>> i'm five, update from assistant deputy chief, sandra tong, on an overview of the e.m.s. division. >> thank you very much, madam secretary and chief tong, welcome. as in the tradition, since chief nickelson has been part of the administration as chief of the department, periodically we're able to have the various deputy chiefs present as well. and in the flavor of that for this commission, and with the subject matter that is very important, we thought it would be appropriate for you, assistant deputy chief tong, to come and make a presentation in terms of the data from your perspective. i also wanted to note that dr. clemen yea is in the audience as well. >> good morning vice president and commissioners, chief nickelson, maureen, thank you for inviting me. let me try to get my power point going here. so just to give you a little bit of a background about myself, really quickly, i worked at d.p.h. as a medic for about 10 years, and then we merged with the fire department. at that time, i started working in the dispatch center as a rescue captain, and that was a great oppor

next is the emergency medical services report, which i will let sandra tong do after my report.we have the data for review under the division fire prevention from the fire marshal and some notable faxes, some of the many in here. they put 11 of their community outreach presentations and added up -- they reached over 2,255 community members and they are given equipment to smoke ticket -- to smoke detectors, a lot of training, and a lot of handouts. it has been very successful. they also conducted three large high-rise drills. twenty-seven internal training classes, and then plan check update. they reviewed, in the month of june, 1,004 applications, and that generated, for us, $736,000 over 736. very good. included is the data for the large community develop projects the port, the bureau of fire investigation, we are at 57 open reports. they responded to 15 investigated incidents this month. we have the data for the transportation advisory safety committee. also, because it is the end of the fiscal year, in total they completed 622 high-rise inspections, 240 schools, and 3600 annu