cleaveland.s there a second? >> commissioner feinstein: i will second. >> president covington: thank you, vice president feinstein. i also move -- roll call for t minutes. >> clerk: on the approval of the minutes -- [roll call] >> clerk: the vote is unanimous. item 4, chief of department's report. report from chief of department, jeanine nicholson. report on current issues, activities, and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on september 23, 2020, including budget, academies, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public. report from operations, deputy chief victor wyrsch. report on overall field operations, including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation, homeland security, and airport division. >> president covington: good morning, chief nicholson. [inaudible]. >> as we know last week, october 7, it's hard to believe it's been a week, we lost a brother, a member of our fi

. >> you're muted, ken. >> commissioner cleaveland: sorry.an you hear me now, madam president? >> president covington:um h. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commander tillman, for your report. you say you have 152 members of your department. how many of those are members of the black firefighters association? >> 110. >> commissioner cleaveland: 110. do they have to pay dues? >> yes, sir. >> commissioner cleaveland: how much are they? >> well, every group pays dues. whether you're in asian firefighters, hispanic, los bomberos, you pay dues. but we're the only one with a building, and we have to upkeep the facilities. under my presidency, that's been kind of the big thing for me. new paint job, new back stairs. we have rot, new bathroom. just making it more presentable to not only the youth that use that building, but to the neighborhood. now we have a big firefighter on the building, and other firefighters from other departments come by to take a picture because it's about two stories, so yeah, it's awesome. our dues are a little bit les

. >> you're muted, ken. >> commissioner cleaveland: sorry. you hear me now, madam president? >> president covington:um h. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commander tillman, for your report. you say you have 152 members of your department. how many of those are members of the black firefighters association? >> 110. >> commissioner cleaveland: 110. do they have to pay dues? >> yes, sir. >> commissioner cleaveland: how much are they? >> well, every group pays dues. whether you're in asian firefighters, hispanic, los bomberos, you pay dues. but we're the only one with a building, and we have to upkeep the facilities. under my presidency, that's been kind of the big thing for me. new paint job, new back stairs. we have rot, new bathroom. just making it more presentable to not only the youth that use that building, but to the neighborhood. now we have a big firefighter on the building, and other firefighters from other departments come by to take a picture because it's about two stories, so yeah, it's awesome. our dues are a little bit less

>> commissioner cleaveland: i was part of that zoom meeting on recruitment.hank you for letting me make those remarks. >> president covington: are there any other commissioners that would like to report out? >> vice president feinstein: i had my first covid safe field trip since i've been a member of the commission. escorted quite nicely by chief cochran and captain smith. firwhich was fire station 5 and. they were quite different. it was very interesting to see how they operated differently. it was as fascinating to see things like the old -- [indiscernible] -- just lot of tradition. you can really since it in the station. also, we paid a visit to the fire folks. it was a beautiful day. we got lucky it wasn't smoky and the sun was out. that was really nice. it was really nice to see that again. then from captain smith got really a great tutorial on the water system and then a tour of the pump room. i have so much more to learn about it. was enthralling to me, especially not having any kind of science or physics background, just the way the system was designe

. >> you're muted, ken. >> commissioner cleaveland: sorry.e now, madam president? >> president covington:um h. >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, commander tillman, for your report. you say you have 152 members of your department. how many of those are members of the black firefighters association? >> 110. >> commissioner cleaveland: 110. do they have to pay dues? >> yes, sir. >> commissioner cleaveland: how much are they? >> well, every group pays dues. whether you're in asian firefighters, hispanic, los bomberos, you pay dues. but we're the only one with a building, and we have to upkeep the facilities. under my presidency, that's been kind of the big thing for me. new paint job, new back stairs. we have rot, new bathroom. just making it more presentable to not only the youth that use that building, but to the neighborhood. now we have a big firefighter on the building, and other firefighters from other departments come by to take a picture because it's about two stories, so yeah, it's awesome. our dues are a little bit less than the du

commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, madam president, and thank you very much to firefighter lopez for your report on the los bomberos program. i think it's one of the oldest firefighter groups, created in 1980, and it's certainly been one of the most effective. really, a model group, so i just wanted to commend you and every group of the los bomberos. keep up the good work. what you're doing is representing the department and the city on an international basis in the best possible light. thank you for the hours and the volunteering that you put into the program. >> thank you [inaudible] this is something that's near and dear to our hearts. we're trying to get youth off the streets, and it makes me feel that we have to give back to the community, and this is a perfect way to assist. >> commissioner cleaveland: what you're doing is a model program, and i just want to commend you, so thank you. >> thank you. >> president covington: thank you, commissioner cleaveland. excuse me. commis