Thank you, supervisor peskin. Well begin with the q a portion with City Attorney herrera. The first set of questions are from kate wolf. The aclu and other Community Groups have said injunctions like gang injunctions used in the past dont address root problems and violate peoples civil liberties. Can you address how these injunctions will be different from those . One thing you heard uniformly, both from the mayor, from supervisor peskin and from the chief of police, this is part of a has to be part of a comprehensive approach that focuses on drug rehab, Mental Health and the like. So there is no doubt that we need to also get the root causes which are contributing to our problem. However, this is different from gang injunctions. This is not based on affiliation or status, it is based on going after individuals who have been known to engage in criminal conduct that has been charged by the District Attorney and arrests by the Police Department for known activity that has occurred in the tenderloin. The fact of the matter is, we carefully crafted this to make sure it was based on conduct, not on status or affiliation. And there is also the opportunity for if people have a legitimate reason to be in the 50square block area, the protected zone, courts, city hall, have all been exempted from the limitation of movement. So this is very different from gang injunctions. I think it is something people need to be aware of. This is based on conduct, not status. And demonstrable conduct from individuals who dont even live in the tenderloin and 27 of the 28 dont even live in the city and county of San Francisco. Thank you, City Attorney. The next question is from joe with bay city news. Why would civil injunctions be used instead of criminal actions if the city knows who the dealers are . Its another tool in the tool kit. Certainly, there are criminal penalties that can accrue, but the fact of the matter is, if someone is going to suffer a financial penalty of a significant dollar amount, that is something that dissuades individuals from engaging. With respect to these injunctions, you have two tools, a criminal sanction as well as a civil sanction which did not occur previously. This encompasses the whole tenderloin, where something that the chief referred to earlier, the stayaway orders in other criminal cases were designed to be with respect to one particular corner or block. It was not nearly as comprehensive as what were seeking here today. Thank you, City Attorney. That concludes todays press conference. Thank you, everyone, for joining us. Executive orders and the mayors proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency. During the coronavirus disease emergency the Fire Commission regular meeting room at city hall is closed and meetings of the Fire Commission. You may watch this meeting live at www. Sfgovtv. Org. Participate during Public Comment by phone and please dial 415 6550001 and use access code 146 122 0408. Members of the public will have opportunities to participate during Public Comment. The public is asked to wait for the particular agenda item and before make a comment on that item. Comments will be addressed in the order they are received. When the moderate era nounses that the commission is taking Public Comment, members of the public can raise their hand by pressing star 3 and you will be queued. Callers will hear silence when waiting for your turn to speak. Operator will unmute you when prompted, callers will have three minutes to provide comment. Ensure you are in a quiet location, speak clearly and turn off any tv. Item 1, roll call. President covington, [roll call] [roll call] im wondering who james smith is . James smith is the i. T. From sfgovtv. Got it, thank you. Ok. 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 that does not appear on the agenda. Speakers shall address the remarks to the commission as a whole and not to individuals commissioners or Department Personnel. Commissioners are not to enter into debate or discussion with the speakers. The lack of a response by the commissioners or Department Personnel does not necessarily constitute agreement with or supports statements made during Public Comment. And i will check to see there is no one in the Public Comment line. Lets close Public Comment. Ok. Item 3. Approval of the minutes. Discussion and possible action to approve the regular Meeting Minutes on september 9th, 2020. There is nobody in the Public Comment section. Public comment is closed. Commissioners i move we approve, medicine am president. Thank you. Ill second. Thank you. All vote. [roll call] yes. And commissioner nakajo. Yes. The motion is unanimous. Thank you. Clerk item 4. Chief of departments report. Jeannine nickolson on current issues, activities and the Department Since the Fire Commission meeting on september 9th, 2020 including Budget Academy and special events and communications and outreach to other Government Agencies and the public. And report from administration, deputy chief, joe a velo on administrative division, fleet and facility status and updates, finance, support services, and training within the department. Thank you very much, president covington, commissioners, mr. Marine, command staff, chief nickolson. This is my report, weve had 28 covid positives in all, we still have people off work in quarantine and we had an issue with our wild land firefighters a couple of weeks ago and quite a few of them came back with covid and so we have adjusted our policies and we now have the latest group that came back, we didnt have any covid positive so i believe weve addressed that really well. Some really good news, a grant, we are working with fema. Theyve awarded us a grant and were working with them, mark corso is and hopefully well be able to receive the funding some time later this year. It is a 13. 7 million grant that will fund an Academy Class of 36 people and pay for their salaries for three years. So there will be no impact on the general fund. This is really great news. Because we didnt think we were going to be able to hire anybody for several years. This will save us quite a bit in overtime money. We are also receiving a grant for over 600,000 for three new mini pumpers. The mini pumpers are the small vehicles we drive into mclaren parks and other parks to put out grass fires. And we are definitely aged and this will be wonderful to have them replaced. It will take a while before we get them replaced. But those are the grants that mark korso is working on and i want to thank them for following. We have to meet with the mayors Budget Office to get final approval but its free money. Were hoping for the best. Apologies, there goes my phone. The chief has been working really hard on shared space platforms outside dining and park lets. I know he has been involved in extensive meetings this week with this growing program. We want to do our best to support all businesses that are reopening and we have to also ensure that they follow the fire code and that we have access both for fires and for patients to all these buildings. Fire marshal, do you want to say anything further about that . Yes, chief. Good evening. We have our inspectors. Theyve been inspecting and surveying the districts and all the commercial areas and the platform construction and identifying any Fire Department access issues and we put a Team Together with dpw and we have prioritized those that are most urgent and while working with the Business Owners and we have just began that. Actually today. So, were focused on it and it will be an ongoing review and i think were in good shape. Thank you, very much fire marshal. Yes, we absolutely want to support the citys reopening and we want to do it in the safest, most reasonable way possible. I want to call them out again. Theyre doing some pretty incredible work in terms of getting people into the treatment programs that they need. They will also be well be ramping up a Critical Response team so you may want to have either chief tom or simon pang give an update on that in the next month or so. Theyre just out there doing a lot of great work and really the Mayors Office is happy with them and azzam i. And the want to note the chief is off this week so chief tang is in the house and he will happily answer them and i also want to introduce our newest member of the command staff. This is going to be assistant deputy chief of Homeland Security. And she has worked with nurture she has run nert single handlely for years and years and id just like her to say hello and say a few words. Im happy to have you here so thank you for saying yes. And just one last little note. Lets all give a shout out to chief cochran who had a little knee reconstruction today. So, just think a good thought for him. And that concludes my report. Thank you, chief. Madam secretary, are there any members of the public with comments or questions. Public comment is closed and i will go to my fellow commissioners. Commissioners,. I cant see everyone. Thank you, very much, madam president. Just awe couple of comments. I want to congratulate captain on her appointment as a chief of Homeland Security. Im very excited of that selection. And im very much am gratified. I wanted to congratulate director and the team chief inaudible for a fire academy. I think its a major, major, major announcement. Particularly since we werent scheduled for any classes this year. I just cant think of anything better than that as a boost in the arm. Congratulations for the result. Thats all i have at this point madam president , thank you. Commissioner rodriguez. So, i. Confused here but its nothing new. So, i wanted to make two points and i think its regarding a grant but i dont know if it was mentioned regarding surgical masks and receipt pir eightor rs whoever is doing the grant writing. I have two daughters that are nurses, and the moral sometimes varies because of the availability of surgical mask and eye protection and stuff they need and when theres a shortage of that the moral is pretty bad. And then, not another note, my wife is a director of a preschool and theyve never been able to have someone that goes after grants and theyre upset when they hear of other people applying for grants and getting them so you do have that person that does it. I wanted to say i think its really important, like chief nickolson said, its free money and its out there and you just have to have the way to get it and im willing to add that president covington was telling me earlier that they fought for this and now you are seeing the reward. I just wanted to give a congratulations for the work that you are doing. Thank you very much. Commissioner cleaveland. I want to add this foresee curing these grants and i think theyre fantastic. 13. 7 fema grant is really huge and to fund an Academy Class of 36 individuals for three years is an amazing accomplishment and im just delighted to hear this and theres through fema as well and we have a couple other applications pending but that was the most recent award with the firefighters Grant Program. Keep up the good work, mark, your team are doing fantastic stuff. These times of budgetary constraints and almost every other department at the city were so fortunate to get these grants. I also wanted to congratulate captain erika on her new deputy chief status and Homeland Security and she will do a fantastic job so congratulations. I have a couple of questions for the chief. You mentioned chief, that the policies were changed inaudible because we had former firefighterses coming back who had covid. What changes policies did we change that needed a difference in so our guys and gals coming back inaudible are not catching covid now . Whats different . Commissioner, cleaveland, im going to turn this over to the chief who oversees the mutual aid. Ok. Good afternoon, mr. President , Vice President inaudible . So, after that incident, were at threefold. Prior deployment, during deployment and after deployment. inaudible temperatures and questionnaires and make sure everyone had the proper p. P. E. While running the apparatus and during the deployment we make sure we are here to the cal fire or Forest Service policies we have our own policies to make sure everyone adheres to those too and everyone that gets back from a deployment gets tested regardless of the exposure or if they werent sick but if members are supposed to member that is a sick or less members, or they get direct contact exposure then they get quarantined for five days and we require two negative tests prior to going to work. While the concerns we have is that not only they came to work as sick from deployment also bringing back to the fire house. They are deployment. We cover them. We believe that this is making a difference so far and i think were doing a good job with that. Thank you, chief. Chief, one other question and that deals with the difference between our em6 program and the Critical Response teams. Whats the difference between the em6 and the Critical Response teams . Whats the difference between those two . They are both Community Para medicine. Ems6 is a small slice of the pie that deals with our frequent users of 911 and we work oneonone with them to get them into services, connect them into services and get them the help and the stability that they need. Some of these folks are homeless and some most of them are homeless and unhoused, and some of them do have a place to live. The crt, the Critical Response team, what that will be is and again, ems6 goes out just with one paramedic captain. Although we have partnered with publichealth a couple of times. The Critical Response team will be a partnership with the department of publichealth and an advanced Healthcare Practitioner and a peer support person. Someone who has gone through homelessness or addiction or the like. We will respond to the calls that people were sent to and where its not a Law Enforcement issue. And that it is, you know, social work or medical that is required. The department of Emergency Management, the Police Department, Fire Department, 311 there are different entities working together to figure out how to get those calls and how to triage those calls differently instead of sending everything to the Police Department and there are 21,000 calls i believe last year for the Police Department that they want to sort of shift to a different type of response. Are we going to have the capacity to deal with that . I mean, how many of these Critical Response teams are we going to have i mean to deal with 21,000 calls over a year and it sounds like well need more than one. Were going to need a lot of them. Yes, we were budgeted somewhere over 2 million for this so we can higher new folks, how much ex will he were we putted for the Critical Response team. G. Yes. In our budget allo case there was a 2 million line item for this program, however, its the intent that in conjunction with the work of dph this program and the related expansion of it will be funded by some of the prop c revenues that were recently just approved to be used from that revenues from a couple ballot measures ago and some of that revenue is anticipated to spur this program where the 2 milliondollar allocation we received in our budget is money to get started. We are hiring in earl and late winter so we will have the capacity to grow this program. How many Critical Response teams do you anticipate needing over the course of the next year . Meals are marked, do you know how many we are shooting for . Were going to start with one team as a pilot that will test some of the procedures were going to use. Were developing a lot of Community Paramedic procedures along with publichealth, how were going to approach these calls and were working on some of the dispatch product kohls and in march the first thing was december to march is our ramp up phase. During that phase, and the initial that initial team will be captains reassigned from other ems6 roles and it will be a good chance to have them sort of beating back since theyre already Community Paramedics and during that time well also be having our next Community Paramedic class where we anticipate training and additional 20 Community Paramedics. With 12 of them being slated to help us ramp up to have six units available. Thank you very much, this is a