the third one, which we can get into greater detail, is the fire department working with civil service is proud to bring over some of the federal firefighters. 12 will be h2 firefighters. three will be paramedics. basically, we will be able to provide fire and medical services in to the presidio. the contract will begin october 1 this year and run through september 30, 2020. i would like to ask the retired chief deputy to provide more detail for you. chairperson avalos: thank you. can we still call you deputy chief? welcome. >> thank you for the opportunity to speak on behalf of this. i want to give you a little bit of history. the project started 18 months ago. the presidio fire department and national park service had an engine and a truck inside as well as administrative staff in their area. that started in 1994 when we took it over from the military base. over the years, they had some issues with staffing. the deactivated the truck company along the line. that said, the late credit milton and the late dennis o'neil contacted the san francisco park department to address how we could

. >> item 8, resolution authorizing the san francisco fire department to enter a 10 year agreement with the presidio trust to provide fire and emergency services to portions of the presidio under the trust 's jurisdiction, with the trust reimbursing the fire department for those services under the agreement. item nine, resolution authorizing the fire department to enter a 10 year agreement with the national park service to provide fire and emergency medical services to national park service areas within san francisco, with the park service reimbursing the fire department for those services, and to accept funds provided by the national park service as reimbursement for services. i contend, resolution approving the hiring of permanent career civilian federal firefighters displaced by the closure of the national park service fire station in the presidio, pursuant to the authority granted by california government code section 53280. >> happy birthday, supervisor mirkarimi. the three items you have before you today constitute approximately an 18 month process. i know supervisors elsbernd and

i can see huge demand exceeding current capacity with the fire department out there. >> it is a question for the department. i think as the intensity of use in the presidio increases in future years, the contract before you will need to accommodate the fire department's response to a growing residential and commercial mix there. supervisor mirkarimi: i am confident the third apartment will constantly be able to move forward with current staff, but i think we expect the presidium to grow in certain numbers. that might tax the capacity. it would be nice if we were able to even out the revenue generation as we would expect citywide. this is really the last straw for you, deputy chief. i am glad you are here. >> i hope it is not the last hurrah. [laughter] supervisor mirkarimi: in this chapter. >> to get back to the question you asked, that was all in our consideration when we developed the contract. we know we are not going to be getting any revenue or tax revenue base from the properties out there or businesses out there. in the contract, that is why it is estimated to a newly increase eac

that is at $2.9 million through the fire department. transporting directly to the sobering center, another $1 million study that was measured was $17.6 million. add to that, if we apply this week, the treasury tax collector, who would be providing administrative support services to make sure that we have room between the overall cost and what the fee will bring in. we will have about $16 million currently that the fee is designed to bring back in terms of cost recovery. there is a role that the comptroller's office plays, making sure that we accurately said the fee for cost recovery, and i doubt that this would happen, but growing over the process that was measured to make sure that we are below that level and following state law. dart let's go ahead and have misters deegan -- mr. deegan report first on the alcohol impact fee. before he starts, i would like to thank my co-sponsors for the legislation. i appreciate your help. >> good afternoon, supervisors. given the main proposed legislation of a fee on wholesale of all distributors in

whether it was the fire department. whether it was me talk to the community, whether it was you, it was about everybody getting together and preparing. the red cross came to me and i said why don't you come on staff and do it officially. so i joined the staff 5 months ago to get the prepare message across. we are doing that with what do we have to do to get your attention? and some of you have seen the cards in the back of the room that show market street after an earthquake. everyone asked when was this taken. the picture was taken tomorrow. the question is, are you ready? how many of you have your disaster kits? that's good. we can do better. 83 percent of the bay area is not prepared for a disaster. that's what this is about it's about talking to each other and figuring out how you did do that. whether you have a disaster kit making party at your house or you invite the red cross to do the free training. we will bring the instruct or and materials. tell your neighbors go on line. there are different avenues you can t

