. >> and chief of department, joanne hayes-white. number two, general public comment. members may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. speakers shall address the remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or department personnel. commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. the lack of response by commissioners does not necessarily constitute agreement with or support of statements made during public comment. >> is there any member of the public that wishes to give public comment at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. madam secretary. >> item three, approval of the minutes. approval of the minutes from the regular meeting on march 14, 2018. >> is there any public comment on the approval of the minutes of march 14? are there any questions or amendments from the commissioners in terms of the minutes? commissioner covington please. >> thank you, mr. vice president. i had a short conversation this afternoon with our co

. >> joanne hayes-white. you can see there's consensus around pedestrian safety. thank you to walk sf, mta. far too often, san francisco fire department members have to respond to pedestrian injuries and fatalities. we want that reduced and eliminated. we're 100% behind vision zero. thank you, and if everyone can get along like we're getting along today, i would be the proudest san franciscan here. thank you. [applause]. >> thank you, joanne. mohamed nuru from public works. first of all, i just want to thank walk sf for all the great work that they do. they promote walking. they're very active, and it's through their work that we're able to celebrate a day like today. with you all the agencies behind us, everybody is really working hard to make our beautiful city walkable for everyone. it really is a great city. it's only seven by seven. from public works, we'll do our part. most importantly what i want to say is, there is an hour class, an on-line video that you can learn about what vision zero is, and pass it onto a friend because it allows you to know the right

. >> thank you, chief joanne hayes-white for your report. i am going to move the agenda, madam secretary. >> item five, discussion on how firefighters assess the plan of attack on a working fire. deputy chief of operations mark gonzales to explain how firefighters assess the plan of attack on a working fire. >> good evening, vice president nakajo, commissioners, chief. i was trying to figure out how to work on my opinion in the art work on the subject, but i don't think i can. so i'll go ahead. so it is a very comprehensive subject how firefighters and commanders assess the plan of attack on a working fire. structure fires are very dynamic incidents that require in most cases a complex decision matrix within one's head. fire ground decisions are made based on experience, training, resources available, building construction type, occupancy type, smoke conditions, fire conditions, building access, street access for apparatus, sides of the structure, roof type exposure, weather, time of day, topography -- as you know, we have hills. dispatch in

i'm chief joanne hayes white with the san francisco fire department. thank you. congratulation to the honorees and it gives me great pleasure to introduction the next honoree the san francisco fire department's chief information officer, wofnderful man i have the privilege of working with and call friend and that is jesus mora. >> good evening. i want to thank spur for organizing the event and recognizing the quiet work city employees do every day and i want to thank the chief for nominating me and always being a champion of new technology initiatives. we started with almost nothing and we had really eventually created a system that gets used every day and the end users enjoy and that gives me a lot of pleasure. and finally i am very happy to work in the fire department because i know that the work that is being done every day is helping people. i feel somehow i contribute to that effort. >> thank you, jesus. please join me in honoring our next award winner, kelly cornell chief urban forester of the san francisco recreation department. >> any job is maintaining t

mayor mark farrell will be joined at the commemoration by fire chief joanne hayes-white, police chief willie brown. from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., san francisco firefighters will host a safety fair on third street between mission rock and china basin streets in the at&t park parking lot. free smoke detectors will be available while supplies last. ( james ) many californians fear the san andreas fault after the 19-06 earthquake.. but new research shows it's the hayward fault we should be worried about. u-s-g-s says it's so dangerous because it runs through some of the most populated parts of the bay area.... including berkeley, oakland and hayward. they report at least 800 people could be killed... and 18-thousand more injured in a magnitude 7 earthquake centered below oakland. ( james ) happening now... san francisco police are looking for a man wanted for domestic violence and animal cruelty. police say delos gallon threw canned goods at a woman inside a store. they have released this surveillance video, police say he then grabbed the victim's four month old cockier-spaniel puppy and slammed

commission acknowledges the heroic and life saving efforts and coordinated response of chief joanne hayes-white, the command staff, the members of the department, and the fire reserve who is responded to the four alarm fire on march 17, 2018 at 659 union street. whereas, the san francisco fire commission further acknowledges the san francisco police department and other city agencies who were part of life saving and coordinating efforts. whereas, the commission wishes a quick recovery to the member who was injured and the best intentions to his family. be it resolved that this resolution be share ed electronically to all members of the department adopted at that regular meeting of the san francisco fire commission on march 28, 2018. >> thank you very much, commissioner. commissioner, any comment on that as we move into a vote? >> commissioner covington. >> i would like to move this item. >> thank you very much, commissioner covington. do i have a second on this resolution? >> second. >> thank you very much, commissioner hardeman. i call for the question. all in favor say aye. none opposed. unan

the fire chief joanne hayes- white participating in this remembrance ceremony.is an annual event and it's always great to see so many people get up so early in the morning, some of them dressed up in historic costumes to commemorate this very impactful event in san francisco and bay area history. it happened at 5:12 a.m. so, yeah. >> it's quite the ceremony. you have been out there a couple times. >> i even got to paint a coat on the hydrant. >> awesome. >> fun fact a couple of years before that i don't know if you remember, they actually got the wrong paint. >> silver, wasn't it? >> yes. >> supposed to be gold. so they made a switcharoo in the end. >> they got it right today. >> only takes once to mess it up. >>> let's check the roads. >> the roads are looking pretty typical for this time of morning. we are starting to see the crowds develop as you are getting ready to head out. your ride along 580 heading through livermore a little sluggish and then as you make your way towards 680, those headlights moving westbound. we are in the yellow 33 minutes between 205

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ante two oth stated in separate memos that he was at the scene on union street and called for joanne hayes whiterefighters should have been spraying the building with water. he later apologized. >>> the san francisco police officer known as the hot cop of the castro is going to learn his sentence for a hit-and-run accident. he was convicted of two felony counts last month. he was charged with hitting two pedestrians in north beach and leaving the scene. coors turned himself in to police eight hours after the crash. >>> new steel barriers up in san francisco's castro district to prevent this from happening again. an uber driver made a wrong turn near market and church streets. he wound up on the steps of a parking lot. the gps told him to go down the stairs he claims. four yellow poles were installed at the top of the staircase on friday. >>> it is confirmed. janet jackson is going to be among the headliners at the outside lands music festival san francisco. ♪ >> that's the promo video for the 11th annual edition of the festival at golden gate park. august 10th through the 12 other performers, th

report from chief of department joanne hayes-white on current issues, activities and events within the department since the fire commission meeting on march 28, 2018, including budget, academies, communications and outreach to other government agencies and report from chief of operations, mark gonzales on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigations. >> good morning. we will have a budget committee meeting this coming monday, 10:00 a.m. to recap the process thus far, as well as review priorities to date. and also on april 26th, we are preparing for a presentation before the budget and finance committee awaiting more details. but supervisor cohen has formated the process a little differently than the past. they have four main priorities that they're looking at at. one is public safety and the 2 clean streets, third homelessness and affordable housing and the fourth is a catch-all for other policies. so, we will be presenting with other public safety departments on april 26th. regarding training, the 124t