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president katherine feinstein is excused. vice president nakajo. >> present. >> commissioner morgan. >> present. >> commissioner fraser. >> present. >> jeanine nicholson. >> present. vice president nakajo will read the land acknowledgment. good morning. secretary. the fire commission, ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement 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, nor 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. >> thank you. item 3 general public comment. members may address the commission up to 3 minutes within the jurisdiction and not on the agenda. [inaudible] [cannot understand] the lack of response by the commissioners or department personnel does not institute agreement [inaudible] statements made during public comment. secretary, is there a member of the public virtual

>> there is nobody on the public comment line. >> members of the public [inaudible] public comment is closed. secretary. >> item 4 approval of the minutes. discussion possible action to approve the meeting minutes of the meeting on september 28, tent 22. >> any public comment on the regular meeting of the minutes. >> there is nobody on the public comment line. members of the public give public comment? [inaudible]. are there questions [inaudible] from the commissioners. [inaudible] [cannot understand commissioner] [inaudible] commissioner, you would review

minutes and make sure that i have reviewed the material. >> okay. good, great. on the motion? moved. thank you. i second it. motion to commissioner morgan. >> nakajo. >> aye. >> the motion is unanimous. item 5 am chief of department's report from chief of department nicholson on issues, activities and events within the department on september 28, 2022 including budget, academy, special events, communication and out reach to government agencies and the report of the report from operations [inaudible] on over all field operations including greater alarm fire. fire prevention and [inaudible]. within the diameters and the airport. and the port from ems community

[inaudible] on the ems and community division. >> thank you. [inaudible] do we take public comment [inaudible]. >> after. >> thank you very much. >> chief of department, please. >> greetings, hello commissioner phrase and commissioner morgan. secretary [inaudible] and command staff. jeanine nicholson this is my report since our last commission meeting. this morning i will be excusing myself to attends the mayor's department head meeting and i will be the department was requested by the mayor's office to give a report on our street teams to all the department heads. so -- i will be presenting that

at 9. . 30 i have to duck out in a bit. >> last week i sent letters for candidates for the 131st academy. it is scheduled to start in january of 2023. there will be 50 may be more members of that academy and i know they have already started going through the medical screening with the doctor's office. covid-19 is still around. we have 7 memberos quarantine, and 3 positive members short term and 6 members out longer than 30 days. it is around but it is much better than it was in the past. >> had 25emt's and paramedics

graduate last week and hit the streets and -- this is -- the final of the 60fte's we were allocated in the budget this year. i want to commends the training division and the ems division for really getting all those folks through. and i know it has been a big effort i think tell pay off on the streets in terms of more ambulances, you know, fewer [inaudible] et cetera. as you may have heard, last week was fleet week. [laughter] even though the fog was in for spectators, we did participate in several training exercises. and you know this week gives us

an opportunity to work on large scale exercises and work with our counterparts in the military. that you know drills that are voilths to our emergency response. society first time we are meeting them is not when an earthquake just helped we have familiarity with one another and the tools we'll use and when we will likely need. and in addition to those exercises, one which i attended out on treasure island. with the marines and navy seals i attended a k-9 upon effect. k-9 hero's event where our search and rescue dogs were highlighted and got to show off their skills to the public at debose park and our therapy dog

was in attendance. it was good exposure for the fire department. i want to thank all the members who worked hard during fleet week. the chief lead the charge and in her home land security position at city hall for the act ever shooter fire will drill. she is still working hard. as well as our training chiefs and everyone else -- that helped with fleet week. there was an ems conference in town that doctor lacoke presented at. and there were some physicians visiting from korea. and they came to meet with myself and the chief at headquarters and went over to station 49 to meet with chief

tong and her staff. really interesting just learning from other countries and cult urs sort of where than i are at. but i think it really highlighted the great work that the san francisco fire department is doing. the united fire service women had a breast cancer symposium last week. you know anything i can do to highlight cancer in the fire service -- and how we can be proactive and supportive, i'm all in. and so thanks to the united fire service women for their amazing work on this. and being so proactive. in sunday my command staff and i participated in the italian heritage parade. nerth beach was alive and

