and then also this past week, last week we met with a former assistant chief of ours, dave franklin,who now works for o.e.s in the states. we talked with him about mutual aid support and readiness, as well as resources in training. so that's a good relationship we have with him. and especially with all of the wildfires that are going on at this time. and then that concludes my report. >> thank you very much. at this point, i want to call for public comment on the report. any member of the public wishes to give public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners, if you would like to ask questions? commissioner cleveland. >> thank you, mr. president and, thank you, chief, for your report. very brief. right to the point. couple of questions. on the promotion test and your efforts to have them more frequently, which is a good idea, but who decides that? who makes that decision as to how often we can have promotional tests? is it the department of human resources? >> we can determine that, but we do work with the department of human resources because they have only so ma

natasha chin is in franklin, louisiana, with the latest for us. >> reporter: dave and jessica, we'reearing from the st. mary parish emergency officials, that on sunday, there were seven inches of rain, which is more than they got the entire barry event the day before. this is all coming from a drainage canal that they're hoping will recede overtime. there's some phones being threatened because of the flash flooding. we visited glencoe, louisiana, as well. that's an area that had to be evacuated on saturday night. we saw one home that was ripped apart because of the strong winds from barry. joseph colbert. he was inside the home. >> sounded like a train to me. it did sound like a train coming through. you heard it coming out. all of it started coming out. >> reporter: colbert said he had been in that home for 40 years. now, there's people affected by the wind damage and by floodwaters. norths are concerned in trying to keep the waters out of people's homes. they are working hard with utility crews to restore power to everyone. dave and jessica, back to you. >> thanks. >>> today, more

natasha chin is in franklin, louisiana, with the latest. >> reporter: dave and jessica, we're hearingary parish emergency officials, that on sunday, there were seven inches of rain, which is more than they got the entire barry event the day before. really, the problem has come after the storm came through. we'll show you what this looks like in franklin. this is the metal shipyard. this is their parking lot. this is what happened from barry saturday night into sunday. they were prepared for this. the barricade has been here for years. we saw folks bringing in extra gravel and plugging holes. they were expecting this flooding to get much worse. this is all coming from a drainage canal that they're hoping will recede overtime. there's some phones being threatened because of the flash flooding. we visited glencoe, louisiana, as well. that's an area that had to be evacuated on saturday night. we saw one home that was ripped apart because of the strong winds from barry. joseph colbert was sitting in the carport at the time. his sister was inside the home. she came running outside. here's w