care of you. and to the republic for which it stands. one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. welcome, all. madam secretary, good morning. this is the fire commission regular meeting. november 8th, 2023. and the time is 901. this meeting is being held in person and members of the public may attend the meeting to observe and provide public comment at the physical meeting location or by. calling 14156550001 and using id. 266305922273. the

webinar password is 1234. members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes per item. please ensure you are in a quiet location. speak clearly and turn off background sounds. wait for the item you would like to address to be called when prompted. press star three to be added to the queue. the system will notify you when you are in line. callers will hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak. operator will unmute you. item one roll call president steven nakajo president vice president army morgan is on his way. commissioner catherine feinstein present commissioner marcy frazier. commissioner paula collins, president and chief of department. janine nicholson. present. president nakajo will now read the land acknowledgment. thank you very much, madam secretary. the san

francisco fire commission acknowledges that we are on the unseated ancestral homeland of the ramaytush aloni, who are the original inhabitants of the san francisco penina insula, as the indigenous stewards of this land and in accordance with their tradition, the promontory geloni have never ceded, lost nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all people 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 aloni community and by affirming their sovereign rights as first people. madam secretary , item two 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. the speaker 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 the speaker for the lack of a response by the commissioner or department personnel. does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. madam secretary, is there any member of the public that wishes to give public comment at this time? there is nobody approaching the podium and there is nobody on the public comment line. thank you very much. public comment is closed. item three, approval of the minutes, discussion and possible action to approve the meeting minutes from the regular meeting on october 25th, 2023. madam secretary, we'll take public comment on this item first, please. there is nobody on the public comment line and nobody approaching the podium. thank you very much, madam secretary. public comment is closed. i move that we adopt the minutes. thank you very much. commissioner feinstein. second. thank you very much. commissioner collins,

president nakajo. how do you vote? i vote aye. vice president morgan. how do you vote? and commissioner frazier, how do you vote? the motion is unanimous. madam secretary, please note 904. vice president morgan has arrived. noted item four, chief of departments report report from chief of department janine nicholson on current issues, activities and events within the department. since the fire commission meeting on october 25th, 2023, including budget academy special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public, and report from administration deputy chief shane kialoa on administrative divisions, fleet and facility status and updates. finance support services and homeland security. thank you very much, madam secretary. good morning, chief nicholson. we know that you have to attend the meeting with the mayor, so please present your report this morning

. thank you very much. good morning. president nakajo vice president morgan, commissioner feinstein, commissioner frazier and commissioner collins, sister maureen and command staff. this is my report. since our last commission meeting on october 25th, 2023, really everything is all right now. asia-pacific economic coordination. we've been having multiple meetings, coordinate, coordinating all of the, you know, things that could happen that will happen. all the possibilities. good and bad, working with whether it's to the city, to our staff, for citizens, for our response times with street closures and the like. so we've been meeting, had multiple meetings with the secret service. i know for san francisco police department all days off are canceled. they're

all working 14 hour days for the next two weeks. we're bringing 1000 chp officers into the city. there will be multiple challenges getting around the city due to those closures, including around moscone center. i believe they're closing from second to fifth and mission to bryant. so just a lot of stuff going on. the president, i believe, will be here midweek and i think the biggest days will be 15th and 16th. our heaviest days. but but i think we can expect protests throughout the city all week. and that is, i think, going to be our biggest challenge. and certainly the law enforcement's biggest challenge. so all of our folks are working hard. chief tong, chief artist sarah brown my other two deputies, chief

chief kyla, everyone has been just working hard on this, getting the staffing right so we can staff all of our folks, emergency operations centers. et cetera. so we have the best coverage and the best communication with everyone that we need to communicate with during that week. so it's all all the time right now. in fact, i think much of the meeting with the mayor today, we're holding it at moscone center. so it will be mostly about apec and what's what's next. so um, so succession planning and so my three deputies and mark corso and myself, we just had our second sort of retreat, if you will, for a five hour meeting on sort of off campus. and we talked about succession

planning. the first time we really talked about priorities and sort of did a swot analysis. es strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. and this last week we talked about succession planning and what we do in these meetings is we come up with sort of our challenges, what we need to see happen, what the sort of obstacles are to them. and then we come out with a list of action items. so so we're holding a meeting once a month, and this month it was on succession planning. so really good stuff. and i appreciate all of them for their hard work and their input as we know, our budget and structures instruction are coming. i believe next next month. but and having some real conversations with others in city government and the budget conversations. i

think are going to be really challenging and well we need to do will be really challenging. and i think anything that is not core to a department's mission then may go away. now, i've said , and i'll say it again to them that everything we do is core to our mission. and so i do think we are special in more ways than one, and that's one of them. so but, you know, don't don't see anything that we can or certainly should be forced to cut because of all the work our folks are doing is so critical to this city. and appreciate i hope they appreciate that as much as i do. so we will continue those conversations. but next month we should get those more direction. i would say from the mayor's budget office. in really good news, new hires. we have hired a plumber

and an electrician in the last couple of months. plumber is mario tuimavave and the electrician is brian yang. and this means that we get to direct so much of the work that needs to be done in our fire stations more efficiently. it's more cost effective. the repairs will be more timely. so it's just a huge , huge thing for us. and i welcome them on board and appreciate all their work. want to give a shout out to hashim anderson? he is in our office in our diversity equity inclusion office and i know he was honored at city hall recently for the all partner appreciation event for dedication to the youth of san francisco. but let me just tell you some of the things in addition to his regular job duties that he did in the last couple of weeks, he was out tabling at castro street fair at

ucsf health fair at kipp college prep career fair at the career expo at galileo high school, emt class. and it goes on and on and on. so a big shout out to hashim, and many thanks to him in terms of some of the things i've been doing besides all apec all the time i've had more interviews of late. new york magazine interview was the latest one on autonomous vehicles, and we certainly saw some of some of what's come out in the media of late about autonomous vehicles that cruise has halted all autonomous ice vehicles. they have their vehicles driving around with drivers in them, but they've done that across all the markets that they work in, and they just halted production of their autonomous passenger vans as

well. gm did. so i think we'll see some changes coming from from cruise. and i know that fletcher is working with them and with waymo to improve their operations and how it impacts our operations. also attended filipino american history month, american indian indian heritage month. both wonderful cultural events at city hall, city mta had an a multi casualty incident drill hall and at pier 80 last saturday i went to that. it was really, really great to see the current city folks and those those that have graduated from city emt and others out there volunteering. we did the veterans day parade this past sunday, ended at aquatic park

and also sunday evening, united fire service women had a retired women's party where 30 retirees were honored and just a little statistic here, in the last five years, we've had 61 women retire , 61 women. so just a lot of experience going out the door and we will be graduating our 132nd academy of 53 recruits on friday november 17th at the scottish rite center. and that should be far away from all of the tech goes on. so it should be good out there and then last but certainly not least, our fabulous doctor, jennifer brokaw, will be retiring in march of 2024. and chief kailua can speak a little bit to the process because i know this is