busying. it was you know great to see so many people out enjoys food from restaurants. and you know they are always happy to see a fire engine and -- so thanks to everyone who attended. and yea. and then -- yesterday with chief tong and other members of ems and community pair medicine there was a town hall at station 13. again took place yesterday afternoon. we were able to speak to many of the members of 49. some were on zoom or teams. a few were in the room. but they got an opportunity to ask questions and -- hear from us in terms of where we are at. so that was good. and i want to say that all of

our members are doing a great job in the field and i know the chief will speak to you in a bit. but you know the fires this we have been seeing have been challenging. and our members have really risen to the occasion. and really kept the fires from becoming much birth fires than they could have been. really proud of the work going on in the department at this time. and that will conclude my report for now and -- i can take questions for the next you know 6 or 7 minutes. and i will be stepping away. >> thank you very much, at this time is there public comment? [inaudible]. >> there is nobody on the public

comment line. >> [inaudible] [inaudible]. public comment. seeing none. public comment is closed. commissioners? questions or comments for the chief of the department? >> use the microphone. you have to turn them on, i think >> commissioner morgan. >> i will not hold you long. [inaudible] convention week and -- fire prevention week and the stations they will have open houses on saturday. might drop by one [inaudible] and check it out and learn [inaudible] you know [inaudible] stuff like you know sleeping in your room keeping the door closed i learned that from you. might save your life. i did not know that. you know you have the door closed and could be 100 degree in your room and a thousand in

the hall where the fire is. simple [inaudible] like that. i'm look forward to learning more from you guys and [echo] and [inaudible] and all the rest of them. [muffled]. >> thank you. >> thank you, commissioner morgan. >> thank you. commissioner fraser? >> briefly, thank you. [inaudible] the excellent t shirts that the fire women have are selling for fundraiser i saw them yesterday [inaudible] [muffled] [inaudible] looking forward to open house this is week. thank you for your report. [inaudible] thank you very much

commissioner fraser. chief of department du want to announce the drill? [inaudible] yea, i will have one of my other deputies do that. if the chief can get you the information. that would be great to give in his report. >> okay. chief. thank you very much we appreciate it. the fire commissioners thank you. thank you very much. >> all right. this point -- the chief is welcomed. >> good morning chief [inaudible]. good morning, i think [inaudible] good morning chief

department command staff. department chief of operations this is my report. for the month of assessment. a brief report [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] the month of september was a quiet month in suppression we have no [inaudible].

skwoo sunday night a second one [inaudible] this was very difficult and challenging fire. involved -- ends up involving 3

different buildings. very aggressively contained the fire and minimized the damage as soon as possible in the [inaudible] buildings. [inaudible] division 3 at night outstanding job and the first to tell you learned a lot. [inaudible] tell make everybody better at their job and got that less than forward. thank you [inaudible]. againful i'm proud hat companies are doing in the field. all of the training and system and processes this is really doing outstanding work [inaudible]. i'm proud of what is going on.

fire prevention investigation. busy as always, never stops the month of september they conducted 2, 300 inspections. 399 complaints were violations. 412 permits issued. 61 sunshine requests processed. [inaudible] the fire investigation unit investigates 7 of the structure fires. one vehicle fire and 7 other suspicious fires. issue somebody lighting fires [inaudible]. trash cans and things like that.

