Transcripts For SFGTV Government Access Programming 20171117

Clerk next regular Fire Commission meeting is scheduled for november 8th 2017 at city hall in 416. After that in room 400. There are no meetings scheduled for november 22, 2017 or december 27th 2017. Members of the public may address the commission up to three minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and dwos not appear on the agenda. Speakers shall direct their remarks to the commission as a whole and not to department personnel. The lack of a response by the commissioners or personnel does not constitute agreement with or support of statements made during Public Comment. Thank you, and commissioner veronese has joined us. Do we have any Public Comment . Please come forward. Paul pendergast, i have the pleasure serving on the Small Business network and golden gate business association, im here today as someone who is a homeowner in Sonoma County to the west of kenwood. We were evacuated twice this month. Running for our lives. Im here today because it was because of the team work of the San Francisco fire crews that really, truly helped. We were saved, we were not one of the 8400 who lost their small homes or Small Businesses or large businesses. I wanted to express my sin here sincere thanks for myself, partner and neighborhood and all those who cant be here today but because of you many are safe and hopefully well all be there for the long run for all the people devastated. Thank you so much for your service. Thank you very much. Is there any additional Public Comment . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Madam secretary. Item four approval of the minutes discussion and action to approve the Meeting Minutes of october 11, 2017. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioners. Whats your plesher . I move we adopt the minutes. Commissioner covington moves. Do we have a second . Second. All in favor that is unanimous. Thank you. Item five. Approval to send letter from the commission in support of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation to supervisor safai. Approval to send the letter in support of the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation and fire Safety Education. Any Public Comment on this letter . Seeing none Public Comment is closed. Commissioners. Commissioner covington. Commissioner covington thank you mr. President , i would like to have the Commission Secretary read the letter into the record, please. Dear supervisor safai, i am writing to let you know the San Francisco Fire Commission supports the ruch program. We acknowledge the volunteers and phenomenal job they to. The foundation and program prep provides students enrolled in the School District with the valuable resources in fire safety and burn prevention. The children in turn educate family members about how best to protect themselves in the event of a fire. Therefore the impacts of this foundation and firefighters and Safety Education program are truly potential. Not surprisingly studies show this program has directly contributed in a reduction in fire scene injuries to children. We urge you to provide funding to help the programs thrive. Value of fire Safety Education cannot be overstated particularly in times like these with widespread fire disasters so close to home. Do not hesitate to contact me Ken Cleveland president , San Francisco Fire Commission. Thank you madam secretary. I would lick to move this item and thank you, mr. President for composing and sending out this letter. Do we have a second . All in favor aye. Thank you commissioner covington. The letter is approved. I think we all agree that the fire safety and Education Program is one of the most Important Programs we have going for our school youth teaching them how to maintain a safe environment particularly against fire is critical. The volunteers that participate in that program from the Fire Department are to be applauded and i encourage others within the Fire Department to step up an pamp. To participate. Its a very Important Program that were offering. Thank you very much. Next item madam secretary. Item 6. President cleaveland sorry. Commissioner veronese you had a comment. I noticed the letter is directed toward a particular supervisor. Isyn isnt it the custom to go through president cleaveland i think its the compare of the Public Safety committee. Its protocol. It will be distributed. I was wondering if that was protocol. I think that was the request that came in to president cleveland and Commission Secretary from the head of Alisa Ann Ruch specifically to commissioner safai. We didnt just pick somebody, i promise you. Madam secretary. Item 6, chief of departments report. Joanne hayeswhite on current issues, activities and event within the Department Since the meeting of october 111, 2017. Including outreach to other Government Agencies and the public. Good evening chief. Good evening. This is my report since our last meeting on october 11 regarding the budget, as you know, we ended the First Quarter of this fiscal year and continue to move forward on our equipment and fleet plan purchases. Just this morning, i had the opportunity to take a look at one of our brand new fire engines. There will be eight delivered within the next few weeks. There is engine 13 on the street. President cleaveland i understand you drove, right . I did its lying riding a bike. Its like riding a bike. R my hat is off to all the work that went into procuring and selecting these