorting everything out. and i believe i spoke on this last time. the pumps are being tested down in tested. they're testing them down in texas and then they're going to

bring them back up, and i believe that deputy chief serrano would like to add -- do you have anything you would like to add? >> yes. chief o'connor is right. the pumps have -- are in process in production, and they are, i believe, en route to texas for testing. they will be testing at teal's. they are custom pieces. they are not off the shelf. everything about them in custom cleaveland claefl that was my question. that was going to be a follow up. these hose tenders, we can't kbie them off the shelf. there's no standard hose tender

of a certain size or a length of hose, so to speak. we have to custom design each one or do we have a design that we use over and over again within the san francisco fire department? >> we have a spec that we designed just in the last couple of years, and that will be the proto-type. if that is adopted, we will use those or we will make any adjustments that need to be done. >> commissioner cleaveland: it should speed up the process, i would think. >> yes. once it's accepted, the process will be sped up. typically, right now, the whole industry, the car and truck industry right now is slowed down because of supply chain issues. >> commissioner cleaveland: right, right, but that's good news for the future. obviously, the report we had several years ago called for

20, that we needed really 20 hose tenders within the at the present time to adequately protect the west side of the city, and so i would like to -- i'm encouraged to hear that we're going to have a prototype. i'd like to commend chief alba for coming back, getting pinned today and wish him well and continued improvement every single day, so that's all my questions and remarks, mr. vice president. thank you, and thank you, chief o'connor, for your report. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much, commissioner cleaveland. questions, commissioner covington or commissioner morgan? >> commissioner morgan: yeah,

just keep up the great work, chief o'connor, and great to see you again. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. thank you so much. commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: i have so many notes here. i'm drowning in notes. i'll just make my comments brief. i think that assistant chief alba, this is such good news. today is a really good day at a.b.c., matt alba, and it's been a long haul, and he is now at a good place, you know, with his health and probably just running around the fire house,

so glad to be back home, and so i'm glad for him. i did have one question, oh, concerning the positive drug test. it has been a very long time since someone has shown up with a positive drug test, so i think that after the termination of the person that was tested and tested positive for drugs will serve as an example to everyone, do not do it. no drinking and no drugs, because you will be let go. so i'm sure that the word is out on that, as well as it should be. i don't have any other questions or comments at this time. >> commissioner nakajo: thank

you very much, commissioner. i have just a few questions and comments, chief o'connor. thank you for your comprehensive presentation. at some point, and i'll leave it up to yourself and the discretion of the chief. last night at the port commission, you narrated a slide presentation, and at some point, i think that slide presentation kind of answered all of the questions of the commissioners as to what we're thinking about, or i just think it's a great presentation, so i think at some point, you might want to share that with the commissioners. i have a question, assignment office, page 25, and then, i have some comments and questions for chief serrano. chief o'connor, in terms of

investigative service [indiscernible] on page 21, captain lars ascalan, is this a new assignment, chief, relative to -- i don't want to say his name wrong. >> captain jose zalba, we moved him out into the wild, and ascalan is taking his place. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. that's great. okay. thank you very much, chief. on page 25, assistant captain ed chu, on the research and planning assignment office, in parentheses, line two, are you there, chief, with me? line two of the emswdo, and

then line eight? so line two talks about advanced creating continuing general office, and it says prehiring 75% of open ambulances seven days in advance. i quite don't understand what that means. >> so traditionally, we've had people sign up for an overtime shift on the time they're working the following day, but we found out we could incentivize people signing up early, and we could find out where our shortfalls were and we could reward them for signing up early for the weekend. they were trying to incentivize the positions out there as quickly as possible, so they

could minimize the impact on everybody. it really helps a lot, and especially, the rough, rough winter we had with omicron, so we could get people signed up to minimize the impact on our other workers. >> commissioner nakajo: i appreciate that, chief, and then, section eight, in terms of the 50% description? >> right. same policy. we're just trying to minimize the kbokt of omicron on our members. >> commissioner nakajo: i appreciate that, and i think it's important to take into consideration the mandatory overtime. it must be tough, must be a pretty good challenge with, again, the prop f and just trying to keep the department operational, so thank you for

that description. moving over to chief serrano, through the chief, if i could ask a couple of comments and questions, chief serrano. i'm on page 20. are you with me? >> yes. >> commissioner nakajo: when i read this whole report, is this a new format or different format that you've produced since you've taken over this particular position? it seems like it reads easier for me in terms of facility management and planning. >> i believe it's a newer format. we've tried to make it easier to read to understand the projects that we're dealing

with, support services. we're open to any kind of criticism or anything that would make it easier for people to read it. >> commissioner nakajo: that was my comment because it sure became easier for me to read in terms of the 15 or 17 pages going through it. it's a title, a facility maintenance in planning. in terms of the parentheses in june, who is that personnel, please? >> she's one of the administrative analysts here at support services, and she handles all of our day-to-day information as far as taking care of all of the problems or repairs that take place at all