. >> this fire department has been all white, lily white, for almost 150 years now. i mean it has to end. >> reporter: eight years ago the fire department was 92% white and only 2.8% black. in a city that was 24% black. a disparity that remains largely unchanged. a group of african-american firefighters sued. >> the fire department in new york on the one hand is tremendously heroic and the whole world knows about its heroism. on the other hand, we have this singular embarrassment. >> reporter: last january a federal judge agreed ruling the hiring test to become one of new york's bravest was not just discriminatory but illegal. he ordered the city to fix it. >> blacks don't fare as well as whites on this test probably due to the disparity in education. >> reporter: now the judge said the city has been dragging its feet and tightened the screws appointing a special master to ensure new york does what big cities like los angeles, philadelphia, boston, and miami did long ago when they were sued. they now have much greater diversity. but fdny deputy chief p

but some say the department comes up short on the issue of diversity in the ranks. jim axelrod reports. >> reporter: new york city fireaul washington has a big problem with his department. >> this fire department has been all white, lilly white, for almost 150 years now. and it has to end. >> reporter: eight years ago, the fire department was 92% white and only 2.8% black. in a city that was 24% black. a disparity that remains largely unchanged. a group of african-american firefighters sued. >> the fire department in new york on the one hand is tremendously heroic and the whole world knows about its heroism. and on the other hand, we have this kind of singular embarrassment. >> reporter: last january, a federal judge agreed ruling the hiring test to become one of new york's bravest was not just discriminatory, but illegal. he ordered the city to fix it. >> blacks don't fair as well as whites on the test probably due to the disparity in education. >> reporter: now the judge says the city has been dragging its feet and tightened the screws. >> look at los angeles. look at -- >> quotas. >> philadelphia. >> quotas. >> bos

can we go to fire departments. they will be overwhelmed but is that a people where people can do to connect with people that are across the bay trying to get home? >> within our training, the designation of your cites is not dependent on a fire department. not dependent on communication at all. it's really one site is in front of your home and the second is a secondary site like your aunt's home. it's about building a network. it's about building a network at the school if your child is at school the schools provide for them until you are able to get there. could be organize and meet at home or if home is is not available we will meet at the school. you want your cites not to be dependent on communication and services which the shelter and fire department are services. >> yes. and that is absolutely not the role of the fire department. >> no. after a disaster. one of the things that when nert and your neighbors are nert that is the basis of training is to post a resource board where people can stick notes. your ner

good, runner to the fire department. do you have the tools and skills to extinguish a major fire? no, you don't. notify the erd, evacuate -- assist the fire department if we get there, but don't become a victim. smell of gas. what can you do as nerts? turn off the gas. and what are the 3 situations when you want to shut the gas off? smell the gas, something -- oh, yeah, wheels are spinning and major building collapse. muni -- overhead muni wire, flopping around. what can you did as nerts? always assume all electricity is live and hot. so what can you do as nerts? cordon off the area, tell people to stay back. small fires reported in the rear of a building, what can you do as nerts? if it's still burning that small fire is now a very large fire. so all you can do is really notify the erd, evacuate the area, assist the fire department. five buildings have suffered heavy damage -- heavy damage, kind of a clue there. three of the buildings have collapsed. what can you do as nerts? not quite nothing. would you go in to search a heavily damaged building? no. you will -- very good, notif

there is another city forced to cut back on the fire department. it's affecting a brand new fire station. and give details about the seal of h-p and how he settled a sexual-harassment claims. good news from the gulf be pete they say that they have permanently fixed the leak. just ahead on kron4 news >> been others to do is cutting back on services. fremont is cutting the fire department of it already had promised and the newest issue is been affected as not even open yet and a second station has to shut down weekends. budget to mart announces how it could affect response time. >> fire trucks and been kept behind doors at the fire station. the reason is, like the sign says, " is close because of budget cuts " the fire chief tells me he had no other choice but to close another fire station on the weekend or to lay off fire fighters. this was the first one i chose to close this month. the union vice president says the additional fire station closure is going to put it lives at greater risks >> before we started the second round of layoffs we are not me

