So ive been working with the department of the environment through a grant that they have to procure tax Hydrogen Powered taxi cabs and im trying to get the Fire Department on to that grant so we would at least get one vehicle from there. Actually im meeting with them next week so ill have more updated information. Ok. I think that this is an area that the commission might be able to help you with. Yes, sir. Particularly with toyota. I think it is a great opportunity for collaboration in terms of their product in this department. Im almost complete. Id like to picture at the end in terms of photo in front of bureau of equipment with staff. I never saw a tow truck before so it helps us to be able to see there. I particularly like the tow truck and its size. I really love the emblem on the side of this tow truck. The Police Commission talked a lot about turnout coves. There was some discussion on the Commission Level that we needed a [inaudible] and perhaps the commission needs the adopt a resolution in terms of the turnout coves with the concerns of pmfa. Thats why i appreciate the commissioners questions in terms of that. It seems like the department is on it. Is that an accurate statement . Do you think just a straight question that the commission needs to put an adoption of a resolution in terms of this concern about pfoas in terms of turnout coves . I think that anything that memorializes the commission and this administrations concern for a firefighters safety is an absolute bonus and it memorializes exactly what our intentions are and our feelings are. I would support it 100 . Chief . Yes, absolutely in support of that. Thank you. I just wanted to ask that question because that occurrence might occur within the confines of the commission. One other subject matter, i know it is not on the table, but the discussion came of quoteunquote the chiefs residence. I know that we have some discussions and some concerns about the chiefs residence as a point of information in our interviews. One of the questions on our Interview Questions would the candidate be willing to live in the chiefs residence . We were always under the mind im using a generalization and talking for the commission that we owned well, we control the chiefs residence. We know there is a certain amount of costs that have to go into that to make it quoteunquote livable. But i think at some point we might need that information coming back to us as to where those costs are, where they come from and were being made aware of this new entity that were kind of concerns us that the chief of the Department Might be charged for living in the residence of a building that we thought that we owned. Which is new to us or new to any of us. And definitely is a concern for moist. For myself. Im speaking as a part of the colleague on this commission. But we definitely think well return to that subject matter or do some of our own further asking of questions in terms of the quoteunquote chiefs residence. I just wanted to put that out there that that subject matter is coming down the road. Thank you very much, captain. With all the jurisdictions that we have, i think i saw your presence in meetings with the city as well. And i know that responsibility levels, antique vehicles, placement, moving vehicle, parades, participation, without Department Participation within your unit and lieutenant wong seems like an impossibility. I know that our members are the boots on the ground. But in earlies y the in terms of getting to our suppressions or medical emergency, if we dont have the gas or the tools, it hurts us. So there is much appreciation coming from this commission. Thank you very much, chief rivera. Thank you very much, lieutenant. Commissioner hardeman . Thank you for all of your remarks. All to the point. The one thing that oh, i dont know whether it was last year some time on the turnouts there was a something to do with the manufacturer and what the components are of the turnouts. But i certainly want to vote to thwart our attempts to discourage more than a discovery. Theres a big pot of gold for somebody waiting to invent a turnout that protects and keeps you cool. Though are the two biggest problems. And the way theyre manufactured now, like i said when i first became a commissioner because im a hotblooded person and its 50 out and i put that turnout on and with the wraparound because the general public doesnt know, but you get a wrap around the sleeve and you are taped with tape. Its very thick. Very tight. Because they dont want any flames to get up there. Actually, i thought immediately i could take this to my cleaners and have her cut that off. I thought, oooh, id probably get in trouble. But thats part of the keeping you from making you get hot. And when i buttoned it up and went to the first couple of fires, i was soaking wet and its like maybe 55 out and 55 late at night and i i just feel for firefighters all over the country that have these very, very warm, especially if theyre like me where i like cool weather, and typical san franciscan and i think maybe it is something about me, but so i really admire firefighters that have to wear it. When i go to a fire now, i just wear my i stay away. I dont go across the street. I stay a distance so i dont have to wear my turnout. There is a fortune to be made if someone can invent the lightweight. Like we talked about the wildland fires, how theres no complaints, even though it might be hot because its generally hot. They have the very light fabric turnout that they wear thats i dont know if you would even consider it a turnout from an urban Fire Department. But when you get out of town, you can wear those and that is one advantage they have is they dont have to have that turnout. I just brought that up that were not