under the commission. and so we will be having further conversations with you to get on this. and get someone in place with you to carry on just the great work that she's done. she came in and jumped right into the frying pan with us. it was the middle of the beginning of covid and, you know, she just she just did so many did so much great stuff for us. and, you know, change that office and made it to an office of, you know, real care for our firefighters, emts and medics. so am really, really grateful for that. and with that, i am happy to take any questions. thank you very much, chief nicholson. at this point, we'll take public comment off your chief's report. madam secretary, there is nobody approaching the podium and there is nobody on the public comment line. the comment is closed on the chief's report. any comments or questions from the commissioners

to the chief at this time, please? okay vice president morgan, my mic on. hi, chief. yeah. i won't hold you too long. i just want to wish you the best of luck during the apec convention and thank you for all your hard work and scheduling and hope it goes well with that. and i just want to apologize to you ahead of time. i won't be able to make the graduation for the 132nd firefighters recruit because i had a previous engagement in sacramento that weekend with the democratic convention. and so i promised i'd be there. but i'll try to watch it online. i just want to apologize ahead of time, and thanks for your report, chief. thank you. thank you, mayor. thank you, vice president. and no worries. you are just such a huge supporter of us. always so no worries. we will miss you.

but go take care of business in sacramento. all right. thank you. thank you, vice president morgan. chief, i just have a couple of comments. one, i wanted to acknowledge, i'm sure with the commissioners in terms of the great work and appreciate attention. two dr. brocal, in terms of the announcement that she's going to be retiring, we also made some note, if there's some engagement or event of our appreciation, please let the commissioners know that. i also want to congratulate you on this good news. exciting news of hiring our own electrician. i mean, i can't tell you and in terms of our own plumber, i mean , chief mullins, you must be jumping up and down in the department. is and the commissioners are i mean, finally we get to do some things here and in a timely and a budgetary manner, the other thing is, is that when cd2 presents in december through chief tong to chief pang, i know there was an audit performed by the homeless outreach team, not

referring to our team per se, but i like to have some comment in terms of our department's perspective on how that goes and how that relates to ourselves. so with that, chief, good luck in your meeting and thank all of the members of our city and county for the upcoming aipac conference. thank you, chief. thank you, mr. president. and we be happy to report out on that report. it was an audit of sort of all of the street teams and it was mostly positive for us. we are doing great work out there, but they will be happy to present event sort of chief bang and others will be happy to present next month. thank you. thank you very much, chief. madam secretary, i believe we have cd three presenting at this time. yes, we do. administrative deputy chief shane kaliloa. please good morning to you,

chief. good morning to you. president nakajo vice president morgan. commissioners feinstein, frazier collins. maureen. chief nicholson, command staff. i am shane kialoa, deputy chief of administration. and this is my report for october 2023. i feel like we just saw each other. yeah, but we'll begin with homeland security. under the direction of assistant deputy chief erika artasyrus brown. as as the chief pointed out, and we have been pointing out the enormous challenge of apec, of planning and coordination that that chief arceus's brown has been tackling along with such chief josh smith and their team among the high level visits from dignitaries. and in the month of october, fleet week during the month of october, fleet week was incredibly busy for the homeland security team. um, managing, coordinating and supporting many

of our fleet week training exercises like the interoperable interoperable communications between the civilian and military disaster responders. that was discussed last month. an enormous win for that community between civilian and military, where chief cannon was heavily involved. this is the first time that this has been done. it is not there yet. there's much work to be done in the future. but to be able to connect with the military and the civilian during this exercise was an enormous win. also during that exercise week, there were shipboard firefighting also. so the us military coming to treasure island to train on urban search and rescue with the support of our in-service training staff. so thank you to chief mao and the in-service training staff for supporting that, as well as our veterans association at this training, the military goes

through certain drills like breaching and breaking search and rescue, some confined space and heavy tool use. also that week, the military rode along with our ems personnel and operations as a way to learn about ems and the credit and how to enter the ems through the sfd . many of our folks were able to attend the senior leader seminar and many of our members attended and played in sports activities throughout the week. beyond just the exercises, there was a ton of fleet week support and coordination with the mayor's press conference, the air show and expo, the air show command and oversight by our birx brandon and crispin. also the maritime response and planning and the extrication procedures

for multiple aircraft which required divers, swimmers, boat operators and also the ems event box. all also beyond the exercises and beyond the support needed. chief harris and her team also supported the high level dignitaries, which requires an enormous amount, lot of up staffing with our ems folks and our suppression folks to provide support. what the contingency planning and response. also our firefighter custodial and rc wong assisted in the overall planning and ppe, which is the event action plan. every time we have an event in the city, an event action plan is developed, it includes the objective of the event, the overall community action plan, the strategies as maps and important information to ensure

that the event is complete successfully and safely. also the chief, eric brown, found the time to attend the citywide drill on august or on october 21st. this is another great event where we're able to see our neighborhood response teams go through their training and search and heavy lifting in and community relations to support us when we have our event in a natural disaster where we need that extra support, more moving on to the department of equity and inclusion under the assistant deputy chief, sean buford. among his much work in creating pathways and partnerships to ensure our youth has a clear pathway to our emergency medical services and our fire department. he also attended the 2023 first responder career pathways with chief nicholson and myself at

city hall. this was an incredible event where we were able to connect with many of our youth throughout the city to discuss what the what the san francisco fire department does. but what's most inspiring was to be able to see a panel at the stage who success fully works now on ems and suppression and be able to hear their stories and their their path to where they are today. it was inspiring to hear their stories and their mentorship towards some of our 9910 and our youth in the crowd during this event. one of our very own lieutenant hunter was on that panel and gave her story as well. chief nicholson stole my thunder. these are all the things that lieutenant hashim anderson has done over the month. and so i won't go over

them again. but everything that chief nicholson stated is absolutely true and correct it. and i'll highlight the galileo high school emt class, which lieutenant hashim anderson is a part of. but i will highlight this. lieutenant hashim anderson accepted a certificate of honor for mayor breed for the san francisco fire department. work as opportunities for all partner employees, opportunities for all provides access to career exploration and workforce development for san francisco's youth and young adults through paid internships, mentorship and pathways of employment. it it is so well deserving, so well deserving. for lieutenant hashim anderson. and i can't stand here today and tell you how much work he puts in to ensure that the youth of this city has pathways to this fire department and among his other duties of recruitment and outreach, covid

nation with the fire candidate testing center, coordination with our da to provide died or develop our h two announcements to ensure that everything is correct to coordinate with the msa to ensure that our licenses as the recruits are coming in are well taken care of. i can't say enough about hashim and what he does for this fire department. so we'll move to the health and safety with under battalion chief matt album da during the month. i think we last report that i gave chief alva was working with a working group regarding respiratory protection for wildland urban interface firefighting and that does continue throughout the month in fact, there is a meeting and a presentation happening today. chief albert

