And asphalt and some of the Fire Equipment had to be moved because the heat was so intense it was buckling the street and the water pipes. The fire spread quickly and started the Fire Department personnel were overwhelmed. Buildings on either side started to go up in the flames. Already the buildings were starting to go. The above officers entered the building to evacuate more students and even some in the adjacent building. Approximately 150 residents were evacuated from the buildings through the smoke and haze. The ceilings bubbling, and the heat from the bookshelves were still smoldering when they exited the building. Many of the residents were asleep, and where they were in mortal danger. If they have not been opened, there would have suffocated and many would have passed away in the fire. Upon conferring with the fire chief, i learned there where no deaths in the fire, no serious injuries. We credit the actions of these officers for saving many lives and that fire. When i was a li
Historic actions and volunteers the call for many volunteers to go into the fire that night, and only the officers on the scene into the fire without any kind of protective fire equipment, gloves, or masks. They save the lives of many students and people. They represent the highest standard of service the San Francisco Police Department has to offer. [applause] for this at the brewery, they will be presented the bronze medal of valor. [applause] i would like to call up a captain stephen tacchini, and officers jones and tapang. Good evening. I would like to introduce officer brian jones, and eric tapang. On saturday, september 17, 2011 what working uniform patrol in the broadway corridor of columbus and broadway, officers were summoned. Did the to and ask for their assistance in obtaining a subject that appeared to be acting suspicious, and was possibly wanted for criminal act. Officers approached the subject. As they did so, they noticed he was rolling a marijuana cigarette in his hand
Behalf of all of us. We are also very lucky to have a bunch of people from sfmta, many of them are here. My job is to introduce the awardees. Please join me and give a hand for jay primus, george reynolds, steven lee, and lorraine fuqua. Thank you. This is a tremendous honor. It really does feel fabulous to be recognized. One of the relief fund things about this project is that it is just complex enough and just big enough that it is truly a case where hundreds of people were required to really get it off the ground. Theres really nothing thats the kind of thing we dream about. Working shoulder to shoulder with that many people to make something happen. It has never happened before. What a pleasure. Unfortunately, the mfac award is limited to four people. We are up here representing an entire team. Some of that court team is here tonight, including lauren, alex, lisa foster, hank wilson, lesley, jason lee, and brendan monaghan. [applause] those are some of the folks those are just some
I would like to call up a captain stephen tacchini, and officers jones and tapang. Good evening. I would like to introduce officer brian jones, and eric tapang. On saturday, september 17, 2011 what working uniform patrol in the broadway corridor of columbus and broadway, officers were summoned. Did the to and ask for their assistance in obtaining a subject that appeared to be acting suspicious, and was possibly wanted for criminal act. Officers approached the subject. As they did so, they noticed he was rolling a marijuana cigarette in his hand. Officer tapang remove the cigarette from the mans hand. His Immediate Response was to flee from officers. Saturday night on broadway is pure chaos at 2 00 in the morning. Hundreds of people leaving the nightclubs. These officers are chasing this person down the crowded street. As the chase went on for a few yards, but the suspect reached underneath his jacket. He withdrew a tech 9 automatic pistol. He was running down broadway and took the weap
Deputy chief james that lake, lyn tomioka, leanora militello, and next to lyn commander biel, corrier from field comman. I would like to introduce chief grigory p. Suhr. Good evening, and hopefully lyn still wants to be your boss tomorrow. I know it is quiet and there are a lot of kids in the room. That is terrific. The medal of valor ceremony is the best event that we get to attend. It is when there is a crisis, emergency, extreme danger and takes everything you have to go forward, and everyone else that would want to run away, the people you will hear about tonight not only went forward, but they stood their ground, they saved lives, they promoted Public Safety, and i have been attending the medal of valor ceremonies as a captain since 1996, and i can honestly tell you the stories you will hear tonight in the roster we are born to go down tonight is the most impressive night of the medal of valor ceremonies i have had in however many years. It really is something. Tonight is for a of