have yet to see anyone with a vested interest in terms of a written policy or any part of the fire department to proactively address this issue. and it is an issue. seven to 10 fires each year but there is no change in the permitting process, enforcement admits that they do not really enforcing. two weeks after my fire, picking up the remains of my belongings, the roofers came back to finish the job with the same court to apply roofing. only upon by yelling at them and eventually having to call the police department, because no one answered of the fire department, did anyone come up to say and ask them to stop what they're doing, even though the police apartment admitted they had no control over permits. i ask for your support in supporting the man. >> thank you. >> commissioner? >> i would like to make a motion to support the ban on fortified roofing. -- torch applied roofing. >> what is before us today is prohibition. banning the practice this material is wonderful for rooftop backs. they are all over the city and it is a wonderful material that is lightweight, expanding and contracting wit

so, you need to go to the planning department or building or mechanical or fire. that's four hours, right? plus the wait time. if you're in the building department for havet day, depending an the nature of the work that's normal. if your roofing, hour. rooms down, it may take you a couple of hours. >> you might want to mention the start times. i think your over-the-counter permitting on wednesday is different. >> thank you. yes. our counter review times are monday through friday 8 to 5 o'clock. at wednesday mornings we open at 9:30. lately it's been pretty good. sometimes it's crowded. but when i say 5:00 that means review time is up at that time. at 4:30 our central bureau permit stop s additional customers for coming in. there's already a queue and they can't process everybody by five o'clock so we stop the line for central bureau. but planning can continue but you have to come back the next day if you get approval to actually get your permit. so, our guys will stay until five or beyond if they've started help you get through the plan review so i hope that answer

notice fire department, work in pairs with 2 extinguishers. one extinguisher and the other person is a backup to get you out. that's an nert volunteer. never fight a fire if it's a large fire. large is over your head. if you are scared and it's too big, it's too large for you. if it's spread beyond where it started and blocking our escape route and you are unsure how to use an extinguisher. there are 4 types of fire it's on the label. on the front. down here. water type extinguisher it's a chrome big thing that holds 2-1/2 gallons of water. 30-40 feet away is the maximum, you want to get closer. flood it with water you can put your thumb over the tip and it fans it out. dry chemicals, inside here this is a bc this is one you might have in your car. it's not used on wood, paper, classic fires only on flammable liquid and electrical fires that's what you use in your car. if will have a pressure gauge. metal handle and it will have a good sized rubber nozzle and the label and all that will tell you the fire it's for. pass, pull the pin out. aim th

it is -- san francisco fire department. it is our great honor to introduce to you the chief of the san francisco fires department, miss joanne h air. kwhite. >> thank you and -- haiswhite. >> thank you and good afternoon. i would like to say thanks for the great coordination effort. rosie did a great job and the director plinlal. -- blumenthal. it's a great honor to be standing here before you,, a native daughter. what did you think of the 65-foot ladder race? pretty incredible. i would be certainly remiss if i didn't introduce personally each member. most of them are not working today and they volunteered their time to come here. just like the sheriff's department and police department that play a large role in the city, we're part of this -- the fabric of this great estimate so engine company 41, operating a rig under the direction of o'neill, and i would like to introduce each and every one of the members. it's a 10-person lift that made the demonstration. first, ramon simone. kevin walsh. julio delucchi, dave cites. dou

