i met with the head of d.e.m., mary ellen carroll, and one topic was our uniform members. there have been rumors flying around of them not being there, etc., and i explained to her the importance of having our uniformed members at the d.e.m., just like our members from fire prevention, who had field experience, it is extremely important for us to have members at dispatch who have worked in the field, who know what a rick operation is and how to handle it, who know wo what an mci is, and who know where all of our stations are and what all of our equipment is. so we'll have a further discussion with d.e.m. on that topic later this week. i met with sean buford again, not just labor management, and we're keeping up regular meetings, besides those regular management meetings, which is super helpful. i met with the aides from senator kamala harris' office, and they offered assistance in terms of any grants that we need assistance with, and they were also really interested in our disaster planning and response. so we gave them all of the information on that. myself and chief wore