the only ones that program and i was watching and talking about how the same thing i just said that there is something to be if somebody could invent something, that eventually could keep you cool and protect you from the fire, its a moneymaker. So, im sure theyre doing everything they can to make money. Its not about protecting anybody. If we want to make money, well do it. Thank you. And sorry to keep that going. Thank you very much, commissioner hardeman and chief, and captain, lieutenant. Madame secretary . Item five, overview of Fire Department budget. Update and overview from director mark corso on the public budget. That is for after your presentation. Good morning. Thank you, commissioners, chief. Im here to give a brief overview of the departments proposed budget. The mayor proposed for budget back on may 31 and i know you all have been involved with many of the various meetings that weve had with supervisors and other city officials. So, thank you again for your efforts. Some of this may be hold to you, but i just wanted to give a brief overview and answer any questions and set out a timeline going forward. So heres a brief overview kind of by fund for our breakdown of our budget. You can see generally general Fund Operations is our main funding allocation that contains daytoday operations of the Fire Department and administratively and operationally. We have some annual projects and continuing projects. Those are mainly for special Capital Projects or other i. T. , things like that. Our Work Order Fund is for services we provide to other departments and currently our biggest ticket item in here is the work order for the port and Services Provided to them. We have the Capital Planning fund which deals with planning for the upcoming geo bond. That is a special city allocation and then we have our overall allocation to the airport. In total, our proposed budget sits at 424 million in the next upcoming year. That is an increase for the coming year for a variety of factors and i can answer any questions to that extent. This is justs a brief overview by type of expenditure for the department. As we talked about a number of times the majority of our funding goes to salary and Fringe Benefits for department members, leaving the remainder for things such as equipment, supplies, and other services. We have a lot of the work orders with other departments and that is mainly through big ticket items there are work orders with central shops that the chief touched on a little bit with our work with central shops as well as the Workers Compensation fun. Just a brief review of our submittal. Back in february, the Commission Approved the departments submittal to the Mayors Office. There was a joint letter with the department and the commission advocating for departmental needs. Laborer. So 798 and the Budget Committee at the time looked at three main priorities which was e. M. S. , Incident Support specialist and equipment and then when chief Nick Nicholson came on board, she had items she wanted to stress to the Mayors Office so they have been the discussion for the past month leading up to the budget submittal to the Mayors Office. So as a kind of highlevel overview of what we were actually allocated, the first part is hiring. It is a continuation of the mayors Public Safety hiring plan. Were looking at 1h2 Firefighter Academy in each of the two years and in addition we have one e. M. T. S Paramedic Academy incorporated in both of the those years to sustain what our Staffing Levels are as well as replace Staff Members transitioning over to that h2 academy so our hiring has leveled out to one academy per year as weve stabilize staffing after years of just ramping up to catch up quite a bit. Thats something obviously were always reviewing with the Mayors Office both on the suppression and e. M. S. Side and those discussions will continue. Right now were looking at weve been allocated to maintain Staffing Levels. On the e. M. S. Side, there were significant investments in ems6. We were allocated five additional ems6f. T. E. S to sub mrement operational staffing that we currently have. We have one Program Administrator and one 12hour shift per day dedicated to ems6. So, these five additional personnel will dramatically increase the amount of operational coverage that we have related to ems6. Ems6 has been discussed quite a bit at the commission. It has been a very Successful Program for the department. The issue mainly has been bhanlds has been bandwidth with the members that we have. Were hoping to expand the program and reach a whole more of the population that is in need of our services. So, in additions to the five f. T. E. S, weve also been allocated funding for ems6 training. There are certain requirements as far as what training the members participating in it need to have. And so thats both for fulltime staff allocated as well as the pool of individuals that are working in those positions on asneeded basis. So the fourweek training, we were allocated funding to run some additional personnel through that. And weve also been allocated an upgrade of the ems6 manager position, just continued mainly due to the increased scope of work from collaboration with other departments, working with the state, large policy implications and decisions being made. So that position has been upgraded due to the change in scope. The next area id like to highlight is fire prevention. Weve been allocated three Additional Inspector positions to deal with the increased workloads and it has been yearoveryear increase for the bureau. Its not just regular permitting and plan review, but there has been a number of executive directives and legislation that have gone through the board and from city hall, pertaining to a. D. U. S and affordable housing. A