entering the fire department was our great community people automatically stepped up and rahm emanuel gunmaning the intersection i support a great city i'm proud to be a native san franciscan when i entered the fire department shortly thereafter, in 1990 what came of the loma prieta earthquake was the ability to recognize how engaged our community is from that the nert program was born the neighborhood emergency response program i was one of the original instructors and it is an incredible program people helping people getting prepared in the workplace we all know the more prepared it is easier to respond and quicker into the recovery phase affair for all you have participated in the nert program please stand up or raise your hand it was completely volunteer so thank you very much (clapping.) and the program itself was start i don't know in my if i'm going to get to the current person but all her poeshgs this is stated by frank woody allen net and patty to have brought the program to where it is when i became the chief of the department in 2004 selected the probability most senior nert crossroa