commissioners, chief wyrsch has concluded his report. are there any comments? >> commissioner cleaveland: i have the ability -- >> commissioner covington: oh, i see. >> commissioner cleaveland: my monitor is not working. >> commissioner covington: commissioner cleaveland? >> commissioner cleaveland: thank you, madam president. thank you, chief wyrsch, and absolutely, we extend -- on behalf of the commission, we would extend our condolences to the worcester, mass, fire department for their loss. i wonder if you can give me an update on the k9 support program. >> the k9 support program, we would like to add two handlers. we have a total of three that have applied. we have to do an interview process. we have the actual handlers that will give us the dogs, we're going to put them on our interview board. >> i can tell you. steve nicholson. it's the national search dog disaster foundation, they'll make the final determination. acting captain thomas, captain miller, they do hurricanes, and they're available locally. they're looking for more dogs, so they've had inform

. >> thank you, commissioners, chief wyrsch. i'm clement ye, director for the department. i'm joined by simon pang and paramedic captain april sloane. so we're very excited to provide an update to the commission regarding the e.m.s. 6 program which i believe has been very successful and helped many people in the city. so kathy -- there we go. thank you. so a few things before i -- i begin into the slide deck, i just want to say first of all, i just personally am very grateful to the commission for all your support and all your input in this program. i think this is something that we as a department, as a city should be very proud of being innovators and pushing the envelope and providing some i think necessary aid for helping a lot of our citizens and visitors in san francisco here, so i'm very, very grateful. and then also, i understand that the commission has been receiving regular updates in their monthly packets recording e.m.s. 6 operations, and i know i've provided a few updates in the past about this program. i don't want to rehash that, i want to give a little bit

report from operations, deputy chief, victor wyrsch. report on operations, including greater alarm fires, medical services, bureau of homeland security, and fire operation. >> commissioners, chief nicholson, good morning, kathy. deputy chief of operations, victor wyrsch. this is my operations report for october. my greater alarm report, there was a second alarm at 1225 hours at 255 vienna, cross streets of avalon and excelsior. you can see from the velocity of the smoke and the fire, i just want you to be aware that at this time, we had companies prove that when they first responded, the garage was closed. we're getting a lot of good footage from ring, neighbors across the street. originally, one of the tenants had the garage door open, and like the louie lembretti fire, the wires connected from the garage door opener, and it automatically closed. so when companies first pulled up on scene, they saw the garage closed, and they go to loss of life. they went to the floor above, which they endured a lot of intense heat and a lot of smoke,