Oct 19, 2021 Public Safety Committee on 2021-10-19 9:30 AM

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OKAY.

GOOD MORNING, LET'S GET STARTED.

MY APOLOGIES, UM, RUNNING A LITTLE LATE TODAY, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, UM, BEING PATIENT.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER.

WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL AGENDA, SO LET'S JUST JUMP IN.

UH, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL? YES, MA'AM.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.

PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

HERE IS COFFEE AND CHAIRWOMAN CAB HDA.

HERE.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

AS A QUICK THANK YOU MADAM CLERK IS A QUICK REMINDER WHEN YOU SPEAK, UM, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, PLEASE USE OUR MICROPHONE SO THEY'RE RECORDING AND EVERYTHING CAN PICK US UP.

UM, AND THANKS AGAIN FOR BEING HERE.

THERE ARE THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

EACH ONE OF THEM, I'M SURE WILL SPARK DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS.

MEMBERS, YOU'LL HAVE SEVEN MINUTES TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THEN THREE MINUTES FOR A FOLLOW-UP ROUND, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT, UH, DATA REGARDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES AND LOGISTICS.

AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT STREET RACING TODAY AND WHAT'S BEING DONE, UH, DONE IN RESPONSE TO THAT GROWING CONCERN.

AND ALONG THOSE SAME LINE LINES, WE'LL TAKE STEPS TO, UM, REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY GRANTS.

SO, UM, LET'S, OUR PLATE IS FULL, SO LET'S GET TO WORK.

UM, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF

[1. Approval of minutes from the Public Safety Committee meeting on September 21, 2021 ]

DO I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE MEETING? UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE OR SECOND, UH, WITH A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? , UH, MINUTES HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

LET'S SEE.

ITEM.

[Public Comment]

DID WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? NO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OH, I DIDN'T? YES.

UH, YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR NAME, SIR? LAST NAME'S SANKY.

SANKEY.

OKAY.

MR. SANKY, YOU WILL HAVE, UH, TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.

WE'LL AGAIN, ASK MR. SANKY TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM.

HI.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

UM, SO MY NAME IS TIM SANKEY.

I'M A MEMBER OF TEXAS VOICES.

UM, BUT I'M HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF.

AND ACTUALLY, I'M, I'M HERE TO, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE, THE MINUTES THAT YOU GUYS DISAPPROVED IN THE LAST MEETING.

UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE CONSIDERING AN, AN ORDINANCE IN REGARDS TO HOUSING, UH, FOR THOSE ON THE REGISTRY.

AND I JUST ASK THAT, UM, EVERYBODY TAKE A DEEP BREATH.

UM, LET'S, LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT.

LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE FACTS AND STATISTICS.

I KNOW THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THERE WERE, THERE WERE A LOT OF CRIME STATISTICS THAT WERE BROUGHT THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE.

UM, HOWEVER, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING THAT SHOWED THAT A HOUSING RESTRICTION FOR REGISTRANTS.

UM, NUMBER ONE WAS, WAS ANY SORT OF PROBLEM.

AND NUMBER TWO, THE REGISTRY HAS BEEN IN EXIST EXISTENCE SINCE 1991.

HOW MANY CASES IN SAN ANTONIO WOULD'VE BEEN PREVENTED HAD THIS ORDINANCE BEEN IN EFFECT? I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT STATISTIC TO CONSIDER BEFORE JUST IMPLEMENTING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA AFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE.

AND SPEAKING OF PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE ON THE REGISTRY ARE, ARE JUST THAT, UM, THERE'S A, A NUMBER OF 2,900 ON THE REGISTRY, AND I, I BELIEVE THE STATISTIC WAS THIS WILL AFFECT 30% OF THOSE ON THE REGISTRY, POTENTIALLY.

SO, HOWEVER, THAT STATISTIC'S NOT QUITE RIGHT, BECAUSE WHILE IT WILL AFFECT 30% OF THOSE PEOPLE ON THE REGISTRY DIRECTLY, UM, WHAT ABOUT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS? WHAT ABOUT THEIR WIVES, THEIR KIDS, NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THEIR HOME, UM, IT, IT'S GONNA AFFECT A LOT MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT.

SO, I MYSELF AM ON THE REGISTRY.

I, I UNFORTUNATELY MADE A MISTAKE OVER 20 YEARS AGO, AND, UH, IT'S THE ONLY TIME I'VE EVER BEEN ARRESTED.

I DEEPLY REGRET IT.

UM, BUT YOU KNOW, EACH AND EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE TYPES OF ORDINANCE OR PROPOSALS.

CAN I, CAN I FINISH MY SENTENCE? YES.

OKAY.

COME ABOUT.

IN THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE, THE LAST THREE SESSIONS, SIMILAR ORDINANCE OR OR LAWS, WAS PROPOSED IN THE LEGISLATURE.