also continues his work and coordination with the cancer foundation on and is looking into a company called roundhouse one to specifically do air monitoring to identify high some of the chemicals that are in the air in the firehouses that are coming from our apparatus and our apparatus bays how to identify what that is and how to better protect our folks. still early in that conversation. but just some of the things that chief albert is working through in the month of october, you also attended a webinar using extreme ownership leadership principles to build a culture of wellness in the agency. see extreme ownership is a book written by my goodness. jocko willink. leif babin it is a story as they were young leaders

during the ramadi war. from there they built a company where they build leadership up in organizations and 501 k companies and all over and what the concept is, is a owning everything. and your realm and so he's attended this and how that adapt to building a healthy culture within the agency in the unit. this is a terrible slide. i apologize and it's difficult to see. not much has changed, but our contacts for the month of october were 50 contacts. i believe it's 200 plus hours. it is 215 plus hours. still, that stress factor being work related . but beyond that, captain heather beer and also presented to the command staff with her

navigators at headquarters to discuss the process of diffusing and debriefing or excuse me, debriefings, which is very helpful and to discuss a lot of what the behavioral health unit has learned. and since a few of our high level incidents over the last few months and how adjustments are being made, i also performing outreach to our members to build out the depth in that program and still working with the fellow to coordinate and develop the culturally competent clinicians. just another factor that i just spoke of and that data and we'll move on to the office of employee health under doctor brokaw and nurse practitioner stephanie phelps as the chief stated, doctor brokaw is retiring as we speak. we are

looking over the job announcement. nurse practitioner or phelps and doctor brokaw are adjusting that based on what they've learned since doctor brokaw has come on board and how maybe some of those duties have changed and needs to be realigned. one nurse that is complete, i will send a copy of that to you and we can talk offline about the further processes in the month of october, the performed return to work duty of 68 members continues her scan or screening of our new hires. approximately 27 of our 73 provided 41 promotions all screenings and also deliver flu shots to the department. thanks to firefighter, paramedic james green and approximately to this date, 300 of those flu shots were delivered under our investigative services bureau

with captain todd weddle. captain weddle continues to perform our random drug testing and our conditional promotional offering testings and also background investigations. we have approximately 71 candidates to 73 candidates that the isp will be going through. in fact, they have begun. and catmull continues his training by completing the course and effective personal investigation in under support services. assistant deputy chief mike mullen. there were 134 requests for service, 164 service orders were completed and 18 service calls were replaced to resolve minor plumbing issues. and this were resolved by our sfd plumber neighborhood fire stations, general maintenance program, conducting service and load bank testing of fire service or fire station emergency generators. i believe i spoke about this in my

last report and also being worked on as the fire station 17 boiler replacement and station 29 apparatus doors. as the chief mentioned earlier, we did hire our our elected mission. brian yang be beyond these little data points. the work that chief mullen is doing is coordinating with director caruso in developing out our fleet purchase plan for the coming year. that has been submitted while creating or looking into creating efficiencies and everything that we do so that we're looking at it a track program to track our equipment and our medical equipment out to create efficiencies there among many other projects under esser

or our earthquake safety and emergency response assistant deputy chief gareth miller. the design team visited 1236 carroll street, which is where our new fire training facility will be built. this was very insightful for this team to understand the elevations there on site and how they could utilize that elevation and reduce the amount of or if any material from that site and to use its natural topography to create a site that's going to work for san francisco fire department. they also had a design kickoff team with rdc, public works, boa, or bureau of architecture and blah, the bureau of land scape and architecture were in this meeting. chief lathrop, myself were present along with captain eng. there was discussion about previous programing and the program moving forward and adjacent ses and other topics,

but it was great to be able to kick this project off and to its next phase. we can move towards completion. some of the highlights of this month or the month of october. we attended with many of the command staff that 90 coit tower anniversary, along with house speaker emerita nancy pelosi, mayor linda breed, president aaron peskin and many of our staff. so teresa, put this in, obviously, but during the month of october, chief tong and myself were honored by the president of the asian firefighters association and the firefighters association. for our work throughout the years. and not something we're used to, not something that is not

natural to be able to stay in front of folks and talk about yourself. but it was a great honor. it was great seeing many of the folks there and having president peskin there and mayor leonard breed showing up. it was a great honor. so that ends my report. and now i'm happy to take any of your questions. thank you very much, chief. at this point, we'll take public comment off of cd three's report. chief kaliloa there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment call in line very much. madam secretary, public comment is closed. questions from the commissioners comments at this time. i have a question. thank you, commissioner. thank you, chief kialoa and you did deserve the honor. so get over it. as usual. there's a lot of stuff going on. i just had to kind of off questions about your area. one is i think you have fire

investigations under your area, is that right? no oh, no. that's chief fletcher. scratch that. the md is my other question. how if there's anything that the commission it was alluded to maybe by the chief, that there's something we may be asked to participate in. i'm very happy to help with that. she's been a wonderful i know medical director for a while, and that's going to be tough to fill. so i'll just volunteer myself instead of everybody else. if there's anything i can do to assist with that. i appreciate that. yeah sure. and the book, extreme ownership, that's had not heard of that. i'm going to check into that, although i think it was written by the navy or navy seals. is that correct? yes they were navy seals. yeah okay. it is a good book. and i'm not going to plug it. there are many other good books. but. yes, but it is a very good book. they also have a audio book that is read by them themselves. it's

fascinating. that's great. well, thank you so much. i don't have a lot of questions, but i really appreciate the report. it was really informative and very comprehensive. so thank you, chief. thank you. thank you very much. commissioner frazier, the vice president. morgan yeah, i just want to apologize again, chief kialoa, for missing your dinner. you know, i still work during the day and people were out. and so i was stuck in the office all day. and by the time i got out, it was too late. but i, you know, i never like to turn down a free meal. i mean, so but no, i apologize for, you know, miss ing the dinner that where you were honored. and chief tong and chief peng, i think we're all honored there in chinatown. yeah. and so i just want to apologize for that. i would have loved to have been there, but that's all right. yeah. i got to throw another one. i got hammered that day. two people missed office and i just want to didn't show up in the office, but other than that,

thanks for your report. just some of these. i was just looking at some of the support services, us and some of these expenses. i mean, wouldn't it just be cheaper just to knock down the buildings and build new ones? i mean, some of these some of these plumbing bills are scary. jesus christ. but that's san francisco and that's how it goes. and the older, older buildings, you guys have a big challenge there to stay within budget. i was looking at some of these boiler. $220,000 for fire station 17. boy, that's a scary quote. and some of the i know it's challenging, but you've got to stay warm when you do. i'm keeping my eye on some of these expenses, but i appreciate your report. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. vice president morgan. at this point, i have a couple of questions. comments, chief, i'm going to defer in the sense of refer. let

