commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, madam president.e of questions, chief. we got this memo from the -- i guess it's the san francisco e.m.s. medical agency director, and it's a lengthy memo, but if you could give us the cliff notes on this basic life safety memo, i think i would appreciate that. perhaps my fellow commissioners would, as well. >> chief tong, can you speak to that? >> yes. assistant deputy chief sandy tong. actually, i'm not sure which one you're referring to, commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: it's the memo that was dated august 9, and it's to the -- to all the san francisco e.m.s. providers, from john brown -- >> so b.l.s. authorization -- >> commissioner cleaveland: the subject matter is temporary b.l.a. authorization from august 15 to august 31, so basic life safety authorization for a two-week period. i just kind of wanted you to give me a more layman's term explanation of what this memo was all about. >> sure. sorry about that. so this is a b.l.s. authorization memo that allows the b.l.s. provider

commissioner cleaveland, that your hand up? >> commissioner cleaveland: yes, madam president, and thank you, chief rubenstein, for your excellent report. i know it's preliminary, but do you have any ideas about the cause of the 911 outage? do you have any sort of preliminary ideas about where it may have emanated from or started from? >> it's not confirmed, but we believe there were redundant power supply systems. one had experienced a failure, and when they were trying to fix it, they accidentally damaged another one. >> commissioner cleaveland: so this was basically repair work that was being done. >> and after that, damage done to the preliminary -- >> commissioner cleaveland: got it. it's better to know that we did it rather than somebody else did it. i noticed on the e.m.s. program that we continually have a problem finding beds to take our clients to when we pick them up off of the street and whatnot. is there any way we can expand the number of shelter beds and any way we can expand the hours of operation for intakes? i

commissioner cleaveland, that your hand up? >> commissioner cleaveland: yes, madam president, and thank you, chief rubenstein, for your excellent report. i know it's preliminary, but do you have any ideas about the cause of the 911 outage? do you have any sort of preliminary ideas about where it may have emanated from or started from? >> it's not confirmed, but we believe there were redundant power supply systems. one had experienced a failure, and when they were trying to fix it, they accidentally damaged another one. >> commissioner cleaveland: so this was basically repair work that was being done. >> and after that, damage done to the preliminary -- >> commissioner cleaveland: got it. it's better to know that we did it rather than somebody else did it. i noticed on the e.m.s. program that we continually have a problem finding beds to take our clients to when we pick them up off of the street and whatnot. is there any way we can expand the number of shelter beds and any way we can expand the hours of operation for intakes? i

commissioner cleaveland, that your hand up? >> commissioner cleaveland: yes, madam president, and thank you, chief rubenstein, for your excellent report. i know it's preliminary, but do you have any ideas about the cause of the 911 outage? do you have any sort of preliminary ideas about where it may have emanated from or started from? >> it's not confirmed, but we believe there were redundant power supply systems. one had experienced a failure, and when they were trying to fix it, they accidentally damaged another one. >> commissioner cleaveland: so this was basically repair work that was being done. >> and after that, damage done to the preliminary -- >> commissioner cleaveland: got it. it's better to know that we did it rather than somebody else did it. i noticed on the e.m.s. program that we continually have a problem finding beds to take our clients to when we pick them up off of the street and whatnot. is there any way we can expand the number of shelter beds and any way we can expand the hours of operation for intakes? i

again, i'm referring to commissioner cleaveland. i must be missing him if i talk about him twice, but he has talked about bedside manners, and so i -- doctor, i just wanted to say how appreciative it is. i also wanted to acknowledge anthony boone, your team, but also barbara marino in terms of all the support staff at the doctor's office. i -- since you've come in, i do appreciate the newsletter. sometimes it becomes show me more of an overt change that is sophisticated, well planned out, and that became that piece for me. i started looking forward to that piece, but also, i started reading that piece. and then, i started realizing that it was not just related to health related issue, but somebody's menu was out there, as well. i just wanted to say that was a good form of communication. again, i appreciate all of the times that you spent with all of the details. i think that your relationship and your caring nature within the department and your professional decorum is obvious within that, as well. i also, commissioners, i have to y

>> commissioner cleaveland: i move to approve, madam collect. >> president feinstein: thank you.roll call] >> clerk: the motion is unanimous. both meeting minutes of august 11 and august 25 have been adopted. item 4, chief of department's report. report from chief of department, jeanine nicholson on current issues, activities, and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on august 25, 2021, including budget, academies, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public, including report from operations, deputy chief bryan rubenstein. report on overall field operations, including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire presentation and investigation, homeland security, and airport division. >> this is fire chief jeanine nicholson. just an f.y.i. i must be brief as i literally have eight minutes before i have to go inside for the mayor's monthly covid meeting, but i'm happy to answer any outstanding questions when i return. first off, we have a newly nominated fire commissioner. his name is army mor