[ roll call. ] clerk item 2, general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speakers 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 statements made during Public Comment. Is there any Public Comment . Please step forward. And identify yourself, please. Hi. Good evening. My name is tracey thompson, and i came to this Fire Commission meeting for the first time on january 10th to express my concern over the lack of an adequate way to fight a big fire in the western and southern neighborhoods of the city. What i heard in response at that meeting was, quote, the pc is handling it, unquote. A
[ pledge of allegiance ] this is a reminder to silence all electronic devices. Fire Commission Regular meeting wednesday, january 24th, 2018, and the time is 5 01. Item one, roll call. [ roll call. ] clerk item 2, general Public Comment. Members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes on any matter within the commissions jurisdiction and does not appear on the agenda. Speakers 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 statements made during Public Comment. Is there any Public Comment . Please step forward. And identify yourself, please. Hi. Good evening. My name is tracey thompson, and i came to this Fire Commission meeting for the first time on january 10th to express my concern over the
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The temperature dropping to 15 degrees. The miners stuck in that shaft just as cold. They huddled together. They did what they could do to keep each other warm and keep each others spirits up. Its very impressive to see how well they managed the situation. Reporter teams above sending down blankets and heat packs. After so many hours a massive crane lowering a basket down to bring the miners up in small groups. Good news for the lucky 17. And the Fire Department says this is one of the toughest rescues theyve ever had. All of the miners are now home. They are okay. But nobody is going back into that salt mine until the problem is fixed. Gio benitez, abc news, lansing, new york. Long ten hours there in lansing, new york. Thanks, gio. The sun made a brief appearance in california before new rounds of rain this weekend. Another powerful storm hit coastal areas yesterday flooding low lying streets and look at that. It came one day after the weeks strongest storm drenched the state and much
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