AND EACH OF THE THREE TIMES, IT WAS NEVER OUTTA COMMITTEE BECAUSE THEY LOOKED AT THE FACTS AND THE RESEARCH TO SHOW THAT THIS DOES NOT IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY.

SO I ASKED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, I'VE CONTACTED YOUR OFFICES, I'VE ASKED TO SPEAK TO THE CHIEF OF STAFFS, AND I'VE EMAILED THIS INFORMATION TO ALL OF YOU GUYS, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK.

SO THANK YOU, MR. JUST ASKING THAT YOU GUYS CONTACT ME AND HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME MORE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON

[2. Briefing and possible action by the San Antonio Fire Department response times, logistics, personal protective equipment, and mental health programs available to firefighters [María Villagómez, Deputy City Manager; Charles N. Hood, Fire Chief] ]

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UH, GOOD MORNING, COUNCILWOMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.

UH, THIS PRESENTATION BY OUR FIRE CHIEF, UH, CHARLES HOOD IS, UM, A CONTINUATION OF WHAT THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED IN TERMS OF BRINGING TO THE COMMITTEE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.

STATISTICS OF BOTH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE DID, UH, STATISTICS LAST, THE LAST TIME WE MET ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO TODAY WE'RE GONNA COVER THE SAN ANTONIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE DEPARTMENT TO INCLUDE LOGISTICS AND HOW THE DEPARTMENT MANAGES, UH, EFFECTIVELY EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE MANY PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, WELLNESS PROGRAMS FOR OUR, UH, FIREFIGHTERS WHO ENCOUNTER CHALLENGES EVERY DAY IN THEIR DAILY OPERATIONS.

SO, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF HOOD.

CHIEF.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.

UH, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, UH, MARIA, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THIS STARTED.

UM, OUR COMMAND STAFF, SO PRESENT WITH ME TODAY.

I HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, CHRIS MONASTERY, DEPUTY CHIEF ANDREW ESTRADA, DEPUTY CHIEF VANCE MEAD, AND, UH, DIVISION CHIEF MIKE MULLINS.

HOW, HOW'S THE BIGGEST MAN IN THE ROOM, HIGH BEHIND THE PILLAR AND ASSISTANT CHIEF BRIAN NORRIS.

SO, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO, AND, UH, THIS DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BE IN THE PLACE IT IS WITHOUT THEIR LEADERSHIP, SO THANK YOU.

SO WE'RE AN ALL HAZARDS DEPARTMENT, AND SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, YOU THINK ABOUT FIRE, YOU THINK ABOUT E M S, AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE HAZARDS, YOU THINK ABOUT, OKAY, PLANE CRASHES, EARTHQUAKES, WILDLAND FIRES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT FACTOR IN PANDEMIC.

UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND THEN, UM, AS WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE, IS THAT HOMELESSNESS, UM, IS, IS A HAZARD.

WE'VE SEEN FIRES AROUND THIS COUNTRY THAT HAVE BEEN STARTED BY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS A HAZARD BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CALLS WE RESPOND ON, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

SO THESE ARE ALL HAZARDS ALONG WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WE ARE DOING.

AND THE, THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE HAVE, UM, DEVELOPED PROGRAMS FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS, IF YOU TALK ABOUT ACTIVE SHOOTERS OR COORDINATED COMPLEX ATTACKS, UM, WE HAVE PROGRAMS TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THINGS, HOPEFULLY TO WHERE WE WON'T HAVE TO RESPOND.

SO, UM, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO WHERE A DANGER ASSESSMENT GROUP MEETING, UH, RECENTLY AND OPENED UP, UH, THAT MEETING.

AND IT'S TO ELIMINATE SILOS, SILOS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT, SILOS BETWEEN FIRST RESPONDERS, FROM ANYBODY THAT MAY BE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE CAN NIP THAT, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES, UH, THAT WE SEE OF EXTREME VIOLENCE.

ALSO, THE PUBLIC SAFETY THREAT THREAT ASSESSMENT GROUP.

WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING HERE WITH THE F B I AND, UM, IT INCLUDED PD, CHIEF MCMANUS OPENED UP, SO DID I FIRST RESPONDERS, F B I, ALL THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT MAY HAVE SOMETHING BREWING AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE HAZARDS ARE MITIGATED FROM THE START.

SO WE ARE AN ALL HAZARDS DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS AT BUDGET, A VERY BIG DEPARTMENT, UM, UNIFORM CIVILIANS.

UM, YOU, YOU GUYS ARE PRETTY MUCH AWARE OF THIS SLIDE, SO I'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.

SO WE'RE CLASS ONE, UM, I S O DEPARTMENT.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UM, THE, UH, INSURANCE COMPANIES RATE DEPARTMENTS, ONE IS THE HIGHEST THAT YOU CAN GET.

WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK OVER THE YEARS TO GET THAT.

THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT FORMER CITY MANAGER, WITHOUT THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

OVER THE SEVERAL YEARS THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO BUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO GET A CLASS ONE.