the san francisco fire department aims for an 8 minutes response time 80% of the time. took a fir engine ten minutes to rife because the closest station was already working another house fire. >> we lost that lady's house, lost her pets and properties next-door. what do we lose next? >> firefighters did all they could but are stretched thin because of the city budget cuts laying off 49 firefighters and reducing five engine companies. councilwoman compose is now asking the city manager and mayor for a full incident report detailing the fire department's response to three fires yesterday including how long it took them to get there and what its ability would have been to handle a fourth incident if one had happened. they believe the city needs to reprioritize public safety. >> the mayor needs to stop playing his political game of chicken with firefighters. there were many lives in danger. >> the union says the fire department was crippled in its response time yesterday, not only because of a lack of staff and equipment but because the city's dynamic deployment strategy is

you could talk about the impact of your services as rendered to the fire department, the impact of excessive drinking and what it means in terms of jobs for you in making sure that there is stability as his passes. >> thank you, good afternoon. first of all, a supervisor, i acknowledge you for putting forth such an interesting and innovative legislation. as the fire chief, if there is an instance where we can recover additional costs, it is a good thing for the city in general. conceptually it sounds like we are headed in a good direction. that has provided strong data related to the calls. as you noted, approximately $4 million cash at this isn't an -- this is very innovative and creative and i'm looking forward to discussion. we would like to look at the study conducted and we like to look at specific language. >> in terms of that $4 million, the full cost recovery for your department, $4 million,, how many firefighters can be retained with that cost recovery? >> this is approximately 25. this would not be adding those jobs of making sure that we maintain the level of staffing at the city

so earlier you heard there were a lot of calls to the fire department about the fire. but certainly the smoke has died down. we'll have a live report from the scene coming up. move along and take a look at westbound bay bridge. that is backed up for about a ten minute wait. maybe a little less than that getting into san francisco. this morning's commute on westbound highway 4 was effected by a crash near summersville road. but for the most part same old traffic we have coming out of east county heading west. 6:48 now. let's go to mark. >>> all right. good morning to you, sal. look what's behind me. low clouds making a come back and oakland in the lower 60s. just looking at the shot you know it's going to be cooler because yesterday mostly clear skies for a good portion of the bay area. current numbers right now san francisco 5 degrees. clouds out towards santa rosa, napa, oakland, hayward, mountain view and san jose. clear skies toward concord and livermore. clearing off in the north bay. santa rosa coming down about 24 degrees from yesterday's highs in the triple digi

that neighbor along with the fire department got her out, rescued her and brought her to safety. >> we're happy with the outcome on this one. we contained the fire to the main fire building. nobody got hurt. no firefighters got hurt. the occupant was fine. we will call this a good stop. >> reporter: it does appear the fire started in the garage, but the fire department doesn't know what caused it to start that will be the job for the investigator once the sun coming up. they might get help from one of our viewers that lives in this neighborhood. they say before they smelled the smoke, they heard a boom. reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >>> fire fighters hope to have the curry fire contained this morning. the wildfire was 90% contained at last report it burned about 375 acres. the cause has not been determined and there are still high fire dangers around the bay area. allen rock park in san jose will remain closed today for that reason. >>> a homeless man is accused of starting a fire that destroyed 11 homes in southern oregon. police arrested the man yesterday. witnesses tol

we wish you well as the fire department. thank you.applause] >> commissioners, our lieutenant commander was a way this week, otherwise i know he would have wanted to pass on our gratitude from the maritime division. over the past 16 years, we have looked upon you as always there to support labor in our shipyards, which employs over 200 full-time union laborers, always supported of visiting ships, and fleet week, the festivals and events. you boys been very supportive of the fishing industry to do you have always been very supportive of the fishing industry in did you have always been very supportive of the fishing industry. you have always been supportive of our recreational boating. that is an area we can hopefully grow further in the future thanks to the seeds that you have sown. with the wind be always at your back, may your seas always be calm, and mayor voyages always be delightful. thank you very much. [applause] >> i am a native san francisc an as well. i have watched anhim at st. vincent boys' school. they were very supportive