me correct that to the homeland security report and the kind of extended over to apec and kind of ask my basic question of what the news says, meaning 21 heads of state. is that correct? president can you come a little closer to the microphone? i'm sorry. it's hard for me to hear you. yeah, i'm trying to take advantage of the homeland security report and ask about apec and pacific questions and i asked in terms of the information i'm getting, is the number of state officials or country officials that are coming as a number that's thrown out there like 21 and such. is that an accurate number? that's correct. and you say 21. i believe it's a little bit over that. but yes. and that given us, again, the sense of how important this is internationally, nationally, security, otherwise, as the chief reported, how many staff

or indeed individuals attached to that conference, there's a number that's been thrown out there that during those seven days there will be a number of new participants or participants within the city. i heard something like about it's still a number out of that me, because i don't want to be. are you saying in total right i wouldn't have that, but i've heard like 30,000. is that i just want to get a ballpark of what we're talking about. oh, i see what you're saying. yes i've heard the same number. it's right. and then even set in stone. but i've heard anywhere between 20 and 30,000. and again, you know me, i'm a logistical kind of guy. so it says when there's gridlock, detours or whatever, don't avoid downtown. i mean, that's one thing. the other thing is, okay, show me how to get downtown. if i got to go downtown or in our case, if we got to go to headquarters because during that time we do have a set meeting at headquarters. so my curiosity is how do i get there? so those

kind of questions are running in my mind, but also if those many members are coming in, i'm assuming that a staff, the individual staff is coming in. i'm assuming this is wednesday conference starts on saturday. i'm assuming folks are coming in now after a while. i don't want to assume i kind of want to know because otherwise i'm going to get ready for the impact. do you have any information at all, chief, in terms of so a lot of what you ask is sensitive information, and that is coming out slowly. i believe today the communication plan is coming out. and so we'll have that hopefully by today. that's about what i can share in terms of that. okay. appreciate, chief, because again, when i get my information newspaper, whatever, tv, at some point i said i'm going to go to the fire commission and get the real nitty gritty, you know what i mean? and so i know at 3:00 there's going to be a briefing, but a secret service chief and but a logistically, i just want

to know how to act while i'm in here because i don't know if i just stay home for the next seven days. chief quite frankly, the way it's coming down. right. all right. enough of that. are you about to say something, chief? oh, yeah, that's. sorry, president cosgrove. vice president morgan. commissioner fraser feinstein. collins marine command staff. the the press conference with the secret service this afternoon will reveal a lot of things about traffic interruption plans and be communicated ing those kind of messages to the public. yeah, okay. because in my mind, we're out at the airport. you know what i mean? and so i'm just thinking about, okay, this is wednesday. how is it as we stand guard, we the commission is getting ready as well. and as a public citizen of san francisco, i just need more information on it would greatly help us. right. understood. my second comment is off of the dei report. chief buford and yourself. i just want

to make a note and i know the commissioners are aware of it too. the recognition of lieutenant hashim anderson. i see his picture in events all the time, and i know he's doing a job as well. i appreciate the fact that you and chief buford in terms of the department, highly light members of our department, that are really above and beyond and doing great good work. so i just wanted to note that, number three, in terms of the bond report, chief miller, page 47, you showed a slide and it was the san francisco fire department dot construction meeting that you referred to. there's two pictures up there. one of the design team, again, page 47, you see it, chief? not yet. one second. it's a picture of a meeting room and a picture of the whole team standing there. okay, i see it now. yeah for the

public again, we can't show it, but basically for a commissioner for boy, i'm telling you, this is historical. for me to be able to commission to see a picture of the team after all these years, to finally see that team. and more than that, you know, they identify about the picture. that's why i appreciate it, because when i see these folks, i can see it from the department, but i don't know who the department of architecture, public works bureau, landscape architect, civil engineer are. but the low picture of everybody standing there, that's impressive. just got to be real about it is projected for the first time. i tell it again, chief mullins, that there was a completion date for this at the last report, but this is the first time, not the first time, but now i see it as an address. 1236 carroll avenue never saw that, just like the new 49. i still call it the new 49. i call it the old 49. the old 49. but

when you start putting an address to it and you show me a team that tells me, okay, we'll starting to get serious about this. and i just want to tell you that from a commissioner's point of view, it's very, very encouraging. we'll be paying a lot of attention. and again, chief miller did a great job on this. so i just wanted to put that out there. looking at my notes, i think i got it. one more thing, chief commissioner frazier, the commission, as i understand it, we have a responsibility of oversight on the physician and in fact, we participate in the interview. and part of the interview process as a commission. commissioner. feinstein at that time was president and conducted as such. the chief's office is going through a job review description, and at some point the commission will be engaged because it's our responsibility. and i'm sure the chief will come up with some kind of format of

how best to integrate the commission as we start to participate within that. so i just wanted to comment on that as well. when is the end date of chief dr. rocha? one more time. when's the end date? the retirement date for chief for dr. protocol? i believe it was march 24. okay so we have some time as the game plan to hire somebody as she exits. or we do we have some time. we do have a draft announcement that i will get to you and that will go through the process. okay. it'd be nice to get her input while she's here. exactly. okay. thank you very much, chief. thank you very much for your comments. report. thank you. madam secretary. we. item five, resolution 2020 3-07 discussion and possible action resolution. recommend that the board of supervisors authorize the san francisco fire department to accept a fiscal year 2023 grant

award valued at 125,000 from the cares star foundation to purchase supplies and support staff of the sfd to produce an emergency medical service data equity conference project. right. thank you very much, madam secretary. good morning. director corso. good morning, mr. president. commissioner chief maureen mark corso, finance and planning to speak on the next item which is acceptance of a grant award in the amount of $125,000 from the care star foundation for a data conference on ems data and data sharing on behalf of the fire department, the community paramedicine division applied for and was awarded this grant allocation to put on an ems data symposium. the purpose of this conference is to get a variety of ems partners from all over together to discuss the kind of complex area of ems data and related challenges, issues that come with it. the goal is to identify strategies and

solutions to some of these challenges in order to better capture data, but also to make better use of that data to help serve the communities and assistant deputy chief simon pang is here to speak on behalf of their specific questions about the conference in general. but the department will be partnering with san jose state university on this data symposium, and i'm happy to answer any questions. thank you very much. director corso. before i take public comment on this, since chief pang's was mentioned as part of this presentation, i think it would be appropriate if chief pang came to the podium and spoke to this so that the commission and the public can be more aware as to what the intention of this funding grant is. good morning, chief pang. good morning. president nakajo vice president morgan. commissioners feinstein. frazier collins as chief secretary, conifer command staff am. simon pang, assistant deputy