UM, 10 YEARS AGO WE WERE A THREE, AND SO WE ARE A CLASS ONE.

AND SO ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED BY THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY EXCELLENCE.

SO 12% OF THE POPULATION IS SERVED, UM, BY AN ACCREDITED AGENCY.

AND SO LESS THAN TWO, UM, LESS THAN 7% OF THE POPULATION IS COVERED BY BOTH.

WE'RE THE SECOND LARGEST METRO AREA IN THE NATION TO BE COVERED BY TWO.

AND SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ACCREDITATION, UH, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THERE ARE 250 PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT A GROUP OF SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT OUR DEPARTMENT.

94 OF THOSE ARE CORE COMPETENCIES, WHICH YOU CAN NEVER APPLY FOR ACCREDITATION IF YOU WEREN'T TAKING CARE OF THOSE.

SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY HAS BEEN THROUGH ACCREDITATION.

AND SO I'M REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF IT.

WE ARE AN ENVY OF A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE NATION, SO BE VERY PROUD OF YOUR DEPARTMENT AND PROUD OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US GET THERE.

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SO 1710, IT SPECIFIES THE CRITERIA FOR US AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE GET THERE.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE ALARM TIME PROCESSING.

WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TURNOUT TIME, AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TRAVEL TIME.

A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU THEIR TRAVEL TIME ONLY.

A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS MAY GIVE YOU, UM, DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OF THREE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THREE OF THOSE.

SO RESPONSE TIMES ARE BASED ON THE 90 PERCENTILE.

SO, UM, WE'LL GO ON AND EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO, STANDARDS OF COVER, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE IN COUNCIL, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU SEE A HOUSE FIRE AND YOU WANT TO KNOW, OKAY, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FIRE TRUCKS THERE? UM, THERE'S A MULTITUDE OF, OF, UM, THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AS FAR AS FIRE CONTROL, SEARCH AND RESCUE VENTILATION, UM, OCCUPANT SERVICES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

SO WE HAVE TO GET A, UM, LARGE GROUP OF EQUIPMENT THERE IN, IN A QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT A HOUSE FIRE, STANDARD HOUSE, THREE ENGINES AND A LADDER TRUCK, ONE COMMAND VEHICLE, IF YOU LOOK AT A COMMERCIAL FIRE, WHICH COULD BE A LARGER HOUSE OR A COMMERCIAL OR AN APARTMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A STANDARD RESPONSE OF FOUR ENGINES AND TWO TRUCKS, ONE COMMAND VEHICLE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 22 TO 36 WHEN THOSE ALARMS GO UP AND YOU SEE APARTMENT FIRES AND YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 30 PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THERE, WE HAVE A HUNDRED FIREFIGHTERS.

IT TAKES THAT MANY PEOPLE TO COORDINATE AN ATTACK TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO SIMULTANEOUSLY.

HIGH-RISE FIRES, YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN, GREATER AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO GO TO A HIGH RISE BECAUSE, UH, CHANCES ARE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THE ELEVATORS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING HOLES UP THOSE STAIRS.

WE ARE GOING TO, UM, EXERT A LOT OF ENERGY, FINDING THE FIRE IF IT'S A HIGH RISE.

SO WE GET A LARGER COMPLIMENT OF THAT CARDIAC ARREST.

PEOPLE ASK YOU, WELL, HOW COME YOU SENT A LADDER TRUCK ON MY MOM'S HEART ATTACK? THAT LADDER TRUCK HAS A PARAMEDIC AND EQUIPMENT ON IT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO SEND SEVEN TO EIGHT ON A CARDIAC ARREST.

AND THEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS FOR CAR ACCIDENTS THAT WE GO ON.

SO THESE ARE ALL NATIONAL STANDARDS OF N F P A 1710.

SO INCIDENTS, AND IF WE LOOK AT THE, UH, INCIDENT BY TYPE, UH, AND YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGE, UH, THAT WE SEE, SO, UM, OUR CALL VOLUME'S UP ABOUT 12%.

SO OUR TOTALS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE 232,000 SO FAR FOR, UM, FISCAL YEAR 21 FOR THE YEAR 21, I'M SORRY.

AND SO, MEDICAL INCIDENTS 9.62, UM, A HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO SEVEN NINE.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF ME BEING IN THIS CITY AS A FIRE CHIEF THAT WE HAVE DI BELOW 80% ON OUR MEDICAL RUNS.

SO, BUT CONSEQUENTLY, WE HAVE GONE UP 21% ON OUR FIRE RUNS.

SO WE'RE DOING A DEEPER DIVE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT THAT NUMBER IS.

BUT OUR E M SS CALLS HAVE GONE DOWN FOR SERVICE.

BUT A LOT OF THE CALLS THAT WE ARE GOING ON AS FAR AS THE FIRE RELATED RUNS HAVE INCREASED RESPONSE TIMES IF YOU LOOK AT RESPONSE TIMES.

