commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. president. good morning, mr. corso. on the final budget, who makes the determination on which stations gets the work does? who makes the prioritization? >> the department does. on the eser program, if we were to have that allocated, that would be along the department's priority, but it's looked at globally as to what the most pressing needs are. >> commissioner cleaveland: who does the estimates? >> so these estimates are based on some of the d.p.w. estimates that have been done, both based on similar work that's been done with other stations but also other costs. >> commissioner cleaveland: all of these estimates are based upon doing the work in-house, correct? >> correct. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you. >> president nakajo: thank you, commissioner cleaveland. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: thank you, mr. president. good job, mr. corso. your presentation shows you know the subject, and nice, easy graphics. >> thank you. >> commissioner hardeman: could you go

commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr.resident. good morning, mr. corso. on the final budget, who makes the determination on which stations gets the work does? who makes the prioritization? >> the department does. on the eser program, if we were to have that allocated, that would be along the department's priority, but it's looked at globally as to what the most pressing needs are. >> commissioner cleaveland: who does the estimates? >> so these estimates are based on some of the d.p.w. estimates that have been done, both based on similar work that's been done with other stations but also other costs. >> commissioner cleaveland: all of these estimates are based upon doing the work in-house, correct? >> correct. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you. >> president nakajo: thank you, commissioner cleaveland. commissioner hardeman? >> commissioner hardeman: thank you, mr. president. good job, mr. corso. your presentation shows you know the subject, and nice, easy graphics. >> thank you. >> commissioner hardeman: could you go in

commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. president. i appreciate the comments from the public on that issue of the hose tenders. obviously, making sure that the entire city is covered for fire protection in an earthquake, in a complication, is a matter of utmost importance to all of us, including every one of us here on the commission. so i know that we are budgeting it as prudently as we can, given the other concerns and issues and costs within the department. but i will defer, really, to our c.f.o. to go into greater detail as to where those funds are and where they will be in the future. my personal questions are, start with, you talked about the e.m.s. 6, you talked about a community paramedicine training program. that was a six-week program. can you give us detail on what the paramedicine training program is. >> sure, i'll give you the cliff's note and then refer to chief tong. when we launched e.m.s. 6 a few years ago, all members involved with the program went through something similar, a multi-week community paramedicine traini

cleaveland. i need a second. call for the vote. any approvals? madam secretary. >> clerk: item 6, comment on information on things that have happened since last meeting? >> president nakajo: is there any public comment on item 6, commission reports? seeing no one that wishes to give public comment, public comment is closed. commissioners? commissioner alioto veronese? >> commissioner veronese: i understand we're going to be using paramedic larry to retirement, which is a bummer. he's a great guy and he's done a great service for this city. i just want to thank you, chief, for coming up with that program -- under your administration, certainly. it's a great program that we now have paramedics on bikes in the airport. it made me feel more secure in that airport because it's kind of siloed out there in its own little world. great job on that. larry's a great guy. really made me feel and my family feel good about having those paramedics in there. >> president nakajo: thank you very much. commission v

commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, mr. president.ate the comments from the public on that issue of the hose tenders. obviously, making sure that the entire city is covered for fire protection in an earthquake, in a complication, is a matter of utmost importance to all of us, including every one of us here on the commission. so i know that we are budgeting it as prudently as we can, given the other concerns and issues and costs within the department. but i will defer, really, to our c.f.o. to go into greater detail as to where those funds are and where they will be in the future. my personal questions are, start with, you talked about the e.m.s. 6, you talked about a community paramedicine training program. that was a six-week program. can you give us detail on what the paramedicine training program is. >> sure, i'll give you the cliff's note and then refer to chief tong. when we launched e.m.s. 6 a few years ago, all members involved with the program went through something similar, a multi-week community paramedicine training and tha