January 27, 2016, city of San Francisco Fire Commission please stand by. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. This is the reminder that under administrative code 67 a 1, the ringing and use of cell phones, pagers and use of sound producing devices is prohibited during Fire Commission meetings. Set all pageers and cell phones and other devices to vibrate or set them off now. The regular meeting of the Fire Commission for wednesday, january 27, 2016, its 5 02. Roll call. President francee covington, pre, Ken Cleaveland, here, stephen nakajo, Michael Hardeman. Joan hayeswhite here. Public comment. Members of the public may address the commission for up to 3 minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speakers shall address their remarks in the commission as a whole and not to individual commissioners or D
City that exist now over the over pass. The firefighter station we went to were very professional and aware of the policy and they let us in to use the restrooms. We spoke to them about an effort we were planning and carried out to the where we are holding a flyer for the homeless folks. We also attached a dollar bill to each one of the flyers to give them a little incentive to Pay Attention to the information on the flyer. It says that public toilets open everyday from 9 00 a. M. To 10 00 p. M. At the fire stations closest to tent city on mission. We went to 70 tents and we had channel 2 following us as we handed out the flyers. The homeless folks were very much not aware that this policy exist that they can use these toilets. I feel we need to have signage at each fire station, a sign equal in size to a sign that is currently up there about abandoned babies can be dropped off at the fire stations. I think this is necessary because we need to feed two birds with one seed. We need to a
About the unique challenges that are presented by below grade homes . Yes, our biggest challenge is changing the mindset in our members of our we fight fires. Nine times out of ten when we go to a fire, our first rescuer on the scene wants to go to the front door to put a fire out. With below grade homes, say the level you come up on the road is really, instead of the ground floor, its the top floor. What happens if the fire is in the floors below, and we dont know that, we are going into a chimney effect. That stairwell is very very dangerous to us. We have to do it in different ways. We have to identify straight off what we are dealing with. Communicate that to the chief in transit and all the other firefighters on the scene and know the safest way to fight that fire. And another way to get below it. In a lot of houses in San Francisco where houses are attached to each other unfortunately we are going to have to go through your neighbors house and get through a wall to get in. We hav
Neighbors house and get through a wall to get in. We have to do what we have to do. We have to be a little creative. This set up there is making people more creative. Its not your typical go through the front door an find it. Decisions have to be made very quickly and correctly or people will get hurt. Its working great. Very good. Thank you for that additional explanation. Madam president , i just want to add that our specialized training that weve had as of late, the members have been so enthusiastic about it. They have embraced it and come back for more and repeated, performed and come back. They have told me personally this is the best training they have had in their career. That speaks volumes to the Training Staff over seen by then captain column biney and now chief column biney. Wonderful work. The members of our department are always eager to test their skills, sharpen their skills and learn new skills. Thats what makes our Department One of the top two in the country. So, that
Meeting on the 10th for possible action. If there is any lingering issues or questions, a special meeting could be called the following week. It happened in the past. That is a possibility in case there are any issues of the advance of the second submissions. Now that the citys budget process is a 2year process, the first 1 fiscal year 20162017 is the first one approved. No major changes from the current year. I want how highlight some items. The main issue on the budget is the annualization in the a lot of issues in the department with regards to mainly positions. Most positions were funded at. 7 and. 5. Those positions are annualized fully for 1617. Originally in the budget we had two fire academies budget for 16, 17 and 18. However given the award last year of the federal safer grant we were able to add an Academy Grant to that. We are going to have three academies, one in june, one in october and one projected for march 17th. I briefly wanted to update the commission on the departm