of our facilities be it the plumbers, steam fitters, etc. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. she's a viflian employee? >> she's a civilian employee. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. great. moving forward, i'm on page 31. i like it because then, it goes to that section, and here's the eser bond section. i'm going to move this over to page 32, which, again, goes to another heading. i like the bold focus, header and scope program. it runs down all of the areas, so it makes easier reading. i'm on page 33, i'm at fire station 7, and there's a lot of material in here, but i don't know exactly beyond on hold what that means, and as i read through it, it seemed a little

bit more alarming, if you will, and i don't need to be alarmed, but i just need a little bit of narrative in terms of that, chief. >> so that might be some of the repairs and projects that are being coming up for station 7 are being put on hold for various reasons. some of it is you have to prioritize some of the other repairs but some of it might be due to the fact that station 7 is due to be rebuilt or tore down and so we are holding off on certain things to do with station 7 because there's no sense in putting so much money into it and then just tearing it down. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. okay. thank you. that clarifies some things. again, i'm moving over to page 34. again, we've gone through all of this material, the eser bond, and then, there's another

setting, page 16, and then, there's station 49, and i'm proud of station 49. there's a bullet point, and i know that commissioners are interested in [indiscernible] i think that was an associate matter that's been going on for a while, so again, i'm anxiously awaiting it. just love that station 49. as i move down to emergency file [indiscernible] perhaps just for yourself to chief o'connor, chief o'connor, you occupy a position that has something to do with awss. what is the format of oversight on that area or how do i read that. is awss now under support services? can i get a little nair on

that? >> [indiscernible] and we're going to repurpose that job [indiscernible] into something more comprehensive going forward. deputy chief serrano is in charge. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. anything you want to add, chief serrano [indiscernible] now back to support services? anything you want to add, chief serrano? >> actually, i'm meeting with captain stuttgart, and i have met with water department supervisors and directors, and they will be including me in all these meetings that will be coming up for that awss for the emergency -- the efws now. >> commissioner nakajo: chief

nicholson, being incorporated within support services, appreciate it, chief serrano being brought up to date. who is david meyerson [indiscernible]? i see p.u.c. is that staff of p.u.c.? >> that is correct, yes. >> commissioner nakajo: and i'm almost done, chief serrano. on the bottom of this, is captain [indiscernible] wong, does he manage this when you were running that shop? >> yes, captain vince wong is the captain of the vrbo equipment. >> commissioner nakajo: that's good. continuity. i'm on last page, 35

[indiscernible] i hope i'm saying his name right? >> we're being superstitious. we're not filling the job until we see nick out in the field. >> commissioner nakajo: all right, chief o'connor. i like that. i like covering the bases and the opportunities there. all i know is, chief nicholson, with all the members coming in, that's a big demand for all the uniforms. nothing is far more better than level one or two. any member that wears the uniform or a shirt or recognition within the department, i just think it makes so much sense, and also, commissioners, at that port commission, what was going on in terms of chief nicholson, did i say that right, the technical program that trains

young members of the bayview community? >> the city e.m.t. program, is that what you're referring to, vice president? >> commissioner nakajo: i just encourage the formality of all of that, chief nicholson. that's all i have. and thank you for your comprehensive report. madam secretary. >> may i interject for one moment? >> commissioner nakajo: yes. >> one thing that i neglected to tell you about today is you may have seen in the news last night, yesterday, we had a press conference for our two new k9s that were brought into the department. yesterday was official hand off to the san francisco fire department, k9 marley and k9

sadie, our new dogs are now officially part of the san francisco fire department, so it was a feel good happy story, ktvu channel 2 news did. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you for that announcement. it was a great, great announcement, as well. i saw that presentation, and at some point, i look forward to meeting the new members of the our fire department. madam secretary? >> clerk: item 6, agenda for next and future fire commission meetings. >> commissioner nakajo: commissioners, agenda for this and future fire commission meetings? commissioner morgan? i think you're muted if you're saying something, commissioner. >> commissioner morgan: yeah, i'd like to ask the chief how

much -- how much salary is marley and sadie getting here? >> they're [indiscernible] and really nice vests. >> commissioner morgan: yeah, they're -- i seen them on t.v. they're adorable. i can't wait to meet them. >> commissioner covington: what, no dog biscuits? >> commissioner morgan: well, i'll bring something for them. >> commissioner nakajo: we'll see if that can be a line item in the budget. >> commissioner covington: mr. corso, please let us know. >> commissioner nakajo: commissioner cleaveland, commissioner covington? >> commissioner cleaveland: yeah, i have nothing. >> commissioner nakajo: commissioner covington? >> commissioner covington: yeah, just to follow up on the