[inaudible] [no audio] >> on top of all this [inaudible] all that stuff from mta. work with street team and the transportation team and the advisory committee play an active role in maintaining access for the fire department. and mission zero. [inaudible] that's not easy. great job on prevention. at the airport, [inaudible] family healing issue taking care of. the last meeting, during assessment, multijurisdictional

response the city and san ma te'o fire and different agencies, law enforcement. coroner and ambulancecums and sounding hospitals how organized the airports. the chief used on that and i was impressed had went on there. in addition to that they had 500 calls of service at the airport. [inaudible] assistant deputy chief 430th recruit class completed the [inaudible] during september [inaudible]. this includes the evaluations and the [inaudible] all the

mandated state fire training had they come out they is required certificates of being a firefighter. completed the [inaudible] training and firefighter survival, all are graduating they really had a good taste of what it monies to be a foifrt from the drill and getting close to going in the field as probationary firefighters. 15, is this correct. 20 total. >> in service training are fully staffed. doing work, prepares a lot of the [inaudible] and ti. building new and the staining and planning for extensive we'll get to that as we get closer.

i think you are impressed when the staff is able to put on and pass on. before the knowledge goes out the door there are techniques you want to share with them. vice president you mentioned. this weekend [inaudible] the drill. october 15th. [inaudible] so -- once a year with then verse rope surrounding that and the 1906 quick we conducted is [no audio] will exercise their skill and responding to events but they also practice with the fire department if you were to go to

a base dispatch system and will have that with [inaudible] the stations involved we have to allocate resources, manage these from that control. working through the division it is irrelevant a great opportunity for the people but for our chief receives to get first hand experience with the organizations will function. that's this saturday. and we had tables set and up playing a role with public out reach and education. working with the military during fleet week activities that took place last week. >> in addition they completed classes 5 and 6 [inaudible] september they added 35

volunteers to the valuable civilian response team. and again. the [inaudible] when it happened. so -- that's my report. questions? thank you very much. take public comment.

no public comment. public comment is closed. turn to the commission for commissioner comments. [inaudible] [muffled cannot understand] fire department responsible for throughout the city and so -- any time there is you know -- we save lives this

is an operations we had one yesterday when we went in that took place. [inaudible] there have been occasions the pipes in the systems there has been a separation or [inaudible] or manage like that. the water and out and runs down through the building so. we [inaudible] salvage and have squeegees and do when we can to minimize the damage but imagine the [inaudible] they are labor

intensive and the water sometimes does as much damage as the fire does. >> quick follow up. thank you. i know [inaudible] [muffled] thank you, commissioners.

[inaudible] questions and comments. >> read your report. and -- looking [inaudible] older documents [inaudible] i was curious, some of the major alarm fires, [inaudible] that's a good thing. prior to that, the fires in the bayview and somewhere else. cities and i guess the investigations were open and did we ever get [inaudible] with the calls where the fires were? >> you have a specific? i know they resolved all of the investigations.

some of them were long are than others. sometimes they don't determine these they determine the or gin but not the exact cause. you know -- [inaudible] i can get you information. >> the bayview has been [inaudible] and i was wondering [inaudible] feinstein mentioned a lot of hording. i know that was [inaudible] necessary in the city lack of room for everyone.

>> the [inaudible] i'm not sure hathat was. we have a situation [inaudible]. and one was -- that's all i have. thank you for your report. thank you. >> thank you very much. commissioner morgan mentioned thank you for your comments and your report i got a couple of things. in terms of the training this

class? [inaudible]. and in terms of the anticipation and graduation date [inaudible] november 18th. so before all of this. in time for the work >> okay. >> the time to make a connection. jot other thing is that a comprehensive report the last commission meeting appreciate it as well as [inaudible] updates are appreciated. i wanted to remark [inaudible] the next commission meeting october 26 we be become at city hall. and the agenda recognizing the commissioners the fire [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and i want to

[inaudible] ask the department to show a short clip of this fire and making sure i have it in my phone i was going to narrate the newspaper article [inaudible]. [inaudible] a certificate and secretary [inaudible] at that point an opportunity to [inaudible] that's why we are running shorter this week there will be members of the community the superintendent of education going to attends?

