i wanted to make recognition for assistant chief ken yee's description.in as we respond to numerous alarms, it's amazing the coordination between the fire department and the police department, the fire control. >> at one time, all ten about tallian chiefs had operators, and the assistant chiefs are operator, so when assistant chief ken yee got there, he had his assistant chief. so i'm assuming abobatallion sn and batallion eight, those are the batallion chiefs were there. the first chiefs on scene, when they're doing their accountability and when they're giving their directions before the division chief gets there, it's going to take a while for the division chief to get from either division at 47th avenue, so these batallion chief right si side -- chiefs are there without an operator, and they have to make all these decisions of where things are going to go, and they have to keep all that in their head, as well as decisions rest on their shoulders. it's much safer for our personnel if the chiefs have operators to take that burdens off, especially during