Of our mayor, mayor ed lee the creation of this particular what i call unprecedented exceptional and talented special groups to enter the department at this time is because of the convictions and statements of our mayor, mayor ed lee so we should thank our make sure for the results of this one hundred and 16 class at this time thank you mayor ed lee clapping part of that is cant help by have integrated oceans its a proud occasion but also the weekend of mothers day i cant help but drift towards my mother in the contentions of appreciation and the support she gave me and the love she gave me and what that mother represents to me and many of you in the audience is decade what is representative of the caregiver of the families in terms of your friends and families members of the one hundred and 16th class. Last night we had a Fire Commission meeting and on behalf of the commissioners michael hard man and Ken Cleveland and others we welcome and congratulate all if you but especially proud
Introduce honor our honored guests on my left the honorable mayor ed lee clapping we have Supervisor Scott Wiener clapping we have father green of st. Robert church clapping we have Deputy Director of the d e. C. Robert smut clapping we have assistant to the executive director of d m david clapping and he may not be seated but the Vice President of the education and outreach at the San Francisco fire credit unit len clapping. we have the president of the fear Commission Steve clapping Vice President of the Fire Commission andrea evans clapping and have fellow fir commissioners Ken Cleveland clapping france i didnt cove ton clapping and michael hard man clapping we have fire chief of department chief joanne hayneswhite clapping deputy chief of operations Mark Gonzales clapping deputy chief of Administration Raymond Guzman clapping we have assistant deputy chief of support services ken lombardy i didnt clapping assistant deputy chief fire marshall. Mrs. Wong kwlp. We have assistant deput
clapping julie anyhow clapping george sxhith and tyson yee whos not here today clapping under ems staff we have chief which you have chief Melanie Brandon and jay perry clapping paramedic captain glenn under special projects captain ed mow clapping in Service Training staff Ti Training Center captain jeff. clapping. lieutenant james mel burger clapping lieutenant james read i didnt clapping and lieutenant pat shaw clapping alleyway also in attendance my administer staff clapping at this time looked like id like to introduce the honorable bodily mayor ed lee who will address the class clapping . Thank you assistant chief williams tom oconnell dont fret someone referred to me as captain ed mow this morning so laughter what a great day. One hundred and 16th Fire Academy Class for San Francisco. 39 people who today, i look across the crowd of your friends and proud of the city proud you spent 16 hard weeks training yourselves and going through all the lessons this Academy Training class ha
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laughter what a great day. One hundred and 16th Fire Academy Class for San Francisco. 39 people who today, i look across the crowd of your friends and proud of the city proud you spent 16 hard weeks training yourselves and going through all the lessons this Academy Training class has to offer and most importantly youre joining the worldclass Fire Department and thank you for the opportunity chief joanne hayneswhite the conspiracy that worked with you and all the staff weve had the privilege of working certainly my 3 years as anywhere 80 mayor to be at the 3 sites usually im there with the mop up crew but watching the details of how fires are fought and the energy teams are saving lives. I know i join with supervisor wiener and the entire board of supervisors all of our lefkd officials to say thank you to the San Francisco Fire Department for being a great, great partner in the city and helping all our residents know and feel comfortable that theyre in the greatest city in the world con