and so i've gotten -- and i know deputy chief wyrsch and velo have gotten really good feedback.hey are really happy that we're opening the lines of communication and having conversations and that we're willing to listen and that -- you know, and that they want to hear what it is about what we're doing. and then, there are, you know, some things that come up that -- that we can address easily. and you know, a lot of -- as -- as you may well know, problems get started or happen because of either no communication or miscommunication, and so -- but a couple of the sort of small things that have come out of it that i think can really help us is we're going to look at having our fire inspectors -- our district inspectors meet regularly with our batallion chiefs so they each know what the other is doing, what the concerns are, what they're working on. so opening up that line of communication is really helpful. also, just getting communication out to the field about how we choose to -- what order we go in in terms of replacing rigs because there are all sorts of theories out there. but

thank you, deputy chief wyrsch. thank you for your patience, in terms of everybody else in this room. two-plus hours at this point, and we do have a closed session after this session. >> deputy chief wyrsch: good morning, commissioners, chief nicholson, maureen. first, i would like to commend this chief that she's taken the baton and run with it at a speed that enabled me to keep going. i have to thank each and everyone. and also, with all these reports, i have to give kudos to our i.t. manager, jesus mora. i don't know if you know him, but we ask him something, and he gets it. et -- it's because of him that we're able to compile all this data, so that's great. this is my report for may. we have had a total of 13 working fires for the month of may, with two greater alarms. i apologize, your pacts were seal -- packets were sealed and went out on friday, and all of a sudden, i would have sealed them and yedited them a little better. the first fire was 1557 innes avenue. assistant chief calis was at this fire. this fir