[ ] homelessness in San Francisco is considered the number 1 issue by most people who live here, and it doesnt just affect Neighbors Without a home, it affects all of us. Is real way to combat that is to work together. It will take city departments and nonprofit providers and volunteers and companies and Community Members all coming together. [ ] the product homeless connect Community Day of Service Began about 15 years ago, and we have had 73 of them. What we do is we host and expostyle event, and we were the very force organization to do this but it worked so well that 250 other cities across the globe host their own. Theres over 120 Service Providers at the event today, and they range anywhere from hygiene kits provided by the basics, 5 to prescription glasses and reading glasses, hearing tests, pet sitting, showers, medical services, flu shots, dental care, groceries, so many phenomenal Service Providers, and what makes it so unique is we ask that they provide that Service Today he
This. Im looking at you gail and patricia and jim and so many other people. Jason, allen, cat, the earth his only people in this neighborhood that rise to the occasion and really help us do what we need to do to be prepared. I want to thank everyone who has joined us today. I look forward to continuing our work to be prepared for the next earthquake, and i want to thank our First Responders. I have so much respect for all of you. All of our Police Officers, all of our firefighters. What would we do without you . You are amazing. Especially here in San Francisco [applause] with that, i would like to call up San Francisco battalion chief [applause] it is dangerous to give me an open mic. I have limited time. I am a talker. It is an honor to be here today. Thirty years ago the deputy chief and myself were pro bees, we didnt even earn that status. We were in a fire academy and at 504 we were being dismissed. And in the yard, he always had to run in the yard unless you are doing a training
Thats another advocacy issue. We could be charging as mechanism to do if there isnt im sure if we charge a patient for ambulance ride, work charg we can charge a hospital while were waiting for someone to take the handoff of the patient. I think in 2020 these are things we need to be thinking about as a commission and super advocating for ourselves. D. P. W. Managed to get half Million Dollars out of the Fire Departments hands going into their hands for a job thats a Fire Department job. Maybe we should hire that guy at d. P. W. Im hoping in 2020 we do a better job at this and we as a Commission Start to see this stuff. Thanks chief. Thank you very much. Chief velo thank you for your report. I have two things. There was a drill on saturday october 19th. Did you want to comment on how well this drill went . Thats the drill debut that coincides with the earthquakes we had in past history of San Francisco. Very well attended. Lot of volunteers were there. It was very well attended event.
To do this. They were very pleased to do that. They actually approached us to get the idea of getting that in the school. Well meet with them in the future and have ideas. Having that relationship with s. I. And having that large drills going from house to house instead of doing it live, it was a great drill. I was pleased to see that. The press was impressed. Pretty much a full page and the back side. I wanted to get some feedback on that and i want to thank all those volunteers and members who went out there that day. Only other remark i wanted to show our appreciation. To you commissioner, veronese for this program. Item 6, commission report. Report on Commission Activity since last meeting october 9, 2019. Commissioners, ill call for Public Comment on this item. Any member of the public wishes to give Public Comment on this item . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. Any announcements that you would like to make at this time. Vice president covington. Vice president covington i w
A lot of hard work. They knocked the fire down and training, having equipment available, having the mayor and everyone behind the Fire Department, it all came together that day. I can tell you it was a proud day for the front San Francisco Fire Department and also for the people who came in and the offduty guys and it all worked out good. For all of us that were there that day, they were proud of what happened. We did the best we could under the circumstances and it all worked out. Here we are today. Thank you very much. Thank you. Right on time. [applause] again, we want to thank each and everyone of you for joining us here today to commemorate the 30 Year Anniversary of the earthquake. We honor the men and women of the San Francisco police and Fire Department that have put their lives on the line year after year in this city to keep us all safe. Today, as a reminder of our need to do everything we can to build a more resilient city. We have a fair that is supported by district two su