i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together aton 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and helmet. t

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

chief jeanine nicholson. let me acknowledge that deputy chief mark [inaudible] is not here tonight. sitting in is deputy chief thompson tonight. thank you, deputy chief thompson. let me start with some important dating coming up. on memorial day, i will be headed up to lincoln to speak at a memorial for firefighter steven brantley, who died a few weeks ago. memorial day is the day that we lost two firefighters two years ago at 133 berkeley way. all of you should have received an invitation to a ceremony we will be having at station 26. we will be doing things that day. at 9:00 a.m., we will be having an announcement date on our radio. all our units and all our stations to ring the chaplain's bell and have a few moments of silence, and we have drills for that day that are related to this fire incident. june 15, you will also, commissioners, receive an invitation to the unveiling of [inaudible] jason cortez' name at headquarters. his family will be present. we've been in touch with his wife, and they will be here. it will not be a huge crowd, but we will have folks from station three

again, chief jeanine nicholson. again, for the turnover of those positions, there will be some overlap. we have conducted multiple interviews for the fire marshal position, and as i said earlier, we'll be coming to a determination in the next week to ten days, and that will be before fire marshal dicosio has left us, so there will be a transition, and for the airport, similar. we have put out a call for applications for that position, and we will interview people so with chief johnson in place so we can have a seamless handover of both positions. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you very much for that, chief nicholson. the only other comment i would like to offer up is my deepest condolences to the brantley family in terms of the loss of our veteran firefighter member. thank you very much, madam president. >> president feinstein: thank you, commissioner nakajo. i do want to bring to the commission's attention, we did and do have standing by a guest, and that's mr. tumlin from the slow streets program. we invited him to

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

report from chief of department jeanine nicholson including budget academies, special events, communicationsand outreach to other government agencies of the public and reports on administration deputy chief jose vello on administrative divisions. fleet and facility status updates including updates from chief thomas o'connor on the auxiliary water supply system. finance support services and training within the department. >> good evening, president feinstein and other commissioners. greetings everyone. let's start with our vaccine update. we are at approximately 75% and slowly climbing and i think we're seeing this in many places where there are some who are reluctant to still get it, but we are still putting the message out for our folks that it is still available to them and hoping that the people that have said "yes" will sign up for it. we are continuing to have conversations regarding the up coming budget and lots of fruitful conversations especially around the vision that we have for the department and community paramedicine for one and community paramedic division in this department be

report from chief of department jeanine nicholson including budget academies, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies of the public and reports on administration deputy chief jose vello on administrative divisions. fleet and facility status updates including updates from chief thomas o'connor on the auxiliary water supply system. finance support services and training within the department. >> good evening, president feinstein and other commissioners. greetings everyone. let's start with our vaccine update. we are at approximately 75% and slowly climbing and i think we're seeing this in many places where there are some who are reluctant to still get it, but we are still putting the message out for our folks that it is still available to them and hoping that the people that have said "yes" will sign up for it. we are continuing to have conversations regarding the up coming budget and lots of fruitful conversations especially around the vision that we have for the department and community paramedicine for one and community paramedic division in this department

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behalf of

report from chief of department jeanine nicholson including budget academies, special events, communicationsd reports on administration deputy chief jose vello on administrative divisions. fleet and facility status updates including updates from chief thomas o'connor on the auxiliary water supply system. finance support services and training within the department. >> good evening, president feinstein and other commissioners. greetings everyone. let's start with our vaccine update. we are at approximately 75% and slowly climbing and i think we're seeing this in many places where there are some who are reluctant to still get it, but we are still putting the message out for our folks that it is still available to them and hoping that the people that have said "yes" will sign up for it. we are continuing to have conversations regarding the up coming budget and lots of fruitful conversations especially around the vision that we have for the department and community paramedicine for one and community paramedic division in this department because we have been so successful of what we do with ems6 a

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

report from chief of department jeanine nicholson including budget academies, special events, communicationsoutreach to other government agencies of the public and reports on administration deputy chief jose vello on administrative divisions. fleet and facility status updates including updates from chief thomas o'connor on the auxiliary water supply system. finance support services and training within the department. >> good evening, president feinstein and other commissioners. greetings everyone. let's start with our vaccine update. we are at approximately 75% and slowly climbing and i think we're seeing this in many places where there are some who are reluctant to still get it, but we are still putting the message out for our folks that it is still available to them and hoping that the people that have said "yes" will sign up for it. we are continuing to have conversations regarding the up coming budget and lots of fruitful conversations especially around the vision that we have for the department and community paramedicine for one and community paramedic division in this department becaus

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson. wish i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers the call taking personnel, and, of course paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do and i know many of your families do as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty not just to the job or to the fire department but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behalf o

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal

i am san francisco fire chief jeanine nicholson.h i could be there in person to express my gratitude to all of you. the call takers and dispatchers, the call taking personnel, and, of course, paramedics and e.m.t.s. i understand and appreciate what it is you do day in and day out. i sat where some of you now sit. i'm a firefighter, but i worked on both d.l.s. and a.l.s. ambulances in the san francisco fire department before some of you were born. i know what it is that you see and do while at work. i know the impact it can have. i know you make sacrifices to do what you do, and i know many of your families do, as well. so continue to take care of yourselves and each other. go out and learn something new every day. keep up that positive energy and enthusiasm. thank you for your loyalty, not just to the job or to the fire department, but to the people here in the city and county of san francisco. there is no higher calling than one of service to others. you are appreciated. >> hi. i'm san francisco police chief william scott. on behal