>> um -- a letter was sent -- r. s. v. p. >> [inaudible] that is encouraging. i wanted to run down [inaudible] we are [inaudible] thank you very much for [inaudible] secretary? >> [inaudible] >> good morning [inaudible]. good morning [inaudible] i'm getting over [inaudible]. i think there was manage in the air at the parade on sunday.

forgive me. so, on september 30 we graduated 25 the state [inaudible] 3 paramedics [inaudible] 22emt's. many of them start work the next day. when we did do was create [inaudible] [cannot understand speaker] [inaudible] [cannot

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[inaudible].

yes. um -- [inaudible] our community for us to the system additional software utilize to monitor the status and the number of patients they can accept. we are looking at that and play with that and [inaudible] something we don't typically do. it was [inaudible] to be able to see how we were going to [inaudible] the upon airport how that was [inaudible] something this we don't do often. [inaudible].

[muffled]. [echo] september 15th the [inaudible] chief and lieutenant, baxter. they were able to, street teams and how [inaudible]. on september 13th the wellness community added to the [inaudible] these [inaudible] given to -- and increase and we are [inaudible] staffing to team usa and [inaudible]. and finally a couple of things to note we have 4% decreases in

[inaudible] and they were able to increase the [inaudible] by 4% the number of individuals [inaudible] that's my report. thank you. >> thank you very much. is there a member of the public had wished to comment? call thor would you like to make public comment? hello, caller? nope. thank you. a member of the public that wishes to make comment [inaudible] closed. [inaudible]. commissioners comments? commissioner fraser?

[inaudible] [muffled cannot understand] the answer [inaudible] [inaudible] [cannot

understand commissioner] >> commissioner morgan. >> yea. >> i will [inaudible] i wanted to say, thank you for the great work you are doing and [inaudible] the lives you are save [inaudible] and the -- salute you. you think heart attacks and strokes. that will never happen to me, you see it every day. this reminds me i'm [inaudible] [laughter] i want to say, thank

you, great report. >> thank you very much commissioner [inaudible]. chief [inaudible]. and -- that's my comments. >> adjournment. >> like to make a motion to adjourn >> thank you very much. [inaudible] president nakajo. >> this meeting is adjourned at 9:46.

i'm currently an h2 firefighter for the san francisco fire department. i served active duty in the navy. i wanted something that was going to be in the medical field, but not necessarily stay in a hospital setting and i didn't want to stay in an office and this job kind of combines everything i was looking for. everyday's different. there's always something new and to learn. and my first introduction to the department was being

surrounded by people of the lgbtq community. and so we were able to get, you know, it just made things a little more comfortable that you could talk to people about things that people necessarily wouldn't understand. i've had to hide myself. able to come out. being able to understand many his and being able to do things in had that sense, it's very liberating to be able to speak like this, this city in particular, it's a mecca for the lgbtq+ community. you know, there's so much history behind it and being part of this community that now accepting us for who we are and what we do, we're able to just be ourselves. any time somebody finds out i am a member of the gay community, i don't get anybody talking about me, nothing at all. it's just oh, cool. you have a partner? like yes, i do. they start asking about that and how my life is. you become part of the family and here in the san francisco

fire department it really is just one big family. you know, it was my dream to be a san francisco fire department member and i'm here. >> i am iris long. we are a family business that started in san francisco chinatown by my parents who started the business in the mid 1980s. today we follow the same footsteps of my parents. we source the teas by the harvest season and style of

crafting and the specific variety. we specialize in premium tea. today i still visit many of the farms we work with multigenerational farms that produce premium teas with its own natural flavors. it is very much like grapes for wine. what we do is more specialized, but it is more natural. growing up in san francisco i used to come and help my parents after school whether in middle school or high school and throughout college. i went to san francisco state university. i did stay home and i helped my parents work throughout the summers to learn what it is that makes our community so special. after graduating i worked for an investment bank in hong kong for

a few years before returning when my dad said he was retiring. he passed away a few years ago. after taking over the business we made this a little more accessible for visitors as well as residents of san francisco to visit. many of our teas were traditionally labeled only in chinese for the older generation. today of our tea drinkkers are quite young. it is easy to look on the website to view all of our products and fun to come in and look at the different varieties. they are able to explore what we source, premium teas from the providence and the delicious flavors. san francisco is a beautiful city to me as well as many of the residents and businesses

here in chinatown. it is great for tourists to visit apsee how our community thrived through the years. this retail location is open daily. we have minimal hours because of our small team during covid. we do welcome visitors to come in and browse through our products. also, visit us online. we have minimal hours. it is nice to set up viewings of these products here. >> my name is amanda

