Speaker shall address their remarks to the commission as a whole, and not to individual commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speaker. The lack of a response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with, or support of statements made during Public Comment. Is there any general Public Comment . There is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the Public Comment line. General Public Comment is closed. Item three approval of the minutes. Discussion and possible action to approve the meeting. Minutes from the regular meeting on april 10th, 2024. Is there any Public Comment on the minutes . There is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the Public Comment line. Is there any discussion or questions from the commission on this meetings minutes . Madam chair, may i make a motion to approve the minutes, please . Done and, commissioner, Vice President frazier, how do you vote . I vote i the motion is unanimous. Item four. Chief of departments, report. Report from chief of department Janine Nicholson on current issues, activities and events within the Department Since the Fire Commission meeting on april 10th, 2024, including budget, academy, special events, communications and outreach to other Government Agencies and the public. And report from Administration Deputy chief shane kialoa on the administrative divisions, fleet and facility status and updates, finance, support services and Homeland Security. Good evening, Vice President frazier. Commissioner. Collins. Commissioner. Nakajo maureen. Command staff i am Janine Nicholson, chief of San FranciscoFire Department. And this is my report. Since our previous meeting of april 10th. Its been a busy couple of weeks, chief Michael Mullen and i have been continuing our station visits. Been going well. I even got to run a call with engine 21 yesterday. And, its been well received so far, our our visits, we had Labor Management meeting, last week, and then right after that, we went to the Treasure Island dot, to welcome the iaff International Association of firefighters, and their instructors, they were there for firefighter ground survival and, and they brought us, a new, piece of equipment to train our members there, training 30 of our folks so those people can train our own members on, fire ground survival. All while i was out there. It was amazing, what was going out there . Going on out there, chief moore, we had, we had that going on with 30 people. We had, our tactical ems training with the police was going on out there. We had, Hazardous Materials being taught to the 133rd class. We had an h three level one recruit class, and we had a Helicopter Rescue drill where we had, lauren canning, one of our dog handlers, and her search and rescue dog, barney came in via chp helicopter and got, dropped down, not dropped. But you know what i mean, yeah. Came down and he searched the rubble pile, found the person, and then they got whisked away again. And so there was so much going on out there. It was amazing. The amount of coordination it takes to do all that. So really just really proud of our department and all the work being done out there. Thank you. Chief mao. We sent out offers for the 134th class that will start at the end of june. Provisional offers for people to go through backgrounds and medical, and we dont expect everyone to make it through those, the background and medical. So we always offer more than there are, spots. We had our promotional pinning ceremony. Thank you, commissioner nakajo, for joining us there. And were going to do that more regularly now that we are past, our covid years. We also had dispatcher appreciation week last week. We went to the dem department of Emergency Management to, thank the dispatchers for all they do. They are the first, you know, the first line in the Public Safety chain by taking those calls and then by dispatching us and making sure we have the resources that we need to do our jobs, and then today, chief lothrop, thank you very much. He attended the Ribbon Cutting for the new 911 center at 1011 turk street. And, it is, our folks, we also have our members in there. And so as our subject matter experts. But thank you, chief, for going to that Ribbon Cutting with the mayor and others. Speaking of the mayor, we met with the mayors Budget Office regarding our needs and specifically, we talked a lot about our apparatus and the pricing and the age and all of that. And you know, we know the city has, has, some real budgetary constraints this year. I think next year will be worse. But, you know, we made our, argument heard loud and clear. So more to follow on that, moving forward, we also had the 1906 earthquake commemoration at lottas fountain, thank you, command staff, for being out there at 430 in the morning. Much appreciated, and then we had a nert drill this past weekend. Thank you, commissioner nakajo, for attending that. It was in the Mission Bay District this time. And we also had the Cherry Blossom, parade and thank you again, commissioner nakajo and, Vice President frazier for attending and commissioner nakajo, i know that is near and dear to your heart, and i thought it was a wonderful, wonderful day. So thank you for that. You know, also been meeting on street conditions and the drug market accountability, center with police and others. And there is a case at the Supreme Court right now, grants pass, in oregon that could have some