i am anne kronen berg executive director of department of emergency management. we have prepared a few very brief slides for you today in our presentation. you will see just four slides because -- >> wow. >> right, i thought being the last one to present it's something you would appreciate. we did take the what we were asked by -- or at least what we thought this hearing was about which was focusing specifically on response times and so i'm not talking about our whole department but just in that one area. >> we will appreciate that. thank you very much. you realize the shorter the slides the bigger the budget gets. >> awesome. i like that. >> just kidding. >> our mission is to lead the city in planning preparedness, communication and response and recovery for daily emergencies, large scale city wide events and major disasters. the department is the vital link in the emergency communication between the public and the first responders and key coordination to stakeholders and residents and visitors. functionally we're comprised of three operating divisions, the divi