[inaudible] over see the girls sports program. when i came to san francisco and studied recreation and parks and towerism and after i graduated i moved to candlestick park and grain r gain adlot of experience work with the san francisco 49 and [inaudible] be agfemale in a vore sports dynamic facility. i coached volo ball on the side and as candle stick closed down the city had me move in92 too [inaudible] >> immediate interaction and response when you work with kids. i think that is what drives other people to do this. what drew me to come to

[inaudible] to begin with for me to stay. i use today work in advertising as a media buyer and it wasn't fulfilling enough and i found a opportunity to be a writing coach. the moment [inaudible] you to take advantage of how you change and inspire a child by the words you say and actions you do. >> you have a 30 different programs for girls through rec and park and fast ball, soft ball and volley ball. i started the first volley ball league and very proud what i have done with that. being a leader for girls is passion and showing to be confident and being ambiggish and strong person. [inaudible] for about 5 years. programs offered thraw thirty-three rec and park

and oversee thg prms about a year. other than the programs we offer we offer summer camp squz do [inaudible] during the summer and that is something i wherei have been able to shine in my role. >> couple years we started the civic center socking league and what an amazing opportunity it was and is it for kid in the neighborhood who come together every friday in the civic center plaza on green grass to run and play. you otonly see soccer and poetry but also see books t. is a really promoting literacy to our kid and giving them to tools to make it work at home. real fortunate to see the [inaudible] grow. >> girls get pressureed with society and i know that is obvious, but we see it every day, magazines, commercials the idea what a woman should look

like but i like to be a strong female role for it goals that play sports because a lot of times they don't see someone strong in a female role with something connected with sports and athleticism and i love i can bring that to the table. >> soccer, poetry, community service. we now have field of dreams. we are [inaudible] all over the bay area and excited to be share our mission with other schools across the bay to really build the confidence and character of kids when they go out to play and close their eyes and think, why was [inaudible] we want to make sure-i want to make sure they remember me and remember the other folks who [inaudible] >> get out there and do it. who cares about what anybody else says. there will be poopal people that come up and want to wreck your ideas. that

happen today eme when i went to candle stick part and wanted to [inaudible] people told me no left and right. whether you go out for something you are passionate about our something you want to grow in and feel people will say no. go out and get it done. i can be the strong leader female and i love that. >> we are providing breakfast, lunch, and supper for the kids.

>> say hi. hi. what's your favorite? the carrots. >> the pizza? >> i'm not going to eat the pizza. >> you like the pizza? >> they will eat anything. >> yeah, well, okay. >> sfusd's meal program right now is passing out five days worth of meals for monday through friday. the program came about when the shelter in place order came about for san francisco. we have a lot of students that depend on school lunches to meet their daily nutritional requirement. we have families that can't take a hit like that because

they have to make three meals instead of one meal. >> for the lunch, we have turkey sandwiches. right now, we have spaghetti and meat balls, we have chicken enchiladas, and then, we have cereals and fruits and crackers, and then we have the milk. >> we heard about the school districts, that they didn't know if they were going to be able to provide it, so we've been successful in going to the stores and providing some things. they've been helpful, pointing

out making sure everybody is wearing masks, making sure they're staying distant, and everybody is doing their jobs, so that's a great thing when you're working with many kid does. >> the feedback has been really good. everybody seems really appreciative. they do request a little bit more variety, which has been hard, trying to find different types of food, but for the most part, everyone seems appreciative. growing up, i depended on them, as well, so it reminds me of myself growing up. >> i have kids at home. i have six kids. i'm a mother first, so i'm just

so glad to be here. it's so great to be able to help them in such a way because some families have lost their job, some families don't have access to this food, and we're just really glad to be >> the san francisco unified school district is called to order. >> roll call, please. >>clerk: