i had a question of who is going to replace erika now at nirt? as the head of nirt? do we have candidates or can we announce that yet? >> we just opened that. obviously with the announcement of her selection we put a general order out for candidates and it will be interviews and i believe the closest application period and then we'll go through the interview process and see who would like to be that team. it will be hard shoes to fill obviously. >> you bet. >> i guess you have a list of qualifications for that position, correct? >> absolutely, yeah. >> so you will be looking at those. you talked about the canine program and i had a question on that. we have how many dogs do we have work forgeroworking for the dept currently? >> we have four now. >> are they considered members of the department? are the dogs members of the department? >> so yes and no. yes, they are able to be deployed to the departments. they're also part of california task force three. they stay in the fire house and then when california task force 3 calls them and who is next on the rotation and we

i had a question of who is going to replace erika now at nirt? as the head of nirt?o we have candidates or can we announce that yet? >> we just opened that. obviously with the announcement of her selection we put a general order out for candidates and it will be interviews and i believe the closest application period and then we'll go through the interview process and see who would like to be that team. it will be hard shoes to fill obviously. >> you bet. >> i guess you have a list of qualifications for that position, correct? >> absolutely, yeah. >> so you will be looking at those. you talked about the canine program and i had a question on that. we have how many dogs do we have work forgeroworking for the dept currently? >> we have four now. >> are they considered members of the department? are the dogs members of the department? >> so yes and no. yes, they are able to be deployed to the departments. they're also part of california task force three. they stay in the fire house and then when california task force 3 calls them and who is next on the rotation and we c

i had a question of who is going to replace erika now at nirt? as the head of nirt?we have candidates or can we announce that yet? >> we just opened that. obviously with the announcement of her selection we put a general order out for candidates and it will be interviews and i believe the closest application period and then we'll go through the interview process and see who would like to be that team. it will be hard shoes to fill obviously. >> you bet. >> i guess you have a list of qualifications for that position, correct? >> absolutely, yeah. >> so you will be looking at those. you talked about the canine program and i had a question on that. we have how many dogs do we have work forgeroworking for the dept currently? >> we have four now. >> are they considered members of the department? are the dogs members of the department? >> so yes and no. yes, they are able to be deployed to the departments. they're also part of california task force three. they stay in the fire house and then when california task force 3 calls them and who is next on the rotation and we cal