>>commissioner cleaveland: so what time? >> commissioner hayes-white: it's generally early in the morning. usually 6:30, 6:45, but that's part of the general order, and we will coordinate with the mayor's office if mayor breed is interested in participating at any side. >>commissioner cleaveland: i think it's important to invite the mayor. okay. thank you so much. thank you for your report. chief nicholson, come on up, or as they say on tv, come on down. >> greetings again, commissioners, chief, sister maureen. deputy chief administration jeanine nicholson. i'm going to try to wow you tonight with some numbers and statistics here, but first, let me tell you that video was produced by paramedic captain ben sossan, so he is a whiz with that stuff. >> commissioner hardeman: can you spell the last name, chief? >> sosin, s-o-s-i-n. so again, congratulations, chief, on that prestigious award that you got. i wish they had put a little hair or something on that statue. i'll begin with my administrative position. 46 return to work ev

>>commissioner cleaveland: i'm delighted, too. this is one of the things that i'd hoped when i first came on the commission that we'd have a closer working relationship within public works and we'd have a dedicated group of people within public works that would address fire department issues immediately and that we were given priority, if you will, as one of the public safety departments within the city. so i'm really pleased to hear that. on the drug and alcohol testing you do, all these negatives, how do you do them? >> 80 of them were random, and they're selected by an outside vendor, the names are, and given to our i.s.b.'s, investigative services bureau, captain michael smith. he goes out during the day and tests those people. the other six tests were by accident testing. >>commissioner cleaveland: so they're not notified in advance. >> no. the only time you're going to know that you're testing in advance is if you're going in for in advance, you know you're going to have that test done, but know, we don't notify our members.

six. >> president cleaveland: just by e.m.s. six. >> correct. >> president cleaveland: so, there were actually more -- >> there are. if you use that definition that we have defined -- and you are correct. those are the criteria in which we have instructed the field to notify e.m.s. six if they encounter these individuals, there are many people in the system that e.m.s. six is not able to ever engage with. >> president cleaveland: right. >> because they either are too busy or they are seen during times when e.m.s. six is not available. so, that is correct. >> president cleaveland: i'm trying to understand. do we actually have more than 952 frequent flyer calls in the month of august? >> let me take a look at this. this i believe -- the total number of calls generated from high frequency callers, that does not look correct. you want to comment on that, chief zanoff? >> that's an incorrect number. we will get you a correct number. >> president cleaveland: i think it is important that the public understand that we have a huge burden

>>commissioner cleaveland: is there any public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> clerk: item three, approval of the minutes. discussion and possible action to approve meeting minutes of august 22, 2018. >>commissioner cleaveland: is there any public comment on these minutes? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, what is your pleasure? >> so moved, mr. president. >>commissioner cleaveland: moved by commissioner hardeman. do i have a second? [inaudible] >>commissioner cleaveland: second by vice president nakajo. all in favor? [voting] >>commissioner cleaveland: item passes. >> clerk: item four, report of department. report from chief of department joanne hayes-white. report since last meeting and report from operations chief mark gonzales on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention investigation, and airport division. >>commissioner cleaveland: good morning, chief. >> commissioner hayes-white: good morning, mr. president. i will be provided

[laughter] >> president cleaveland: s. or any public comment on this item? seeing non, public comment is closed. commissioners? what is your pleasure? >> commissioner covington: i am sorry. my name must have been left up. >> president cleaveland: all right. >> clerk: would you like to currently read what is on the docket? we have peer support resolution, an m.o.u. with the geo tc, the drone policy update, the early case resolution on discipline cases, wild land committee presentation, an update on station five -- 516 and the training facility, update on location of new blue spokes, and homeless tracing. cancer prevention foundation update, public service announcements through s.f. government television, asian firefighters association, and other employee group presentations. the chief's appraisal and strategic plan update. >> president cleaveland: thank you. >> commissioner veronese: i don't know if it is appropriate for a future meeting, but may be it is. we should keep our eye on ab 3115. i'm not sure if you are watching this, it is on the governor's desk r