engines. The specification work was incredible. A lot of team work. The members of the division of support services under the direction of assistant deputy chief tony rivera all the members it a great apparatus. We were mindful of vision zero initiative. For example, front bumper used to carry hose on the front to quickly knock down a car fire or brushfire or trash fire. We went back to the old style. Not everyone agrees, but i think now that its out there, we have a hose reel so we were able to take off some length from the engine. Its a smaller profile. All of of the door handles are recessed and so theyre not sticking out. Just a lot of attention to detail. Very sturdy rig. Very safe rig. A lot of input was received from our members. But great job assistant deputy chief tony rivera and his group that made it possible. Also to the finance Division Division and working closely with the office of Contract Administration under naomi kelly. Were going to roll them out kind of methodically one by one in the course of the next several weeks. President cleaveland but we dont get to drive them . Not without a proper license. But you can have a photo opportunity. I got a few looks. I said let me take it around the block. Its been a long time, but its easy to maneuver much more so than the rig i remember driving. Back in the day. Thats great news. And what well end up doing is normally when we receive new apparatus we turn in the same number. Eight in, eight out. Well be applying for an and exemption to expand our fleet. I believe there are four that we felt are not really worth maintaining as a relief piece, but instead of turning in eight, well turn in four and add another four to our reserve pieces in the event of a largescale disaster here or for wild land deployment as backupapparatus. Al well let you know if there is any controversy on that. We understand that budget ininstructions will come out early part of december. I would recommend for your conversation, president cleaveland, that our meeting in december on the 13th that we would provide you the information that we received for our budget instructions. We can brief the commission then. I believe there is a meeting scheduled for Department Heads and for finance officers on december 6th well be prepared to present on december 13th. And we do anticipate before that meeting recon vining the budget committee. For those that are interested in continuing on the budget committee, we recently sent out a general order asking for new members to sign up for various committees. Thats in process. Regarding academies the 123rd academy is in the fifth week off to a good start. First week of testing looked very good. Division of training under the direction of assistant chief again very dedicated group of people. Training, what looks to be a good, dedicated recruit class. That, again, was a class that started with 42 off the list and joined by 12 members from our station 49 that are now working together as a group as 54. For the 124th class we anticipate i a march hire date. Well narrow down the date when we look at the calendars for next year. That is anticipated to be the same 42 mrs. 12. We have some members that we had interviewed and put through some process but well refresh the list and make sure we have the most uptodate list before the final selection for the class. Regarding what has been happening since our last meeting deputy chief gonzales and i touched on the north bay fires. We were in the case of santa rosa, the First Strike Team on the ground to assist partners in santa rosa and i just would like to appreciate the Public Comment from the gentleman, but personally, pay tribute to, we sent 12 engines, a total of 54 members up to the north bay fires. They had various deployments from daytoday, they were moving around because it was a dynamic situation. To the a 4 councilmembers 4 54 members deployed, we received comments. Everything was happening so quickly that according to the chief that i spoke to yesterday, there were having a hard time figuring out who was going to get deployed where. Having that relationship with chief franklin, we were able to anticipate we would get the call. But it hadnt come yet. We acted very immediately with the First Strike Team heading out at about 1 00 a. M. Followed by a immediateit need strike team at 4 30 and ambulance deployment as well. Chief bello was good at coordinating and making sure in addition to chief gonzales that the crews were healthy and safe. Chief storey helped out that morning. Assistant chief tony rivera with all the assistance4mj bay which is just as important as making sure our city is safe is that those two things could work. Everyone did gate great work. Ems was able to put together for the first time a strike Team Employment of our rescue team and captain and chief gonzales was in the direct contact with members on the strike team. Great work, most of them did at least a 10day deployment. Some a day or so less and some a day or so more. Theyre all back safely. Well be at a future date well acknowledge them and credit them for the work they did. It was atypical in that there are usually more organized rest times and in the first three times, there was not a first three days, there was not a lot of down time which is a concern because of safety and wellbeing. They were trying to draw more resources in. So everybody stepped up in ray huge way. We can be proud of their efforts. Also during that period of time from the 9th to the 19th, there