hey, nert team, nert volunteers. is anybody here? if you say let's call out, everyone is going to be calling out, hey, nert team. nobody can listen. hey, let's call out and give it a couple seconds, see if we can hear somebody. not only call out, make sure that you can listen, too. we want you to start your search from the top so if you go into the building, start from the top and then work your way back. we want you to do a left or right handed search pattern, meaning when you enter a room or a building, we want you to find a wall and stay on that wall. we want to have somebody stay on that wall because that wall will show you the way out. mark each individual unit so the x that i was talking about, if you go into a multi-unit apartment building, you with want to do it on each unit. so i go into this apartment, you're going to do a slash, go into the apartment, do your search, when you come out and complete the x. again at the top is the time that you entered. they want you to write the time that you leave also. so you would cross o

what can you do as nerts, as a nert team? rope it off, cordon it off. what else? good, runner to the fire department. do you have the tools and skills to extinguish a major fire? no, you don't. notify the erd, evacuate -- assist the fire department if we get there, but don't become a victim. smell of gas. what can you do as nerts? turn off the gas. and what are the 3 situations when you want to shut the gas off? smell the gas, something -- oh, yeah, wheels are spinning and major building collapse. muni -- overhead muni wire, flopping around. what can you did as nerts? always assume all electricity is live and hot. so what can you do as nerts? cordon off the area, tell people to stay back. small fires reported in the rear of a building, what can you do as nerts? if it's still burning that small fire is now a very large fire. so all you can do is really notify the erd, evacuate the area, assist the fire department. five buildings have suffered heavy damage -- heavy damage, kind of a clue there. three of the buildings have collapsed. what can you do as nerts? not qui

whatever you do know your limit and what you are capabilit capa once you are involved with the nert teams and you get to revie the stuff and what you can do and physically you know what yo can do and lift people and mentally is another thing and w will talk about disaster psychology next week and some people say they can't look at blood or some say they can't look at a child screaming and know your limits and don't become a victim yourself. . >> we're going to go over search and rescue in this class, go over some buildings and how you assess buildings. you already had classes on utility controls, correct? how about medical? did medical? okay, as i said, my name is alec, i'm on truck 11. let's go into some light search and rescue. before you start, what do you do? stop, look, listen and think. any time you pull up to an incident or you see something, you take a breath, assess the situation, use all your senses and think about what you are going to do. those are all components of what we call the size-up. there are many components to size up. what's one of the components to size up? gatheri

nert -- [applause] the neighborhood emergency response team provides retraining for individuals, neighborhood groups, and community organizations. individuals learn the basics of personal preparedness and prevention. they celebrated 20 years of community trading. congratulations. [siren] this is looking familiar. year we go. let's have a nice hand for the motorcade showing up. -- here we go. yes. [sirens] [applause] wow. perfect [sirens] there we go. that is a great looking fire engine. that is the rescue company. is our a survivor here? should i bring the microphone out to talk to them? where is my system? -- where is my assistant? here we are. all right. mr. mayor, how are you? it is nice to see you. how are you? how are you feeling today, bill? i saw you last night at john's grill having a good time. where did you stay the night? is this thing on? what can you tell us about 105 years of life? you were only a couple months old. >> just what they told me, the rest of the family. >> your father started a battalion. >> in 1886. 1896. >> i was hearing your experiences as a stock picker. >> yes,

neighborhood emergency response team training basic course and i want you to know that the san francisco fire department is just fantastic, the civic engagement, we had the annual nert training at mcconnel high school on saturday, just fantastic. my question in terms of emergencies is, what is the budget response if we do have, not if, but when we do have, you know, the potential major earthquake. thank you. >> all right. so. first of all, when i started in 1989, i was working for art agnos. when that earthquake hit, the reason why i know this place, because i was here at the marina. i was here helping. that was my first experience. i'll never forget it. it was my first year working for the city when that earthquake hit. so i have this whole thought throughout my career and as city administrator i had the privilege of working with gavin newsom and he sent me to new orleans to look at what they were doing and what failed and what they didn't do. as a result of that, we produced the very first recovery plan, not just response, but recovery plan for the city after a disaster. and since i've been mayor, all these events that have occurred, new zealand, japan with the ts