>>commissioner cleaveland: commissioner veronese? >> thank you, commissioner covington for mentioning the stress unit and the drone. i other thing that i was tracking as i mentioned earlier was station 16, station 5, the academy site, the marine unit, the location of the new boat when it gets here, this accessory dwelling unit update, and the homeless call tracking thing. but i'd like to add an item since that's not nearly enough. the fire cancer prevention -- i don't know what it's called specifically, the unit. i know they have been tracking -- since they started tracking, they have been tracking 200 members that have developed cancer. they are currently tracking 70 members that have cancer, and this brings up a topic that i had mentioned in the past, but i'd like to get more clarity and perhaps have the department come and speak to us about it, and that's the issue of decontamination. we have seen in other practices where people are exposed to carcinogens, and they go through a decontamination process. i would like to get a better

thank you. >> president cleaveland: thank you, chief. is there any public comment on the chief's report? seeing non, commissioners? any questions for the chief at this point before we go into chief nicholson's report? >> commissioner veronese: i wanted to ask you about the two grants that we received. did we apply for those grants? somebody within the department applied for this grant screen. >> commissioner hayes-white: we do not pass that many opportunities that come our way that we think -- that have any chance of getting. we regularly, not just occasionally, we are aware of the grant season, if you will. there are safer grants and i don't think there has been a year that we have not applied for. anywhere in a low of four or five or up to about ten or 12 spee 60 had mentioned to me something about the grant writer , that we had that approved for 100%. is that true? >> commissioner hayes-white: i was referring to your clear direction that that person be working full-time on the grants, to the extent that that can be done. but what i wa

thank you. >> president cleaveland: chief hayes-white?oner hayes-white: i am very supportive of this program. you can hear how articulate the members of the academy are and like the assistant fire marshal said, we would like to have all of them during the fire department but that is really not an essential thing. but i think the skills that they learn our life skills, confidence building, self-esteem , teamwork, all things that make for a successful person down the line and a sexed -- successful adults showing up on time, looking good in your uniform, wearing it appropriately. so, very much a supporter of this program. i do agree that the assistant fire marshal has put a lot of time in on his own. he has dedicated his life to this program. i do have remarks related to the overall black firefighter association under the new direction of captain sharman tillman but i will weigh in after that. i wanted to say great job to each and every one of you. thank you for presenting. i think i was at your graduation in 2014. i had the opportunity to d

>>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner covington. all in favor, say aye. it's unanimous. thank you. madam secretary. >> clerk: item five, chief of department's report, report from chief of department joanne hayes-white including budget, academy, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public and report from administration, deputy chief jeanine nicholson, report on administrative division's fleet and facility status, including an update on the chief's residents, finances, support services, homeland security, and training within the department. >> good evening, chief. >> good evening, president cleaveland, members of the fire commission. this is the report since the last meeting, which was provided to you by deputy chief gonzales who was acting chief of department. related to the budget, we continue to finalize the close out of the 2018 budget and we are in the beginning or first quarter of our recently approved city budget, so things are looking good at this time. we are in the process of cond

aye. >> aye. >> president cleaveland: all in favour of approving the minutes as amended?>> aye. >> president cleaveland: they are approved. >> ok we will take item five out of order. as we wait for paramedic, matt lane to arrive. item five. presentation from the black firefighters association on their goals as well as an update on the san francisco fire youth academy. >> good evening. good evening fire commissioners, chief joanne hayes white and command staff and any distinguished gets -- asks. my name is sherman i'm a captain at station to. i'm president of the san francisco black firefighters. today we want to give you some information on our youth academy i will start a short, three minutes video and then we will bring up our youth director fire marshal to answer any questions and give further information. >> clerk: can we please go to the laptop? [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] >> president cleaveland: very nice, captain. >> so that was just a little video of some of the things we have been doing this year. now i would like to bring up our director, assistant fire marshal , t

. >> president cleaveland: all right. good evening, everyone. we start with a pledge to the u.s.> i pledge allegiance to the flag -- one nation under god, indivisible with peace and justice for all. >> president cleaveland: thank you. >> this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. the fire commission regular meeting, once turkey -- wednesday september 26th, and the time is 5:00 pm. item one, rollcall. [roll call]

. >> president cleaveland: thank you. >> this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. the fire commission regular

>>commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commissioner hardeman. vice president nakajo. >> commissioner nakajo: thank you, mr. president. just as a point of clarification, i know and will need feedback in terms of this particular item. in terms of september the 25, we're scheduled for a retreat. i believe you said the retreat time is between 10:00 and 3:00. and for myself, it would be nice, mr. president, if there could be clarity addressed to agenda and schedule, meaning, what time we're coming, what are we talking about. i understand we're going to have a facilitator, which for myself, i don't recall the facilitator that was exchanged for the retreat. >>commissioner cleaveland: none is setup at this point because neither that i talked to are available. >> commissioner nakajo: okay. and i didn't realize that we have a budget for facilitator, and so i assume that's going to be taken care of, who are the facilitator is in the budget. so i just wanted to get more of the information. and i think between 10:00 and 3:00, there's lunch scheduled, and my