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.
On october 17th, 1989. For those of us who were around at that time, remember there was a moment when we didnt know what to do. The bridges were closed. It seems like we were really stuck. What happened is gods spirit within us took over and what happened is communities came together. The communities came together to not only address the immediate issues, but the more farreaching issues. Example, the San Francisco Interfaith Council was founded as a consequence. Can you imagine that week all of our faith decided we should Work Together as a community of San Francisco and Work Together. Thank you, god. You had to ring the bell a little loud, but we got it. Thank you for the First Responders, many of whom risked their lives. Thank you also for the individuals who are not First Responders, but who stepped out. They let god work in them. They have been blessed since this time since that time with the divine intervention of our god. Our god has given us Civic Leaders who make sure that our
With respect to civilians. Give us a highlevel update in terms of the numbers because right now there were a lot of numbers thrown out and we started at a certain number and then from two years ago, how many of those positions have been civilianized, and what is the subset that is considered seriously to be civilianization but havent gotten there yet . Okay. We did have, actually pulled up a report from the Controllers Office from earlier this year and about 54 positions that had been identified previously as civilianization positions, all of them have been filled save for two which were no longer applicable, meaning the position no longer existed in the format it was at the time, and then the 25 positions from that we got budgeted, and 25 positions in 19 20, so commander ford can speak to the status of those. Welcome, commander. Good morning. Good to see you all. All right. Pertaining to fiscal year 1819, 25 positions budgeted for 1819. Of those, 13 have been filled to date. Another s
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