SO, UM, THE, UM, CALL HANDLING THAT YOU SEE UP THERE IS ACTUALLY DOWN.

AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN SOMEONE CALLS 9 1 1, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A PARAMEDIC DISPATCHER ON THEIR LINE.

THAT DISPATCHER'S GONNA BE TAKING INFORMATION WHILE THAT VEHICLE, THE CLOSEST VEHICLE MOST APPROPRIATE, IS GONNA BE FOUND ON A, ON A G P S SATELLITE SYSTEM.

UH, IT MAY NOT BE THE STATION AT IN YOUR FIRST DUE.

AND SO WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE COUNSEL, WHEN YOU'RE AT YOUR H O A MEETINGS, ENCOURAGE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, DON'T GO TO THE FIRE STATION IF YOU NEED HELP.

CALL, UH, MARIA AND I WERE AT STATION 10 THE OTHER DAY VISITING SOMEONE DROVE UP WITH A VERY, UH, SICK INDIVIDUAL.

AND FORTUNATELY THE CREW WAS THERE, BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE OUT AND THERE MAY BE A TRUCK THAT'S CLOSER.

SO AGAIN, ADVISE YOUR CONSTITUENTS IF THEY CAN JUST TO CALL US INSTEAD OF DRIVING TO THE FIRE STATION, BECAUSE IT, IT MAY BE A, A SURPRISE THAT WE'RE NOT THERE.

SO IT, YOU LOOK AT, UM, OUR TURNOUT TIME, THAT'S THE TIME THAT IS TAKING US TO GET OUT OF THE STATION TO GET, UM, GET ON THOSE VEHICLES.

AND YOU LOOK AT THE, UM, DIFFERENT TIMES FOR MEDICAL AND NON-MEDICAL, UH, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE TRAVEL TIME.

SO BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, THE TOTAL RESPONSE FIRST ON SCENE, UH, ON ALL OF 'EM IS UP ABOUT 7%.

THE MEDICAL IS UP ALSO, AND THE NON-MEDICAL IS UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH, UH, SNO APOCALYPSE, SNO OVID, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

UH, WE ARE GOING THROUGH COVID CONTINUOUSLY TO WHERE WE HAVE TO DECONTAMINATE UNITS, UH, UNITS OUTTA SERVICE FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE GOING TO LONGER DISTANCES TO HOSPITALS.

THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL FLATTEN OUT, UH, ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS SURGE.

UH, STRUCTURED FIRE DATA.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 1,672 STRUCTURED FIRE CALLS.

SO A STRUCTURED FIRE CALLS A DISPATCH.

IT MAY BE BEANS ON THE

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AND THERE'S REALLY NOT A WORKING FIRE.

A WORKING FIRE IS WHEN WE GET THERE.

AND, UM, THERE'S FLAMES SHOWING THERE'S FLAMES THROUGH THE ROOF.

WE ARE PULLING LINES.

WE ARE USING ALL OF THOSE, UM, RESPONSE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SAW EARLY IN 1710.

SO THOSE ARE WORKING FIRES.

AND WE'VE HAD AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF APARTMENT FIRES LIKE WE ALWAYS DO.

UH, WE'VE HAD SOME PRETTY LARGE FIRES OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND A LOT OF THOSE WERE COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF SNO OVI.

OUR FIRST ARRIVING UNIT RESPONSE TIME, YOU SEE IS, UH, UP, BUT IT'S EIGHT MINUTES AND 55 SECONDS.

UH, AND SO WE ARE STILL FACTORING IN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, TRAFFIC, WEATHER CONDITIONS, UM, THAT ARE GOING TO, UH, IMPEDE OUR, OUR, OUR RESPONSE.

SO APEC OF THE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE FORCE ON 1710 IS 19 MINUTES AND 15 SECONDS.

THAT IS FOR THE LAST UNIT TO GET THERE.

SO YOU'RE DEALING WITH MAYBE SIX UNITS THAT ARE RESPONDING.

THAT SIX UNIT COULD BE A AMBULANCE, IT COULD BE A BATTALION UNIT, IT COULD BE A ENGINE, BUT THAT'S THE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TIME FOR EVERYBODY OR THE FORCE.

AND SO THAT'S UP, UH, SLIGHTLY ABOUT 1%.

SO, UM, THESE NUMBERS ARE ALL PROVIDED THE 90TH PERCENTILE.

GOOD.

SAM, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT BUDGET, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETINGS.

UM, THIS TECHNOLOGY IS SOMETHING THAT IS TAKING US TO ANOTHER LEVEL AS FAR AS OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND ON INCIDENTS.

AND, UM, WE'RE THE ONLY LARGE METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT IS UTILIZING THIS TOOL.

SO IF YOU CAN SEE THE UPDATED NUMBERS, IT'S BEEN USED 7,045 TIMES.

WE HAVE SAVED A TOTAL OF 4,920 DISPATCHES.

SO THAT IS EQUIVALENT TO SAVING OR ADDING A, A UNIT OF SOME TYPE.