number of efforts where weve been asked to increase our scope and have an increased workload for the bureau. So, the chief has done a great job kind of collaborating and organizing those efforts. And part of that is kind of a reorganization in the bureau and improve the span of control and efficiency for signoff and the work flow of various projects. So, weve been in addition to the three new inspectors, weve been allocated funding for three substitutions to assistant fire marshal from other officer positionsen that will allow for a kind of strategic reorganization of the bureau and that will streamline all these efforts that the chief is running. So those are all both the new positions and the substitutions are recovered through fee revenues. So, not really an impact to the general fund. Just mainly due to the increased workloads that we would have. Also on the radar, over the next year and definitely over the next two years, is the transition to the onestopper mitt center. 49 south van ness for the city. They are looking at number of departments collaboration to have a onestopper mitt sfrr for permit center for the city, as well as plan review and operational permits. Were working closely with the City Administrators Office and City Partners on that transition over the next year or so. The next allocation that i wanted to highlight was the inclusion of assistant deputy chief to serve as the health and safety chief of the department. This is a very important position that would manage the departments Cancer Prevention recovery units and serve as our oshea liaison and policy development and oversight of Physicians Office and oversight of our workers comp carveout. The longterm goal would be to overall obviously improve health and safety of our members. There is a number of efforts that are under way. Chief rivera mentioned a few with regards to kind of environmentally and health and safety of our members. So, i two ub a departmental coordinator would work in tandem with the current resources we have. Other city departments and outside resources as well to overall improve health and safety of our members. Were looking at a significant increase in our Workers Compensation allocation and that is due to a number of incidents related to cancer and improve behaviours and Resources Available to members to make use of and make it an easy way for them to access those resources. Equipment is one of the other priorities for the departments. This twoyear budgets a continuation of the mayors fleet and equipment plan from a few years ago. We were allocated 9 million over the last two years specific to equipment and the equipment plan. That is about 6 million in the first year and 3. 3 million in the second year. And that is mainly for the purchase of engines, trucks and other needed equipment to replace currently what we have in our fleet. Weve made significant improvements in our the health of our overall fleet. We have a number of vehicles on order currently from previous allocations. But there is still quiek of work to do and so in order to replace that we need to continue the efforts of the equipment plan and thats whats been allocated in the budget so far. We have a number of allocations as far as vehicles, ambulance, defibrillator by e. M. S. And those are an annual allocation as well. Chief rivera mentioned the host tenders and previously the allocation of four in our budget currently and those would be a great improvement to the current water supply system as well as help tremendously the department operationally. Heres a detailed look at our equipment showing the allocation by type and by unit for obviously fire engines, ladder trucks, etc. The total allocation including tenders and revenuefunded equipment is about 11. 5 million in the first years and close to 5 in the second. Weve been allocated one Senior Administrative analysts to assist with e. M. S. Billing and we talked a bit about e. M. S. Billing. There is a number of things were doing currently to extract the most revenue we can out of the current programs. Just in the normal cycle of billing. But there is also a number of initiatives at the state and federal levels that are coming online to kind of open up additional avenues of reimbursement without any change operationally. Theres some legislation passed at the state to enhance the amount of revenue that jurisdictions can receive for both medicare and medical accounts so we feel they would more than pay for themselves with it being cost reporting or other research into those avenues. There is definitely new Revenue Streams for the department that this position would be assigned to. In addition, we have been allocated executive secretary position to assist with the increased administrative deened mas in the department and that is pretty much been all over, whether its increased demands for e. M. S. Or for housing and other special projects. We have a lot of operational people doing administrative tasks, which is not the best use of their time and resources. So, in a matter of efficiency, we have been allocated an additional administrative position to assist with those efforts. In addition, there were a few physician reclassifications during the in the budget just to realign with actual scopes of work. There a few outside of the operational daytoday operations. There are a number of projects. This table highlights the kind of difference types. We have our Capital Projects for storage tank and general facility maintenance. We have a number of allocation of projects for bondrelated projects, both for ff e and projects for those coming online, specifically the new ambulance deployment facility and fire station 35. And in addition, we were allocated funding out of the citys capital fund to pay for some planning r