mr. penick, then i will thank him and he can rush off to his meeting. i will hold my question for the chief of the department to answer as well when she finishes her report then we can follow up with her. thank you again, mr. penick. >> thank you. have a great day. >> item 5. chief of department report. report from chief nicholson on current issues and activities and event goes with in the department since the fire commission meeting on june 24, 2020, including budged, academics, special events, communications and outreach to other government agencies and the public and the report from operations deputy chief. emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention and investigation homeland security and airport division. >> great. i think we are in this case going to flip the order. we will start with chief wyrsch to give the chief of the department enough time to get back with us. welcome, chief wyrsch. >> good morning. thank you. i am assuming i have the ball passed to me. >> good morning. i even practiced this this morning. let me know when you have i