AND SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH US IS THAT, UM, ARE LOOKING AT BASICALLY, UM, 14 RESOURCES SAVED A DAY.

THAT'S 14 TIMES AT SAY, ENGINE 44.

THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO GET UP AFTER MIDNIGHT, UH, IN EACH OF YOUR DISTRICTS.

WE'RE SAVING RESOURCES BY KEEPING THEM IN THE STATION, NOT EXPOSING OUR CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS TO THE DANGERS OF CODE THREE DRIVING AND NOT EXPOSING OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO TRAFFIC SITUATIONS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS THAT WE DO.

SO THE GOOD SAM, UM, WAS UNAVAILABLE 892 TIMES.

SO WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THIS BUDGET, YOU'RE ALLOWING US TO INCREASE THE AVAILABILITY OF GOOD SAM DISPATCHERS.

SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK, BE LOOKING AT AMAZING NUMBERS NEXT YEAR AS FAR AS UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN SAVED.

AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THIS TECHNOLOGY, UM, THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS SAVED LIVES.

UH, IT HAS TAUGHT PEOPLE HOW TO DO C P R.

IT IS, IS IS ADVISE 'EM ON WOUND CONTROL, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE AVAILABLE BY JUST HAVING THAT PERSON TURN ON THEIR, THEIR CAMERA.

AND WE HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

SO AN AMAZING PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN OUR EQUITY SCORES, THIS IS HITTING THE, THE COMMUNITIES THAT REALLY, TRULY NEED THIS.

SO WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS UTILIZATION AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, WHAT FRUIT'S GONNA BEAR, UH, FROM THIS INITIAL, UH, IMPLEMENTATION LOGISTICS.

ASK MY GUYS THIS MORNING, SAID, HOW MANY VEHICLES DO WE HAVE? UH, PROBABLY BETWEEN ABOUT 275 AND 300.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO STAFF VEHICLES.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SLIDE, THIS REPRESENTS ALL OF THE FRONTLINE DIFFERENT VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON A 9 1 1 DISPATCH TODAY.

FROM COMMAND VEHICLES TO OUR NEW, UH, MED CAT THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS AN ARMORED VEHICLE THAT WE COULD UTILIZE IN A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE HAS, UM, BARRICADED THEMSELVES IN A HOUSE.

THEY SET THEIR HOUSE ON FIRE.

THIS WILL ALLOW US TO GIVE UP AND TO GO UP AND DO STRUCTURAL PROTECTION ON THE EXPOSURES WITHOUT RISKING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GUNFIRE.

OR IT WOULD ALLOW US TO EVACUATE PATIENTS IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU SAW AN ELEVATED GUNMAN IN VEGAS, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO IN AND UTILIZE THAT.

UM, THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER DIFFERENT COMMAND VEHICLES.

I HOPE WHEN WE HAVE YOUR TOUR OF THE E O C, WE'LL HAVE A NICE STATIC DISPLAY OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.

WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING OUT THERE EXCEPT A FOAM TRUCK, BECAUSE, AGAIN, TO MAINTAIN INDEX THOSE VEHICLES STAY ON THE, UH, CAMPUS AT THE AIRPORT.

SO WHEN WE STARTED LOGISTICS, UH, WHEN I ARRIVED HERE, WE WERE DELIVERING E M S LOGISTICS FROM OLD STATION ONE WITH ONE VEHICLE AND ONE TEAM.

THEN WE'RE DELIVERING FIRE, UH, RESOURCES FROM ANOTHER LOCATION WITH ANOTHER TEAM.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS CREATED PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ADVANCEMENT WE HAVE AS FAR AS, UM, HAVING OUR RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

AND SO OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT IS THERE, OUR

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UH, AND THEN, UH, WE ARE SUPPLY CHAIN.

SO OUR SUPPLY CHAIN IS COMING OUT OF ONE LOCATION RIGHT NOW.

UM, I, I MET WITH OUR MEDICAL DIRECTOR THE OTHER DAY.

WE ARE HOUSING 50 MEDICATIONS.

A LOT OF THOSE ARE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

AND SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED AT A FIRE STATION FROM A, FROM A SKILLET TO AN AX TO MEDICAL SUPPLIES IS BEING DELIVERED, UH, BY OUR FOLKS.

WE WERE SO FORTUNATE TO, UM, HAVE A, UH, MANAGER COME OVER FROM H E B SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT MANAGES OUR LOGISTICS EFFORTS TO GET EVERYTHING OUT THAT WE NEED AT OUR FIRE STATIONS.

OUR LOGISTICS CENTER HOLDS ABOUT 45, HAS 45 CIVILIANS OUT THERE, 22 OF THOSE ARE EMERGENCY VEHICLE TECHNICIANS THAT WORK ON THE HEAVY APPARATUS.

SO WE ARE NOT SHARING MECHANICS WITH ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT.

THEY'RE DEDICATED.

