i know what they need to be successful. >> i have known jeanine nicholson since we worked together at station 15. i have always held her in the highest regard. since she is the chief she has infused the department with optimism. she is easy to approach and is concerned with the firefighters and paramedics. i appreciate that she is concerned with the issues relevant to the fire department today. >> there is a retired captain who started the cancer prevention foundation 10 years ago because he had cancer and he noticed fellow firefighters were getting cancer. he started looking into it. in 2012 i was diagnosed with breast canner, and some of my fellow firefighters noticed there are a lot of women in the san francisco fire department, premenopausal in their 40s getting breast cancer. it was a higher rate than the general population. we were working with workers comp to make it flow more easily for our members so they didn't have to worry about the paper work when they go through chemo. the turnout gear was covered with suit. it was a badge to have that all over your coat and face and hel

report from chief of department jeanine nicholson on current issues, activities and s within the department since fire commission meeting on october 99 including budget, academies, spl events, communication and outreo other government agencies and te public. >> thank you very much, madame secretary. good evening, chief nicholson. >> good evening again. thank you president nakajo, vice president covington, commissioners, good e you here. i'll start off with or academy. i know chief velo is gg his report, he'll give you more detail. but we did start the mes of station 49 in our suppression academy this week. so we are gog full bore now. and you will get further information from chief . on the 11th, myself and severaly staff, including chief tom met h the san francisco general hospil foundation. and we went through, psych emergency services and tao them about how we work togetherd sort of what their capacity is w we can work better together. ane talked also about all sorts of e that we bring that don't necessy need a hospital, an emergency rd sort of how can we collaborate t and do ems prevent