chief of community paramedicine the this data symposium, which will be on january 19th of next year, is an offshoot of the million dollar grant that we got from the national science foundation in collaboration with san jose state to work on moral injury and improving health equity and the idea is we started to see it in community paramedicine and realized that this is a problem that extends to all of ems, but at the most basic level is how do we define someone who is homeless? we all do it different ways. is it someone who's marginally housed? is it someone who's couch surfing? is it someone that's been homeless for one week for two weeks, for a month? other issues are how do we how do we get demographics of the patients that we're serving, the clients

that we're serving? what are the person doesn't reveal to us what they think their their race or ethnicity is. do we make a guess? do some people make a guess based on skin color? is that is that the right thing to do? and other things would be just how we actually and analyze our data once we have it. for example, what does it mean to be . let me look at my notes here. what does it mean to have a community paramedic encounter? right. everybody, all the new community paramedic organizations may be judging that differently. what does it mean to have a walk away? and there's no way that we could actually talk about improving ing health equity unless we're all speaking the same language. so that's what we're doing. we already have over 30 providers throughout california that are signed up to attend the conference and it will be on the

campus of san jose state. our partners in this and we hope to have a year long community of practice so that we can all discuss and have all our data aligned. okay okay, chief, thank you very much. can you remain pleased? i'm going to ask for public comment and then the commissioners will ask questions to director corso and yourself. madam secretary, can we do public comment on this item? there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. all right, public comment is closed. commissioners, any questions for director corso and chief pang while we have him up here? commissioner yes, i always have a comment. sorry thank you so much. this is really exciting. i think for me, this is in my nerd lane all the way and i really appreciate whoever the care star foundation are. i'm not familiar with them, but it's a terrific program that they have. it looks like from briefly looking at

their website, but also this idea of bringing people together and make some definitions. so that our data makes sense, not just to us, but to across the board with other providers, your colleagues around the state. so congratulations. it's i think it's wonderful. and i'm sure we're all going to fully support it. thank you. thank you. and my mind blanked earlier, but i remembered what i wanted to say. some of the data that we're tracking is police involvement with us. did we ask for police to come or did they ask us if we ask them to come? why was it to help restrain a patient? was it for scene management? did the police use force? these are some of the analyzes that that we want to do in a uniform way. so we all know how how we're doing and how we can improve. okay, commissioner collins, please. great effort. how will the data be shared? that's a very good

question. currently ems data has to be concise and nemesis compliant. these are california state and national databases that all have data elements that have to be that are all uniform but community paramedicine is a very new thing, and we're finding that that there are no applicable, applicable nemesis data points for what we are currently tracking. and so we want to make sure going forward that that we are able to suggest to nemesis what what needs to be tracked and how we've had several conversations with with the state and national leadership and for campsis and nemesis and it turns out that they don't have any ideas, that they themselves don't know how they want us to share our data.

so that's one of the things that we'll be working on. so that sounds like a big opportunity. i think it is, yes. thank you. okay thank you very much. vice president morgan. yeah, chief pang, how many like other counties or other cities in the bay area are going to be involved in this convention or event? the round ballpark figure ? well, i know that we already have over 30 different agencies that have that have submitted applications to attend. we still have a couple of months to go, so hopefully we'll have, you know, well over 50. okay all right. well, i just want to commend you guys on this grant and congratulate you this. this organization is very impressive. we're really blessed to get this grant cast. i guess they sold the company and started a non

profit organization. that's right. my understanding, which i think is going to be imperfect, i think there was a company called reach, which or was it cal star. thanks thanks, chief. cal star company. that helicopter transport for medical patients i believe they were sold and part of the part of the process that they had to start this foundation to support ems and community paramedics. and as it turns out, care star is a very big advocate for community paramedicine and have been supporting us for several years. right, right. yeah, that's that's a real, real good deal. i'm really impressed with them. and are they still in business or under that name? i'm not certain. oh, okay. well, thank god for the nonprofit organization that they set up. i guess they made a lot of money on that. and we can benefit from

the grant and i just want to commend you guys for applying for the grant and all the great, you know, correspondence that you had to go through to get the grant approved. and it looks very impressive. and it's just all good news. i would love to urge the board of supervisors to accept this. grant thank you. thank you very much. vice president morgan. i just have one singular question to yourself and director corso. the grant value is at 125,000. is that a sufficient amount to pull off this? i, i believe it is. i certainly hope it is. it's a one day event followed by probably many teams and zoom meetings afterwards. so i think that should be enough. okay. i just wanted to make sure you're covered more than that. again one of my questions about outreach teams in the most recent audit, not referring to

our team, is very often the public doesn't know the difference between the public health outreach team and our outreach team. you know, to me, i'm just making my comment that our outreach team and crisis team, i know the expertise that goes beyond behind that and the management and the administration often. so this conference that you're talking about gathering all of this information lens, to me, some real strong evidence of how strong we are. san francisco fire department in the paramedicine in terms of how we're trying to approach this. so i'm looking for that clear definition so that, again, the public can understand the definition. they're not talking about us in terms of mismanagement or weak management. it's a differentiation and a big differentiation. so thank you very much for that, commissioners. this is an action item. mr. corso was there a motion? commissioner frazier, on this? sure, i'll move that we that we support the grant acceptance from star for this

conference. yeah. second, second that we urge the board of supervisors to support this grant. yeah okay. thank you very much. vice president morgan, also commissioner eisner, thank you for that. and president nakajo, how do you vote? i vote i and commissioner feinstein, how do you vote? and commissioner collins, how do you vote? hi. the motion is unanimous. thank you very much, mr. corso. thank you, madam secretary. item six public comment on item seven public comment on all matters pertaining to item seven b, including public comment on whether to hold item seven b in closed session. madam secretary, is any public comment on this item? there is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the public comment line. the comment is closed item seven possible closed session regarding an unmitigated claim

vote on whether to conduct item seven b in closed session. the commission may hear item seven b in closed session pursuant to government code section 54 957 b an administrat of code section 67.10 b. all right, commissioners, we're going to need a motion on this. i'd like. to go ahead. no no. well, with my ear. commissioner feinstein, i heard you first. so is that a motion, commissioner? got a sharp and discussed the matter. okay. and i. vice president morgan. is that a second? i agree. thank you very much, madam secretary. president nakajo, how do you vote? i commissioner frazier, how do you vote? i commissioner collins, how do you vote? i all right. thank you. this we will now go into closed session at okay. we are back in open session and the matter was

continued so that the city attorney's office could correct some verbiage that was in there. hearing statement. and we will now vote vote to elect whether to disclose any or all discussions held in closed session as specified in san francisco administrative code section 67.12, a. i like to make a motion to not to disclose, and i'll second that. that motion. thank you. vice president morgan . commissioner feinstein, president nakajo. how do you vote? vote i commission. frazier how do you vote? and commissioner collins, how do you vote? the motion is unanimous. item six, adjournment it. thank you, madam secretary. commissioners, this meeting is adjourned.