WHEN WE HAVE LARGE FIRES ON A THIRD ALARM, THEY'RE RESPONDING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TRUCKS ARE WORKING.

UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE IF THERE'S A HOUSE FIRE, THAT FIRE TRUCK DOES NOT BREAK DOWN A BLOCK AWAY FROM THAT FIRE.

SO, VERY IMPORTANT, WE THANK OUR CIVILIANS THAT WORK OUT THERE.

AND, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ACCREDITATION, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAME OUT AND WENT THROUGH WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB.

AS FAR AS WHAT WE DO, P P E, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABOUT 15,000 MASK THAT WE, UH, DISTRIBUTE TO PATIENTS AND OUR PERSONNEL A MONTH.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE COMMON PPP ITEMS THAT WE LOOK AT ARE THE N 95 MASK, WHICH YOU SEE BOXES OF THEM, UH, AT OUR CHERRY STREET WAREHOUSE.

AND YOU SEE SALT.

I HOPE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO USE SALT THIS SEASON, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS A POTENTIAL.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT P P E KITS, WE'RE LOOKING AT GLOVES, GOWNS, UM, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE DISPOSABLE.

THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT DISPOSABLE, WE, WE, WE HAVE OUR OWN GOGGLES USUALLY.

SO, UH, WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT STORAGE FACILITIES RIGHT NOW.

ONE IS AT THE SERVICES AND THEN ONE IS AT CHERRY STREET, WHICH WE REALLY, UH, GOT A LOT OF USE OUT OF DURING PANDEMIC.

THIS IS ALSO PART OF THE DEAN RESCUE TRAINING CENTER.

SO WE'VE KIND OF CORDED PART OF THIS OFF FOR SUPPLIES, STRUCTURAL, P P E, UM, THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRUCTURAL FIREFIGHTING, TECHNICAL RESCUE FIREFIGHTING, WHICH MAY BE FOR A HIGH ANGLE, IT MAY BE FOR A WATER RESCUE, MAY BE A WETSUIT DRY SUIT, A COMBINATION.

UM, SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THEN OUR ARSON, UH, INVESTIGATORS GO INTO FIRES.

SO HOW DO WE BEST PROTECT THEM? UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE PROBABLY HAVE FIVE, AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE, FIREFIGHTERS THAT HAVE DIED OF CANCER.

SO SOME OF YOU WERE ON THE, UH, COUNCIL, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY, UH, YOU WERE HERE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, SANCHEZ.

YOU WERE HERE.

I MEAN, SANDOVAL, YOU WERE HERE.

ALSO, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT CANCER INITIATIVES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT OUR FIREFIGHTERS FROM THE DANGERS OF CANCER, THINGS THAT BURN IN THIS ROOM ARE ALL CARCINOGEN.

THERE'S NOT LIKE A LOT OF WOODEN PAPER LIKE THERE USED TO BE 20 YEARS AGO.

SO EVERY TIME WE PUT OUR EQUIPMENT ON, WE ARE SUBJECT TO THE DANGERS OF CARCINOGEN.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS INNOVATION, UH, WITH OUR CANCER INITIATIVE, UM, WE TALK ABOUT OUR QUARTERMASTER PROGRAM.

AND SO WHEN WE HAVE A FIRE, OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO AN INTERIOR ATTACK THAT HAVE SOILED GEAR, WE'RE GONNA REPLACE THAT ON SCENE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT BEING DONE HERE WHERE WE HAVE CONVERTED AN E M S UNIT THAT WAS, UM, OUTTA SERVICE.

THOSE WHITE BAGS ARE GEAR EVERY RUN.

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT FIREFIGHTER IS ON THAT CALL.

I KNOW EXACTLY THEIR SIZE.

AND WE COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

UM, SO WE HAVE GEAR FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON.

WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, PURCHASE TWO SETS OF GEAR, UM, PROBABLY TWO BUDGET SESSIONS AGO, SEASONS.

AND SO EVERYONE HAS A SECOND SET.

THIS ALLOWS US TO TAKE THAT SOIL SET, UH, MAKE SURE IT'S REPAIRED, MAKE SURE IT'S INSPECTED, AND THEN GET THAT OUT.

SO WE, UM, DELIVERED 3,800 SETS, UM, SO FAR IN 21.

SO AGAIN, UM, THE TEXAS, UH, FIRE COMMISSION COMES OUT AND INSPECTS US EVERY SINGLE YEAR, UH, AS, AND THEY LOOK THROUGH ALL OF OUR GEAR.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THE GEAR THAT PASSES INSPECTION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, GEAR THAT MAKES SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE SAFE AND THAT WE ARE NOT EXPOSING THEM UNNECESSARILY TO CARCINOGEN IF WE CAN.

MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO.

UM, THERE'S A FIREFIGHTER, I WAS ON A PLANE THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE, UH, SOME NEWS, AND THERE'S A FIREFIGHTER IN OHIO THAT TOOK HER LIFE IN A FIRE STATION.