significant ramifications for the city one way or the other. So were keeping a close eye on that. And, and then, really, this past weekend, we found out saturday evening that, stephen sylvester, his family wanted to was wanted to have a memorial service. So we prepped for that and did it today. And i just want to thank, you know, chief erika brown, chief patrick rabbitt, and, rescue captain ray crawford, station three. Everybody who really put their heads down and just got to work planning that whole thing. And, it was really well attended, and it was a really, as father green calls it, terrible beauty, it is terrible that its happening, but boy, do we know how to show up and thats what we did today. It was up in santa rosa, so. And, if we could end the meeting today in, in honor of stephen sylvester, he was a, wonderful man. And i know that sometimes when people get eulogized, you know, you only say positive things about them. But this was one of those guys who he was a great firefighter. He was a great paramedic. He was a great officer, he was a great mentor. And teacher. And he was a great human being. Like, he really was. He was all of it and more. And and so, you could see the love and respect for him, lined up, today at the Luther Burbank center in santa rosa. So that concludes my and oh, i also want to say thank you to those who, stayed in the city and signed up for overtime and worked overtime and worked their regular shifts, so we did not leave the store unattended, and, much appreciation to all those folks, as well. And that concludes my report. Thank you. Thank you. Chief very excellent report, is there any Public Comment on the chiefs report . There is nobody approaching the podium and nobody on the Public Comment line. Public comment is closed, any questions or comments from the commissioners on the chiefs report . Thank you. Madam chair, very much. Chief, just, some supportive comments with all of the events and information that you reported that you were involved with, but the department as well command staff and, membership, its, amazing because as i was writing it down, it kept on going on and on. Its hard to believe that its only been two weeks since weve had the last report. And a lot has happened. I think that in terms of, the commission as well, i want to thank the command staff and all the membership days and firefighters for all the support, the recruitment booth at the Cherry Blossom festival. That occurred as well. And thank you very much, commissioner, Vice President , for attending. And lastly, our remembrance and condolences to the family of lieutenant, steven silver. Rich silverbridge, thank you very much. Thank you very much, madam president. Anything go. Commissioner i would just like to extend my condolences to all of you who are colleagues of, steven sylvestris. I know that, i didnt get a chance to know him, but i can tell that he was someone you all hold near and dear as a colleague. So i would like to extend my condolences to all of you as well. Thank you. Commissioner and i, first of all, i want to say thank you for the report, congratulations on the helicopter, chief mao and everybody who participated in the helicopter exercise. I know thats on the bucket list of commissioner collins to someday be deposited by helicopter somewhere. So if we see if we can get that to happen during her tenure, i just had a quick question about the station visits. Chief, is there a particular, lane youre in for that . A target, a goal, or. These are just kind of annual semiannual . Would you say a little bit about that . So quarterly, and it is done by all of the command staff, were each given different stations and, and we used to go alone. Now were, many of us are going with another, member of the command staff. So ive been going with, chief Michael Mullen from support services. And in terms of lane, you know, we can talk about anything and everything. I think weve been, ive been expressing how proud i am of everyone in terms of our operations and how good we are, at fires, at medicals, at Community Paramedics in and how we are just doing a wonderful job and how, how grateful i am that everybody steps up when the city needs something and they ask us, we step up, and then also talking about our challenges with budget and with, you know, purchasing and our rigs and the importance of taking care of our equipment and our stations. So there are a lot of things. And then they are, they are able to ask any questions they want. So yesterday we had a question about, Firefighter Health check in light of steven silvestris untimely death. And that is something that chief carlo has been working on with multiple parties within and outside of the department to get that done for us and for our members. So so, you know, we can talk. There are a lot of things we can talk about, but, yeah, i, i like to let them know sort of the work that were doing on everybodys behalf. Thank you. Also, id just like to say that, the death of a colleague is a really intense experience as colleagues who are part of our history, our memory, and for the grief of the loss of the years that he was not able to continue living amongst us. And i know he will be with in in your hearts forever. So thank you for telling us about his his farewell, his memorial. And are there any other comments about the chiefs report . No. Okay. Thank you. Maureen. Were moving on. Chief carlo, report from administration. Deputy chief shane carlo. Good evening, Vice President. Frazier. Commissioner collins. Nicassio. Maureen. Chief nicholson, command staff. I am shane kialoa, deputy chief of administration. And this is my report for march 2024. Well begin with Homeland Security assistant deputy chief erika ahsha brown. Like all of, or every month, chief brown is in multiple meetings at the local, state and federal level. The main situational awareness, this allows the chief to be able to plan for the planned events and coordinate with the proper agencies, but really, it helps her and section chief josh smith pivot on a dime when there is the unexpected events and incidents within San Francisco, so as you see in your report, the amount of meetings that chief brown is at, some that i will highlight for march is the heat, air quality response tabletop exercise. This was with dem and 100 other participants, this includes is planning for our extreme weather events in San Francisco that weve had many times over the years, as well as our air quality in San Francisco due to our, our, microclimates and the wildfires that burn within california and developing plans and contingencies for when those events happen in San Francisco. So in terms of areas, hot zones, identifying cooling stations and clear air, buildings to be utilized among many other contingencies and plans, she also coordinated the k9 monthly drills with California Task force three. California task force three is out of menlo park. It is one of 28 National Urban search and rescue teams who has deployed to events such as katrina and, part of the abilities with the urban search and rescue team are the canine rescue dogs that we have here in San Francisco. And so she coordinated that training alongside with chief miller. Also, we purchased three drones that will be showing up shortly, hopefully within the next month or two months. They are smaller drones that are utilized for training, so we can continue to train all of our Drone Operators and also use it for our, camera capabilities, filming capability , whether its at training, or at incident, were also awaiting another drone through a grant from uac. Ill be able to update you with that once we have a better timeline of when that drone will be in. And chief brown continues to seek grants for, further funding for the drone program, as well as training exercises and many other things that happen at a Homeland Security in the month of march. She also planned, the Saint Patricks day parade, which is on the next page. At the bottom of that page is a picture of our Fire Department operations center. That is the planning process, for the Saint Patricks day parade, chief brown and section chief josh smith do a fantastic job bringing in individuals from the field to include battalion chiefs, firefighters, lieutenants and captains to build out the event. Action plan that consists of, organization and, or organizational structure , it outlines a communications plan, a response plan, a contingency plan, a medical plan , and so forth, it also as well as messaging, so theyre just doing a fantastic job of not only developing that plan, but developing our folks in the field to continue to bring them in so that when we have a large incident in San Francisco, that well be able to bring those folks in and be able to manage that plan throughout multiple operational periods, at the top, what you see is a, an exercise that chief brown had coordinated. That is the active shooter exercise. And i did put this in the chief brought it up. This was the exercise at the division of training. This is actually happened in april. I bring it today. Due to lieutenant sylvesters, funeral, lieutenant, sylvester was a part of the Helicopter Rescue technician. Folks who were trained in the ability to respond on this helicopter to our coastlines, be able to drop down, provide care to folks on the coast, whether it be on the cliffs or in the water, and be able to rescue those folks, this is a partnership with our california highway patrol. And, maybe well show you our short video of what that looks like. No sound. No sound. So ill narrate. So you see that chp helicopter coming in over, this exercise was to mimic an earthquake at the size of the 1906 earthquake, where roads are impassable. We have multiple structures down, and we want to do a search and rescue operation. Thats the chp helicopter bringing over our Helicopter Rescue technician along with their, search canine, lowering them down into the training center. What youll see from there is the handler handling the dog over the rubble pile and looking for live victims, which, they did find. Chief miller looks good on camera. We could stop it. We could stop it there. Sandy. Thank you, but i think you see the idea. Thats the rubble pile in the background. This is another one of our our, Helicopter Rescue technicians that are unhooking the technician and the canine to allow them to search that pile. And i believe that is sadie. Sadie yep. That one. Barney. God, if we could only hear your voice, chief miller. Do you see barney there signifying that they do have a live victim to the handler . But i show that, one for the training exercise, coordinated by chief brown and section chief josh smith and the coordination with chp. The coordination with our division of training. And then, of course , steve sylvester, next, in our diversity, equity and Inclusion Office under assistan