were policies questions so we were able to convey our level of involvement in the north bay fires. On the 13th of october, actually that will friday we took a ride up to Sonoma County fairgrounds where we were able to meet up with a strike team on a rest period. That was friday after the first three days, it was kind of a whirlwind. They had a rest period. We spent time with them and were able to bring up they had plenty of water, but we brought up some refreshments to check in and say thank you. We did then take the opportunity after we said goodbye to the crews to tour the city of santa rosa. We saw the devastation in the coffee park neighborhood as well as the Mark West Springs neighborhood. Nothing that i have seen in my 27year career. Literally city blocks devastated. There is to the gentlemans point from Public Comment there is a lot of work that will continue to heal the north bay sonoma napa counties and well be there to support them to the extent that we can. I am aware that San Francisco is doing a great benefit next week at at t park not next week, november 9th, but all the proaldz of the proceeds of the concert will go to north bay fire relief fund. Oon. On october 179 we recreated the sonoma earthquake and participated in a Labor Management meeting with local 798. I participated this that afternoon in a bay womens summit working session. In june of next year, it will be two years after the june of 16, but june of 18, there will be a womens summit that ive been asked to participate in the planning for the 2018 summit. All of you im sure know about the tragic circumstances of october 18th where our crews basically had immediate response, i believe they onviewed where the Police Officer ellia was struck while riding on his bicycle patrolling the area near turk and franklin. Id lying to commend the crews that responded to that incident, it was a difficult incident. Hes fighting for his life still at San Francisco general. Krit he sustained critical head injuries. Id like the commission to keep officer luentanko in your thoughts and appraisers. We did respond to our partners to see what we could do including our stress unit. So, were hoping for positive outcome on that. But it is very difficult injuries. Very significant injuries he sustain. On the 19th of october i participated at glen park elementary with the mayors shakeout drill to keep people in mind about what you should do in the event of an earthquake how to prepare. We met with a lot of the students and while that was happening we had a station recall drill throughout our city and department and id like to acknowledge freef chief francisco for head quartering the drill. Thats how it came down on the thursday. But everything went very well and we have recall procedures per our general orders that we exercise and make sure our system is working well. Also that day i presented at leadership San Francisco class. Its run through the chamber of commerce. I talk to the group about how our budget works for the San Francisco Fire Department. I did the first part and weve done this a few years now correcter korso spent time to talk more specifically about the budget process. That seemed to be wellreceived. We had some good questions. Last friday, i participated in an Allday Department of leadership retreat at the academy of science that the Mayors Office coordinated. Its always good to see my colleagues from other departments. I found that to be productive day. On monday, this week, we looked at the adf which is an ambulance deployment facility. The plans look good. That will be a facility that is easter bond funded and will result in the relocation of station 49 over to the gerald street facility adjacent to station 9. Plans look good. Moving forward, well provide a timeline for you in terms of when the work will begin and completion date. Well meet with department of public works on friday to get some updates on easter bond funded projects. Lets see, 24th, yesterday several of us participated in pinning badges on members of our department that have availed themselves of opportunities in terms of emts moving on to paramedics. Basically we hired people in as emts and they have paramedic licenses now. They ascended to become paramedics working for us. Its going to be about a total of 35. Training and emf did a great job in training those folks. I hired over the last few years a number of h2 firefighters with paramedic licenses. Were hiring as firefighters and when they are they have demonstrated themselves well many will go through a threeweek tuneup for San Francisco protocols. There are h2s that are now h3 level threes. Its total about 35 members over the course of this fall have gone through and sought out those opportunities. So some of them invited their family members and we pinned on their badges yesterday and well do a few more tomorrow. Up coming events, all i have at this time is on november 5th well participate every year in the veterans day parade. That concludes my report. President cleaveland thank you. Do we have any Public Comment on the chiefs report . Commissioners . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Commissioner hardeman. Commissioner hardeman thank you, mr. Chair. The new apparatus, the engines, trucks, do you have that off the top of your head . Or how many are we expecting over the next couple of years . So in the the short term, well be receiving eight engines. I believe there are how many trucks three trucks are on order. Those take abo