>> the journey of becoming a firefighter is no easy feat, it requires navigating and overcoming challenges to protect and serve the community. established in 1866, the san francisco fire department has evolved and grown to represent the community and meet their needs along the way. the division of training is responsible for training all new members entering the department, as well as develop, and provide corchlhensive fire suppression

and emergency medical service instruction to all members of the department. this video provides a glims into the 130 recruit academy class 21 week training program. in preparation to take on one of the most challenging and rewarding professions in the world. to become a firefighter in the san francisco fire department. >> [whistle] >> i oknow there is going to be a lot of shoveling and it will not come easy. i know it will not be given to me. >> am i going to be able to keep up and do all the physical a pects of what the academy will request of me? >> on the hand you have been given a opportunity you worked so hard to get to, but

on the other hand you don't have the job yet and have so much work you have to do to get in the field so it is double edge sword. i need it but this is just the beginning. [music]

>> we are entrusted with people. our job is (indiscernible) we want people to be firefighters. the chief picked the people. our job is train them. we make sure that we are challenging them, but at the same time supporting them and that is a fine line, because we want to see how these people react. it is imperative for the training academy and training staff to make sure we are getting the best out of these individuals. i always tell them, we will challenge you, but also going to support you. we are not going to trick you into certain things but we want to make sure we make it difficult and make it so that you are performing at

your best when somebody is on their worst day. >> the process is grueling, however, the reward at the end is what it's all about. we have 21 weeks to form this group of 51, and to functioning individuals on a working engine or truck company in the city and the challenge there is that when you walk through the door, you should be able to take care of business right away. when i first got on the job and hit the streets and got my first fire, which is 4th alarm fire which they throw a lot of people in the big building, happened in the first 30 minutes of me stepping in the fire house. >> we hire a vast group of people with different backgrounds and experiences, which is kind of interesting as well, because it makes up our department and we have a kind of hodgepodge of people, but they all get taught the same thing. we have people

from-we have a guy in the class whoofs a social worker. we have a person who was a firefighter, multiple firefighters. san francisco does things different then most fire departments but they have upper hand so we try to pair those with some sort of experience with people who don't in study group said. we tell them the first week get in a study group and that is a group for the rest of the academy so you will be the support group for each other. >> my name is julian martin a recruit in the 130 academy for the san francisco fire department. the fire department what drew me to it to begin is a concept you are always learning. you are always learning something a92. now fire or situation is alike. no med call will be the same, and that aspect is something that is always changing is what drew me to it. when i was 19 i enlisted in the united

states army and was in college at the time, so i was enrolled simultaneous in the reserve officer corp training out of leehigh university. i was (indiscernible) and lee high university and completed by bachelors, but commissioned out of lee high university as a officer in the california national guard. when i graduatesed i immediately went to fort (indiscernible) missouri to complete training for being a chemical officer which is (indiscernible) i think my background in chemical hazmat with the army was beneficial and the department as well. >> high energy,b that is how i categorize julian. high energy and ability. she is very capable. >> she is one of those people pretty much anything she tries she can do well. she is a musician also. she is

a artist. >> she is the kind of person that push other people to be the best version of themselves, just because she also wants to be the best version of herself. she is a very dedicated individual, and it was a treat but also a challenge because that is the way she is. very competitive and ambitious. >> emily-i am a recruit with the san francisco fire department. i remember how do i become a firefighter in a major city? i typed that into google and a lot of things came up. getting certification like firefighter 1, emt, paramedic jz these are things i knew nothing about so a lot of research. for me having lived in california and

visited the bay area many times i said to myself, i decided the pentacle for me of being a structure firefighter, being a city firefighter which coming to san francisco. i am originally from new england. i grew up in a traditional town in new hampshire. when can i was a kid i never had fire fighting on my radar. never something i thought about doing. when i in college i studied environmental conversation. i always appreciated the outdoors and really cared a lot about protecting the outdoors, so for years after college i worked with kids in the outdoor education, so taking kids on backpacking trips, takes kids on hiking trips, and just helping them develop appreciation for the outdoors. it was basically a opportunity to not have a desk job and for years i was chasing that job that didn't involve

sitting at a desk and be outside with people which makes sense it leads me to firefighter. next thing i knew i was heading up to alaska to be a firefighter. that was the switch and never looked back. >> emily is a person that very much someone who cares about other people and will put other people needs before her own. she is extremely caring and thoughtful. i also think she is extremely adventurous as well. i remember when we first met, when we were living in yosemite being in ah of her adventurous side. >> my name is jenna. everybody called johnny for short and i'm a recruit with the 130

academy for san francisco fire department. city girl, born and raised in san francisco. literally my entire schooling has been right here in the city of san francisco, and so that's part of me and part of my identity, and what keeps me so grounded to the city i was raise d in. my brother is a firefighter and he has been a firefighter many years. he is absolutely-he loves his job and always has tried to bring people along with him. those he loves and that he thinks would be fit for the job. >> i told this lady about this service and about this career path back when she was 22 years old after graduating from usf, i tried to put in her ear, i think you would be incredible at this profession and she said

i'll think about it. >> that is always something in my ear, but to be honest, my encounter with the fire department that kind of sparked that interest and the reason as to why i wanted to become a firefighter, because at the age of 15 i lost my mother to gun violence and it was the fire department when they came to my home, it was the reaction of the firefighters that i felt cold. their reaction to my situation. i didn't feel support. that is just my perspective of the instant it happened, but that is something that stuck with me. i don't want someone like me to go through what i went through because i know how that felt. i took the leap of faith and i said i'm going to change my career entirely, but now i see

for myself just within my recruit class that there is a lot of diversity. it was really comforting to me to see that and know that these are the people who are going to be my first family, because we share a special bond. >> she was ready. she was hungry, and she-every drill we did, every practice we did, all the exercising she was doing, she was hungry for it. i couldn't possibly be more proud of her. >> a real basic building block is just like crawl walk run. our crawling stage is like just putting your gear on. we have our ppe, which is about 20pounds, the packs are 20 pounds. just those two alone you throw on 40 pounds of weight and by the end of the academy we have your ppe on, go

on (indiscernible) breathe through the bottle, climb up a ladder, crawl through a window, search fwr a victim, bring the victim through the window and extricate through the window. the progression of the testing ramp up pretty quickly. in the 10 week cycle it seems like a long time, but for the recruit you can ask them i'm telling you it is a rigorous academy and keeps on getting harder. >> academy starts at 8 o'clock. we do our pt. whatever it may be, whether it is running in a circuit or amazing raise, and are that lasts anywhere from a hour to hour and 30. from there we go to a class room. we learn about the different chapters, whether it is (indiscernible) hose appliances, building construction, whatever it may be. that usually takes us to lunch and from there