THERE'S A FIREFIGHTER IN LOS ANGELES THAT WENT IN THE STATION AND, UH, SHOT TWO MEMBERS AND THEN WENT AND BARRICADE HIMSELF IN A HOUSE AND KILLED HIMSELF.

THAT FIRE CHIEF'S A VERY CLOSE FRIEND OF MINE, DARRELL OSBY.

AND WALKING THROUGH THAT WITH THEM, IT'S, UH, IT'S A TERRIBLE THING.

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UM, A LOT OF OUR FOLKS THAT WE HIRE, THEY'VE BEEN IN THE MILITARY BEFORE.

THEY'VE BEEN SHOT, THEY'VE BEEN IN PLANE CRASHES.

SO SOME OF THEM ARE COMING IN WITH P T S D ISSUES THAT, UM, A LOT OF US HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED.

SO THIS IS A, A, A KIND OF FLOW CHART OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

SO I'M GONNA GO TO THE FIRST ONE.

AND SO AS, AS, UH, BRIAN NORRIS IS HANDING OUT A, UM, A FLYER FOR YOU.

AND SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS FLYER, AND IT'S GONNA HAVE A QUICK REFERENCE CODE ON THE INSIDE, AND IT'S GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR, OUR CORTICO APP.

AND WHEN THAT SLIDE COMES UP, YOU KNOW, OR WHENEVER YOU HAVE TIME, YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY.

BUT THIS WAS DEVELOPED, UH, OR THE IDEA, THE PAMPHLET WAS DEVELOPED BY ONE OF MY FIREFIGHTERS' WIVES, WHOSE HUSBAND IS STILL IN THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID.

AND SO WHEN YOU GET TESTED, WE'RE GIVING YOU THIS INFORMATION AS FAR AS WHAT THE FAMILIES, THE CAREGIVERS CAN DO FOR YOU.

BUT THE BEAUTY OF THIS CORTICAL APP, IT HAS EVERYTHING, UM, COMPREHENSIVE AND COUNCILWOMAN.

UM, WOMAN GRO, YOU TALKED ABOUT YOGA.

THERE'S YOGA IN THIS CORTICAL APP.

I JUST WISH I'D HAVE KNOWN WE'RE DOING BUDGET PRESENTATION 'CAUSE I'D HAVE KNOCKED THAT ONE OUTTA THE PARK.

BUT THERE'S YOGA.

SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TO BE HEALTHY IS ON AN APP WITH THE RESOURCES AND THE NUMBERS.

SO AGAIN, I WANNA THANK MY TEAM FOR THEIR INNOVATION, FOR, FOR GETTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SO PEER SUPPORT, PEER SUPPORT TEAM, UM, AGAIN, 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS ON A FIRETRUCK, YOU GET A BAD CALL.

YOU, YOU WASH THE BLOOD OFF, YOU GO BACK TO THE STATION, YOU GET BACK ON THAT TRUCK.

THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

NOBODY REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT THE DAMAGE IT WAS CAUSING YOU TO CONTINUALLY SEE TRAUMA, TO SEE THINGS THAT AFFECT YOU.

AND, AND, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE SMALL KIDS AND YOU SEE A CHILD HURT, OR YOU SEE A CHILD DIE, OR YOU SEE SOME INJUSTICE, IT'S REALLY HARD SOMETIMES TO GO BACK TO WORK.

AND SO WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT USUALLY PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING THE MOST ISSUES, THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON CALLED LIFE CALLED, UM, DIVORCE, CALLED FAMILY ISSUES, AGING PARENTS PROBLEMS WITH KIDS.

AND SO YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL OF THAT.

AND THEN YOU GO OUT AND SEEING SOME HORRIFIC THINGS.

SO OUR PEER SUPPORT HOTLINE IS AVAILABLE TO WHERE IF YOU WANT TO CALL, IT'S ANONYMOUS, YOU'RE GONNA GET SUPPORT OR OUR PEER SUPPORT TEAM.

UM, WHEN WE LOST THAT DEAN, WE PULLED EVERYONE THAT WAS AT THAT FIRE OUT AND MADE THEM GO THROUGH A, A, A A DEBRIEFING.

AND SO THOSE ARE DONE BY YOUR PEERS, THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH THAT HAVE HAD SPECIFIC SPECIAL TRAINING.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANNUAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SCREENING, OUR, OUR MEMBERS HAVE AN ANNUAL PHYSICAL.

SO WHEN THEY HAVE THIS PHYSICAL, THEY'RE ANSWERING ANOTHER 12 QUESTIONS THAT IS GOING TO KIND OF GIVE THE PHYSICIAN, UH, NURSE PRACTITIONER IDEA.

OKAY.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON BY THE QUESTIONS.

SO ALONG WITH THEIR PHYSICAL, THEY'RE GETTING BEHAVIORAL, UH, UH, HEALTH SCREENING, E A P OR EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND SO WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH C UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID TO SUPPORT OUR MEMBERS, WE HAD AT LEAST TWO CALLS WHERE WE HAD OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOLKS, OUR PEER SUPPORT.

