and also mary ellen carroll for preparedness. mary ellen talked about proceededness it is in the how we the be prepare today is how san francisco is a model of to the country. to the world. about being ready. and being red is when we near all this we do whether our security, personal, national and the rest. so it irrelevant is an honor to be here federal. garth in great sadness with the loss of our senator diknow feinstein. the longest serving woman in the united states senate. and i thank you the mayor will allow me to say that diane 79 stein the longest serving senator woman center is also forever mayor of san francisco that's how she thought about it. you know this most people know who the mayor of the city is. and than i know hot president of the united states is. the rest of us are sort of in between there some place. so she is carried in the hearts of so men people. i said it in anent and i will say, a couple days again when she was mir for a long time 10 years, other people started to run for mayor following her term limit

mary ellen carroll is director of san francisco's emergency services.gardless of whether you're visiting or you live here or you work here, there can be emergencies that will impact you. ias enables authorized officials to issue emergency alerts and warnings over many widespread systems, including cell phones, cables, satellite broadcast tv, as well as am and fm radio. the 26 year old system has been improved to the point that it's now addressable. that means that it can be put out nationwide or targeted to specific states, regions, counties or cities as localized weather disaster or even amber alerts are put out this way, along with other systems such as nixle. if they can target you by your location, no matter where you're at and it seems like it would work pretty well to me. yeah, i think that's good. it's good to know if there's a child missing, especially as being a mother myself. that's a good thing to have the first and most important purpose of is never used so far is to allow the us president to immediately address the nation in times of emerge

. >> reporter: department of emergency management executive director mary ellen carroll says san francisco'snow down 40%. but that, she says, is not unique to san francisco. the department has recently hired a recruiter for the first time to try and address the problem. >> we're not the only area in which staffing is an issue. however, we can't not answer 911 calls. this is a 24/7 operation. >> our 911 dispatchers are an essential part of law enforcement. >> reporter: the president of the san francisco board of supervisors says that while there are no plans to classify dispatchers as public safety workers, the city is looking to compensate them in other ways. >> it's a very, very difficult job, and so i am committed to making sure that they are appropriately compensated and that we hire additional staff so that they don't have to work mandatory overtime. >> reporter: burt says the department needs to speed up its hiring process and soon. >> when seconds matter, then you see how critical it is. >> reporter: hoping for a swift end to an ongoing crisis while people's lives are on the line. >> o

. >> reporter: department of emergency management executive director mary ellen carroll says san francisco's 911 staff is now down 40%. but that she says is not unique to san francisco. the department has recently hired a recruiter for the first time to try and address the problem. >> we're not the only area in which staffing is an issue. however, we can't -- we can't not answer 911 calls. this is a 24/7 operation. >> our 911 dispatchers are an essential part of law enforcement. >> reporter: aaron peskin the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, says that while there are no plans to classify dispatchers as public safety workers, the city is looking to compensate them in other ways. >> it's a very, very difficult job. and so i am committed to making sure that they are appropriately compensated and that we hire additional staff. sew that they don't have to work mandatory overtime. >> san francisco 911. >> reporter: burt says the department needs to speed up its hiring process and soon. >> when seconds matter, then you -- you see how critical it is. what's the exact location. >>

mary ellen carroll is director of san francisco's emergency services.whether you're visiting or you live here or you work here, there can be emergencies that will impact you. eas enables authorized officials to issue emergency alerts and warnings over many widespread systems, including cell phones, cables, satellite broadcast tv, as well as am and fm radio. the 26 year old system has been improved to the point that it's now addressable. that means that it can be put out nationwide or targeted to specific states, regions, counties or cities localized weather disaster or even amber alerts are put out this way, along with other systems such as nixle. if they can target you by your location, no matter where you're at, and it seems like it would work pretty well to me. yeah, i think that's good. it's good to know if there's a child missing, especially as being a mother myself. that's a good thing to have. the first and most important purpose of eas is never used so far is to allow the us president to immediately address the nation in times of emergencies, di

mary ellen carroll is director of san francisco's emergency services.gardless of whether you're visiting or you live here or you work here, there can be emergencies that will impact you is enabled authorized officials to issue emergency alerts and warnings over many widespread systems, including cell phones, cables, satellite broadcast tv, as well as am and fm radio. the 26 year old system has been improved to the point that it's now addressable. all that means that it can be put out nationwide or targeted to specific states, regions, counties or cities localized weather disaster or even amber alerts are put out this way, along with other systems such as nixle. if they can target you by your location no matter where you're at. and it seems like it would work pretty well to me. yeah i think that's good. it's good to know if there's a child missing, especially as being a mother myself. that's a good thing to have. the first and most important purpose of eas never used so far is to allow the us president to immediately address the nation in times of emerge