the resolution is adopted. >> item 13, resolution adopting -- authorizing the fire department to enter into a 10- year agreement with the national park service to provide fire and emergency medical services to national park service managed areas within san francisco. >> this is adopted. >> item 13 -- 14, the hiring of permanent career severely and federal firefighters displaced by the closure of the national park service fire station in presidio. >> this resolution is adopted. >> item 15, ordinance amending the planning code to allow new full-service and small self- service restaurants with a conditional use authorization to permit some said especially for the establishment as the right and to prohibit all large fast- food astonishment. >> this ordinances passed on the first reading. >> 16, a resolution approving and authorizing the single line relocation agreement between the san francisco. this commission and the state university to relocate existing centauries sewer and storm drain easement. >> this resolution is adopted. >> item 17-22, the committee reports. >> they considered by t

the san francisco fire department aims for an 8 minutes response time 80% of the time. it took a fir engine ten minutes to rife because the closest station was already working another house fire. >> we lost that lady's house, lost her pets and properties next-door. what do we lose next? >> firefighters did all they could but are stretched thin because of the city buet cuts laying off 4 firefighters and reducing five engine companies. councilwoman compose is now asking the ci manager and mayor for a full incident report detailing the fire departmens response to three fires yesterday including how long it took them to get there and what its ability would have been to handle a fourth incide if one had happen. they believe the city needs to reprioritize public safety. >> the mayor needs to stop playing his political game of chicken with firefighters. there were many lives in danger. >> the union says the fire department was crippled in its respse time yesterday, not only because of a lack of staff and equipment but because the city's dynamic deployment strategy is not fully

he's been remembering how the fire department helped us out of the earthquake some few years before coite with our fire chief remembering the important role that the first responders play. telegraph hill has always been a place that our citizens gather in san francisco, the beautiful vantage points over which christopher column buss looks out. as an italian american i take special pride in the fact that columbus is here. and over the years i took my children and more recently visitors and members of the congress to telegraph hill to see this incredible monument to love of san francisco. to see the murals inside which are a tribute to the working man. some find that controversial. i don't and i think it's time to remind ourselves of that at this time and to remember that those were projects of the w.p.a. but they were also projects of the arts projects encouraging artists to be part of the infrastructure that we were building. i'm delighted to be here with mayor newsome, who takes such special pride in this city shall this great city of san francisco, and every aspect of it, its beauty, i

a program like this would help to maintain and augment the services of the fire department and the department of public health and this is a benefit to the city. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, an executive director of the hunters point foundation for unity improvement, a provider of substance abuse services. i got sober, i stopped killing myself of all, but began to think, and if i can stop doing this, what are the possibilities? i decided maybe it was may be worth the risk. greg ferguson said that the real risk of halt of use -- alcohol disease is having to understand this in relation to your relationships. this is a risk for the business of businesses often fueled by the consumption of alcohol and its companion, the differing of its unallocated public costs to suggest any action that might inhibit the lubrication that keeps the wheels of business moving. this is a risk in the city where the young adult reigns supreme to suggest that alcohol might be a "companion from which one might seek relief sunday. this is a risk in a city that is still struggling with the effe

with almost half of the fire department's reporting to the state, 44 deaths occurred in homes without sprinklers last year. while no deaths occurred in homes with sprinklers. there were fewer injuries, too, nearly 400 in homes without sprinklers. less than three dozen in homes with sprinklers. in this fire department demonstration, flames begin to grow in this makeshift room and as soon as the fire debts intense, sprinklers quickly douse it. >> our typical response times are from three to five minutes. the sprinklers are essential for homes because it's like having the fire department at your house 24/7. >> reporter: there is virtually no chance to fight this new regulation. once the sprinkler law was included into the national standard, california requires the state to follow. in sacramento, abc 7 news. >> san francisco is trying something new when it comes to services for the homeless. as abc abc 7's carolyn tyler reports, the main library offers something you'll find nowhere else. >> you couldn't go and feel safe. >> reporter: barry is talking about san francisco's main library. it