we get separated into skills groups. >> (indiscernible) how many victims. >> which we have typically about 4 rotations of the different skills we get touches. >> it is still very early in the process. if you envision each class like a bell curve where most in the middle, if you have a class with really long tails those are harder to train, because you have people at the back end who are really struggling. this class seems to have small tails. i don't see anybody struggling yet. i dont see anybody truly standing out. but again, it is early. we haven't done any testing yet. >> i am learning a lot with fellow class mates. they need me and i need them and the really difficult evolution and training and the first couple days are crucial to understanding like how people react to certain

situations because not everybody is the best under pressure. not everybody is the best tying a knot about there are some that are super fast with hose lines. finding everybody strong point and emphasize those and use to our advantage is important in the first couple weeks. >> something that challenged me probably the most and has been probably the biggest learning curve is really focusing on the ability to let go of something when it doesn't go well in the moment and move to the next thing. that i think has been one of the biggest challenges in this academy, because the realty is you make a lot of mistakes every day. you do a lot of things well too, but you make a lot of mistakes and if you hold on to each one of those mistakes it is just going to snow ball into more mistakes and it will lead to more stress and being hard on

yourself. >> i had to learn a lot of different new skill sets. things i wasn't familiar with like chain saws how to hose lines and so getting the technique because a lot of the job is about the technique. it is not about having the brute strength or anything like that, it is using your body mechanics to your advantage. >> when my body cools down (indiscernible) [music]

>> we have the academy set up it gives everybody the opportunity to practice the skill set they need to. san francisco is its own entity. we pride ourselves on the traditional fire department in the sense we still use brass fittings, wooden latters, surrounded by three sides of water so all risk fire department. you can go downtown busy high-rise, out to the coast for surf rescue. we have a mix of everything and we all have to be well-rounded firefighters and that is our entire job to make

sure that we are profeshant. >> as we train our roles will be to evaluate along the way. the role we have is to get them ready for fire house culture. to be a firefighter requires a fair amount of discipline. you have to understand the rules of the game. understand how to behave, how to appear, how to interact with the public and one of my roles is to make sure the recruits understand that and adhere to the codes of conduct and behavior the department lays out. >> okay, today is monday. the monday after my first big week of testing. two double day testing thursday and friday. we had to do a ems skill, take a written test and 8 different fire suppression manipulatives. we got our report card back today and if you can't tell by

the way i'm smiling now, i passed every skill that we had to do. your girl got zero deficiencies, so i am very proud of myself of being able to pass. >> you know, our saying is we dont fail people, they fail themselves. we give them all the information they need. we allow them extra hours prior to the start of class and stay late after hours, and we hope they take advant nl if they need help. they vocalize when they don't know something and part is ego. if i want to pass the class i need to ask for help. there is no slowing down. once the training is moving it isn't stopping for anybody. you are on the training or off. we don't have time to stop. we want them to pass, but they have to have their heart into it. if they think it will be easy that

isn't the way it works. >> i want to speak about what happened on september 22, 2022, which was week 14 i believe. week 14 or 13. there was a big moment for me, because it was the week that i got injured. i had the ladder not completely fall on me, but it put my body in such a way it basically injured my shoulder. i had a little nerve damage coming from the top of my right shoulder radiating down. from what i remember, the ladder was coming down and a sudden movement it swerveed one way and swerved back and i remember i couldn't feel my right arm. i tried to hold on to the ladder and it

just basically just hit me in a certain position, and i fell over, and i remember feeling a combination of so much pain and honesty nothing at all. >> she had a pretty good scare of a injury, and her determination and just the way she goes about things. she is not very demon struative or outspoken but works hards and puts herinose nose down and just works. [music]

>> so, today is our last day in the academy. i think there is a lot of things going through my mind right now. on one hand, i feel incredibly relieved to be at this point. it has been a long 5 months. it has been great, but it has been really challenging and definitely really tiring, so it feels really relieving to have

reached this mileston. >> we graduated friday and just feels really exciting. you know, speaking for myself, i think i'm preoccupied worrying about starting work soon, but i think for my family and my partner, i'm excited for them to be at graduation. this is not just a journey i have been on, but a journey they have been on as well. especially my partner. she has been immensely supportive of me throughout this process. on the other side of the coin, it is nerve-wracking we go out in the field and do the job. it is mixed emotions for sure. >> super excited. it has been a long long 16 weeks, and at the end i finally get to graduate, get to be a firefighter. i'm

looking forward to most is taking our time at treasure island and bring into effect to help people. >> so many things that are going on in my mind at the moment because of the fact today is the last day that we are actually on our training grounds on treasure island. i cant believe i'm actually here and i made it these 5 months. getting in here doing the best i could possibly do, but now it is graduation is just so close. i'm just nervous. i created this family within the 130 academy class where we have gotten to know each other and gotten to do skills together, but now when i go to my probationary home, now i will get to know those people and learn so many more skills and just get all the hands on experience and you know, create that second family. it has

been overwhelming. just the amount of support that i have received. my family is my core and is my biggest support system and they have been there and have just expressed unconditional love and support every step of the way. [music] >> good morning 130. i know this is a exciting day for you, and this is just one of the many milestones in your career. i am really proud of the division of training and i'm proud of you, 130. you took the lead and you worked hard. you worked as a team and that's how we always do it in the san francisco fire department. this is a proud department with

a proud history. we fight fires like no other fire department. we are community paramedicine and alternatives to policing. we are firefighter emt, firefighter paramedics, but we are so much more as you are going to find out during your careers. i do solemnly swear, that i will support and defend, the counsitution of the united states, and the constitution of the state of california, against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> today i graduated from san francisco 130 recruit class, and i became a san

francisco firefighter. i feel absolutely amazing. i thought about how i feel graduating, but feeling it is crazy. i'm so so excited to get started. i will be in station 9 in the bayview. industrial part of the city and i'm extremely excited to do everything the truck does. learn how to raise and lower the aerial. get to all the different ladders and practice them in real life and apply them to situations that we are seen in the academy, but to see them in real life will be a brand new thing. [applause] >> going up to the stage to get my badge, i was thinking about how sweaty my hands were. i was trying not to trip, and but in realty i was just thinking

about how special the moment it was, and to be honest, it felt like everything stood still for a second, and it was a special time to reflect on the journey. i feel proud of my class mates making to graduation. i feel a lot of love towards my classmates and lot of respect and admuration towards the instructors. it feels good to be at this point after 21 weeks of hard work. >> i would say i felt an immense amount of pride for what she accomplished. having been along the ride, before academy, being a part of the journey that lead up to interviews and then academy and getting to this point. i know how much she has overcome and accomplished. so proud. i'm so proud of you.