k9 members. the chief did give up one source of financial support. are there any other sources of financial support for the k9s? >> the nfrs are supporting the k9s for the next however many years, and former fire commissioner joe elliott veronese is the founder of that 501-c-3, and with much gratitude to him for supporting our k9s moving forward, and much gratitude to [indiscernible] foundation and the tens of thousands of dollars of work they put into those special dogs, as well. >> commissioner covington: good, good. well, former commissioner veronese has a big heart for

the department, and i would like to thank him for his continued support. that's all i have. >> thank you for that presenter reminder, commissioner. >> commissioner covington: sure. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much. madam secretary, item 7? >> clerk: there's no one on the public comment line on item 7. item 7, public comment on item 8. public comment on all matters pertaining to items 8 below, including public comment on whether to hold items 8-b in closed session. there are no callers on the public caller line. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. madam secretary? >> clerk: all right. possible closed session

regarding personnel matters. vote on whether to conduct items 8-b in closed session. the commission may hear items 8-b in closed session pursuant to government said section 54957-b and administration code section 67.10-b. >> so moved. >> second. >> commissioner nakajo: >> clerk: item 10, vote to elect whether to disclose items

items discussed in closed session? >> commissioner cleaveland: i move not to disclose. >> commissioner covington: i second. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much for the motion and the second. [roll call] >> clerk: the vote is unanimous, and item 9 is adjournment. >> commissioner covington: so moved. >> commissioner cleaveland: second. [roll call] >> clerk: very good. we will adjourn at 6:20. >> commissioner covington: thank you very much, everybody. have a good night. >> clerk: see you tomorrow.

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 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 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 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 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. >> 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

san francisco is surrounded on three sides by water, the fire boat station is intergal to maritime rescue and preparedness, not only for san francisco, but for all of the bay area. [sirens] >> fire station 35 was built in 1915. so it is over 100 years old. and helped it, we're going to build fire boat station 35. >> so the finished capital planning committee, i think about three years ago, issued a guidance that all city facilities must exist on sea level rise. >> the station 35,

construction cost is approximately $30 million. and the schedule was complicated because of what you call a float. it is being fabricated in china, and will be brought to treasure island, where the building site efficient will be constructed on top of it, and then brought to pier 22 and a half for installation. >> we're looking at late 2020 for final completion of the fire boat float. the historic firehouse will remain on the embarcadero, and we will still respond out of the historic firehouse with our fire engine, and respond to medical calls and other incidences in the district. >> this totally has to incorporate between three to six feet of sea level rise over the next 100 years. that's what the city's

guidance is requiring. it is built on the float, that can move up and down as the water level rises, and sits on four fixed guide piles. so if the seas go up, it can move up and down with that. >> it does have a full range of travel, from low tide to high tide of about 16 feet. so that allows for current tidal movements and sea lisle rises in the coming decades. >> the fire boat station float will also incorporate a ramp for ambulance deployment and access. >> the access ramp is rigidly connected to the land side, with more of a pivot or hinge connection, and then it is sliding over the top of the float. in that way the ramp can flex up and down like a hinge, and also allow for a slight few inches of

lateral motion of the float. both the access ramps, which there is two, and the utility's only flexible connection connecting from the float to the back of the building. so electrical power, water, sewage, it all has flexible connection to the boat. >> high boat station number 35 will provide mooring for three fire boats and one rescue boat. >> currently we're staffed with seven members per day, but the fire department would like to establish a new dedicated marine unit that would be able to respond to multiple incidences. looking into the future, we have not only at&t park, where we have a lot of kayakers, but we have a lot of developments in the southeast side, including the stadium, and we want to have the ability to respond to any marine or maritime incident along these new developments.

>> there are very few designs for people sleeping on the water. we're looking at cruiseships, which are larger structures, several times the size of harbor station 35, but they're the only good reference point. we look to the cruiseship industry who has kind of an index for how much acceleration they were accommodate. >> it is very unique. i don't know that any other fire station built on the water is in the united states. >> the fire boat is a regional asset that can be used for water rescue, but we also do environmental cleanup. we have special rigging that we carry that will contain oil spills until an environmental unit can come out. this is a job for us, but it is also a way of life and a lifestyle. we're proud to serve our community. and we're willing to help

people in any way we can.

. >> chair peskin: and welcome to the special rules committee

meeting 2-22-22. i am chair aaron peskin, joined by supervisor connie chan and supervisor raphael mandelman. our clerk is mr. victor young. mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> clerk: yes. the board recognizes that public access to city services is essential and will be available in the following ways: public comment will be available on each item on the agenda. sfgovtv cable channel 26, 78, and 99 are streaming the meeting live. opportunities to speak in public comment are available by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is