Casualty someplace in the united states. Its really quite distressing so what is the plan to update these units . One thing i would say is these units, theyre not used all the time. Theyre still in good shape. Commissioner covington im sorry . Theyre what . Still in good shape . Yeah, theyre still in good shape. Trucks for Certain Companies are our highest demand. We have to always put priority for the engine trucks so we have use for every day and as the budget functions and the money allows from city hall, we see items here on the list that we can update, so were working with the chief here and mark corso, we have some updates that we can identify, and were going to put in the request. Commissioner covington okay. What you have outlined is a logical plan, okay . And i agree with the plan. So when the plan is put on paper in january, i suppose we have a plan to come for that. We have a plan in the budget that were going to ask for. For the fleet update, we have a plan for the one that
Place in april, may . So the push for new money, thats going to begin fairly soon, though. Mmhmm. Yes. Commissioner covington okay. Well thank you for that response. Then, i had another question regarding the drone. Excuse me . Commissioner covington the drone. So chief cochran. Good morning again. Good morning. Good morning thank you for your progress on this. Its amazing to me that things take years. You know, the most needs in order for them to be met, it takes years. So on the up side, for the second drone, things will go much more quickly. Thats the plan, commissioner, commissioner, yes, maam. Commissioner covington okay. Well, im hoping for a second drone because its been a steep learning curve to get that first drone in the air. I think we will all feel much better and all feel a sense of accomplishment when it takes its maiden voyage. Absolutely. Commissioner covington okay. Well, thank you. Thank you. President nakajo chief cochran, you want to stay up there for a sec . Yes, s
Which one, in the 11to15y r 11to15year yeah, the m. C. U. Is one of the buses. Commissioner covington okay. But above that m. C. U. , two steps, you have mass cas. Thats one of the two that im talking about, mass casualty here. Commissioner covington okay. I have some concern about that because just about every day on the news, theres a mass casualty someplace in the united states. Its really quite distressing so what is the plan to update these units . One thing i would say is these units, theyre not used all the time. Theyre still in good shape. Commissioner covington im sorry . Theyre what . Still in good shape . Yeah, theyre still in good shape. Trucks for Certain Companies are our highest demand. We have to always put priority for the engine trucks so we have use for every day and as the budget functions and the money allows from city hall, we see items here on the list that we can update, so were working with the chief here and mark corso, we have some updates that we can identif
December 27, 2023 and the next Fire Commission regular meeting is january 10, 2024. Please insure youre in a quite location for Public Comment. Speak clearly and turn off background sound, television phones, radios. Wait for the item to be called. Press star 3 to be added to the queue. The system will notify you when you are in line. Callers hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak. Operator will unmute you. Yeah may also watch live at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Item 1, roll call. President nakajo, present. Vice president morgan, present. Commissioner feinstein, present. Commissioner fraser, present. Commissioner collins has been excused and chief of department jeanine nicholson, present. President nakajo will now read the land acknowledgment. Thank you madam secretary. The San Francisco we acknowledge that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land and in acco
Chief williams, excuse me. Could you start at the beginning for those who may be watching and dont know what the vigilant guardian drill was about . Just, give those folks some framework. Of course. Assistant deputy chief francisco give us an overview and then i can continue with my role as well as his role. Thank you. Welcome, chief. Assistant deputy chief shane francisco, Homeland Security division. Large scale exercise involving radiological incident in San Francisco and the bay area. Occurred over a week long, a lot of training leading up to in the months ahead of time. Two aspects of radiological terrorism incident. First part of the drill was what we call left of boom. Detecting it, mitigating a radiological threat before it goes off. So, what about is about, dirty bomb, just give you a brief background. Dirty bomb, an existing radiation source and use an explosive to spread the existing radiation. It does not create Nuclear Explosion like nagasaki or hiroshima. This is radiation