[calling out name] >> to be honest, i am had a ball of emotions just running through me right now. it is like electric energy. to have all the overwhelming support from my family, from my friends, from everybody in the department, and from oakland department as well is truly just overwhelming and very emotional at the same time. >> hoping e-the whole thing is surreal to me. she pinned the badge on me when she was 15 years old and coming to today and seeing where she is at now, i couldn't possibly be more proud. she has a heart of passion. she has a lot of heart . >> when i saw him up there, it was just overwhelming. i was

like, i will not cry, i will not cry. i tried to hold it back, it just couldn't. >> the chief says, who will cry first. >> who will cry first? okay. (indiscernible) >> i'm supposed to be tough. man-- >> the last time i like to introduce the newest bravest san francisco firefighters, 130! [applause] >> so, i'm now at station 9 on

the truck. in the bayview. junk yard dog. the day before graduation was to ask questions what we are supposed to do and probationary firefighter instead of recruit. my first day was november 22. it was i was one of the lucky ones. i had my full weekday. i had 4 days after graduation to get my mind right, get ready to go to work. our instructors complaint us in the dark so we wouldn't know what to expect so when we got here, it's how we adapt to a situation, not so much-this is what will happen. this is what you need to do. i was kind of freaking out before i really haven't been in a fire station before, and every single member was super welcoming here. i think the most important thing is being yourself. knowing when to contribute and when to kind of sit back and listen, because there is a wealth of knowledge

around you everywhere. everywhere. i could talk to any person in the station and learn so much. i think i have been able to hold on to what people have been telling me a lot more here and learn a lot more in a lot less time. >> transitioning from graduation to being a probationary firefighters coming with a lot of changes. you learn the tower and skills and information and once you get thin field you realize how all those people come together in real time, which has been super cool to see how it all unfolds in the field. i have been super lucky. i got placed at station 17 on engine 17 and i have just been super fortunate to have a really great group of folks to work with, who put in a lot of time and energy to help get me up to speed. >> i say with i first

started the academy and was nervous and excited. there is a element of nervousness with being a probationary firefighter because you are trying to keep up and learn as much as you can. i say from the academy till now there is also a lot of confidence building that happened. the first two months what really stuck out to me is just how tight nit the station is and how much people really care about the work that they do and really pushes me i think to be better at the job. >> apparently i'm a probationary firefighter for the san francisco fire department, so the last 5 months i was in the tower in the academy lead me to here of drilling, testing, requiring all the basic foundation skills to become a firefighter. now i'm actually actively doing it, but more specifically at the current house i'm stationed at, which is station 10, i

am also the role of emt because we are on a als unit where there is a paramedic so i'm the paramedic backup providing them whatever they need as their assistant, but when it comes to fires i'm the one with the nozzle to put out the fire. me and my main concern is getting through probation because i don't have job security at the moment, because you can be let go any time if you are not meeting the expectations of what it is that they require from you. i want to be good at what i'm here to do in the position i'm in now. the call volume i have seen during my watchs are 7 to 10 calls within a day, which is pretty moderate. i'm just waiting for my first fire. [laughter]

>> (indiscernible) step on it and measure at the shoulder. >> we talk about being a model to other agencies, again we hire very diverse group. male and female. as long as you meet the standards and are able

to take care of the business of the fire department and public safety and being able to get along with your coworkers and all these stressful environments is key. you are not a individual here. we are made up as a team, so you have to be willing to listen. you have to be willing to learn, and you have to be willing to push yourself all the way to the end and you'll be successful here in san francisco. >> people ask, you just go to fires and-no, we go to everything. anything and everything 911 is called. it depends on the person and where they are at. we invite everybody to come try if they think they can get here, then by all means, we are a great department. large department. busy department, and we have a lot of things to see while working here. best job in the world to this day. >> we prep them as best we can. all the experiences and instructors and

myself, we again our job is to see them-we want to see them be successful. we want to hear good reports. it is like being a parent. i are want to make sure when they leave we want to hear good things and if we don't want also want to check and make sure, what happened? i want to hear from now the probationary firefighter what happened and how we can best support them, because they are not recruits anymore. they are professional probationary firefighters and just because they left the tower doesn't mean we are done with them. i'm more invested in them now now that they are my brother and sister then a recruit because i could be working with them in the field. i found a career i absolutely hundred percent love. it is very rare that you you can find a profession that you can love that much. i'm a public servant. i never want to forget the roots of what we do. we serve the citizens of san

francisco. i'm serving the citizen of san francisco now by training new firefighters. by job is best prepare them what they will be going to into the future. >> in the community whether we are driving around, we are on a call, or shopping, the way that the community looks at us and looks at me is kind of surreal, because it hasn't fully sunk in. sometimes i have to reflect and say, you made it here. be proud of yourself. be proud of your accomplishments because for me i want to strive and do more and be better. [siren] >> i would say first of all, we dont just employ firefighters, we employ everybody on the ambulance. emt and paramedics. firefighters and ems

is a great opportunity. it is really important we have people who look like the community we are serving and that's part of the reason many joined this department to create change from the inside and we have done a lot of that and we will continue to do that. there is a place for you here as a ems, as a paramedic, as a firefighter. you just need to be able to put in the work. this is a big deal being in public safety in san francisco working for the san francisco fire department. it is a commitment. what better place if you want to serve your community then the san francisco fire department? [music]

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>> i'm a firefighter here at station three 1 i grew up in texas and kind of boundaries around to bunch of different cities before i came to san francisco lived in new york and was going to school there i had never been here before the moment i knew san francisco i knew i was in the right police station like the place and was proposed to be. >> i was with change and cyclist transportation throughout the city and actually end up getting in a car accident not a big deal but i was in the

back of ambulance he decided a good idea to tell me about the job and how amazing i thought about that at home and i said you know what see this sounds something might be great aligns with me and my values i started to pursue to see what it was like i did and the moment that was pretty interesting how doors kind of opened i put at effort and get any emt licenses and interviewed to be in the refreshed what is of the in the academy engineering that and so on and so forth had that moment of like this is what i'm spoke up to be doing this is this is the it this is me. and it of the

great and therefore, be it resolved that worked out and after the lgbtqia+ this is my work with one was (unintelligible) (sirens) what i thought way back when that being a firefighter that was not something i thought i could do. and i think that a lot to do would not seeing my in the representation of what a normal firefighter will be so i really like to make an effort when i'm at work to have other girls little girdles and boys seeing me though orientation or race or any other orientation we want to be able to be that person and know they can do the job if they

want to. >> as a mom i feel like a different person actually. that pretty interesting to have a stark difference in from the person i became a mom in the fire serve and the person after the fire services being a mom is a learning exercise and the same going back to the fire service you're heart is a little bit more vulnerable i like being a mom the harder thing i've done and prior to being a mom this job or some of the things we do on the job are some of the harder things that kind of levels each other out so i okay.

come to work and feel like i'm cable and can go home and capable a whole