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So to support the pedestrian goal to reduce our pedestrian fatalities do so by actually cooperating. Onesizefitsall creates a clear barrier to the cities goal to save lives. So were urging the city to set an example by approaching the ordinance as it currently reads. Thank you thank you very much. Is there any additional Public Comments . Come forward good afternoon supervisors im doug. Id like to thank supervisors chu and farrell for calling this hearing. I think the Fire Department is long overdue for a close examination. Obviously longterm san franciscans remember the introvert for the misu...

I agreed to sponsor this with lengthy conversations with fire professionals who at the end of the day are focused on safety. And from my prospective if the fire chief or Fire Department doesnt want those systems if the rank and file firefighters dont increase safety this ought not to be a system in San Francisco and thats my prospective today. I hope we can move it out of Committee Supervisor kim. So i actually came into this hearing which i asked a lot of questions and i appreciate the Fire Department. To be honest, i feel uncomfortable being a layperson to vote on a policy change such as thi...

In the article that come out this morning some firefighters weve lost in buildings that were on the 30th floor yeah. This is la i believe. Philadelphia 3 firefighters. I know this was 20 years ago but i want to feel comfortable. Right. With the decision were making. Im curious at what feet do we want to have thirty floors or 50 floors. Today, were building buildings taller than let me state for the record neither los angeles nor philadelphia have a fire system so even after losing firefighters in highrise buildings they dont have a fire system. So again, the Fire Departments position is that w...

3007 will no longer be required to install a system. This includes the Fire Commission that adopted the proposal earlier this year to choose within the elevator and using the air rescue system. While it will provide a different means of delivering air the Firefighters Want a elevator. This amendment is consistent with the california state fire code which is not recognized for fire safety. Such a elevator can rapid move the firefighters and air canisters up and down the building. The fire system can significantly increase the cost of the highrise projects with an increase to firefighter safety....

Floors below the fire floor so if youre on floor 50 and youre trying to do evacuate its by climbing not by an elevator actually, my apologizes. Supervisor good to see you. The state fire marshall requires the use of those fire Service Elevators and i want to make sure i understood that companies are saying theyre not building the elevators to the code that the fire marshall requires . That is no, in the Fire Department recommended that a new hardened elevator that was in the code in 2008 it required both systems both the air and the elevator. So the question is fastest has gone up since buildi...