THEY CALLED EVERY MEMBER IN OUR ORGANIZATION, UNIFORM AND CIVILIAN, JUST TO CHECK ON THEM, HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH THE KIDS' HOME ALL DAY? HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH A FAMILY MEMBER SICK? JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, UH, A THUMBPRINT, BASICALLY OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON ALL OF OUR MEMBERS.

CHAPLAINCY CHAPLAINCY IS CRITICAL.

THIS IS OUR CHAP, ONE OF OUR CHAPLAINS, JERRY WHITLEY.

UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR MEDIC OFFICERS THAT ARE LIEUTENANTS, OUR CHAPLAINS.

SOMETIMES WE GET A HORRIFIC CALL AND, UH, WE NEED SOME HELP WITH A CITIZEN.

UM, MAYBE OUR MEMBERS ARE SO CLOSE TO IT, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO, TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORT NEEDED.

WE'RE GONNA SEND A CHAPLAIN.

UM, WE HAVE CHAPLAINS AVAILABLE AT LEAST FOUR EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT WE CAN CALL, THAT WE CAN SEND.

IF IT'S AN APARTMENT FIRE AND WE'VE DISPLACED A HUNDRED PEOPLE, 30 PEOPLE, WHATEVER IT IS, WE COULD SEND A CHAPLAIN TO HELP WITH OUR OCCUPANT SERVICES.

SO AGAIN, CHAPLAINCY IS IMPORTANT.

OUR FAMILY ASSISTANCE.

AND, UH, I SEE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS BACK THERE, UH, HARVEY BACK THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HARVEY'S PART OF THE, UH, THE LOCAL AS AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THESE, UM, LINE OF DUTY DEATHS.

WE LOOK AT INJURIES, WE LOOK AT ILLNESSES, FAMILY ASSISTANCE IS THERE AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING TRULY.

UM, UM, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT WORK, DOING GREAT WORK DURING COVID.

WE JUST LOST A FIREFIGHTER LAST WEEKEND.

THEY WERE INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THAT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER THAT'S BEEN IN THE I C U FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

THEY ARE PART OF THAT.

AND SO, AGAIN, WE COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE, WHICH IS

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MELISSA GRAHAM.

SO SHE'S OUR PROFESSIONAL ON STAFF WHO'S AVAILABLE, UM, AND WORKS IN CLOSE CONCERT WITH ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, BASICALLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY PREPARED TO GO OUT AND JUST DO A VERY, VERY DANGEROUS JOB.

SO, UM, ADDITIONAL MENTAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

THERE'S A NATIONAL SUICIDE, A PREVENTION LINE, SUBSTANCE OF DEPENDENCY, WORKING THROUGH THE LOCAL AND WARRIORS HEART, WHICH IS FOR OUR, OUR MILITARY MEMBERS.

AND THEN, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FROM SAN ANTONIO, AND THEN FROM METHOD SPECIALTY TRANSPLANT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM.

SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES OUT THERE, BUT THE MAIN THING IS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE THAT, THAT RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON WITH A FAMILY MEMBER IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THAT WE REACH OUT AND WE, WE QUESTION THEM AND WE TRY TO HELP THEM, BUT WE MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED.

THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

UH, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ACCREDITATION.

UH, S A F D CONTINUES TO EXCEL, GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND SO I, UM, I HOPE EVERY, UH, FIREFIGHTER HERE IN THIS ROOM AND ACROSS OUR CITY KNOW THAT THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU.

AND, AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

UM, I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION OF THE METRICS TODAY.

I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN TELL ME HOW YOU TAKE THOSE METRICS AND, UM, AND USE THEM TO IMPROVE, UH, RESPONSE TIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, MITIGATE SOME OF THE, THE, THE, UM, OBSTACLES YOU HAVE TO, TO ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THAT WE TALK ABOUT FIRST WAS A GOOD SAM APP.

SO THAT IS GOING TO REDUCE, UM, SOME OF OUR RESPONSE TIMES.

UM, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW WE GET OUTTA THE STATIONS.

AND SO WHEN, UM, BACK IN THE DAY FIREFIGHTERS, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM, WE WOULD JUMP ON THAT FIRE TRUCK.

WE WOULD NOT BE SEAT BELTED.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE OUR GEAR ON.

SO NOW FOR THE SAFETY OF THE MEMBERS, THEY HAVE TO BE BUCKLED UP.

THEY HAVE TO BE TURNED OUT IN THEIR GEAR BEFORE THEY RESPOND.

SO AGAIN, UM, IF WE, IF WE GET IN WRECKS, WE DON'T WANT A FIREFIGHTER FLYING THROUGH THE WINDOW.

IF WE GET TO THAT FIRE, WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THEIR EQUIPMENT ON.

SO THERE ARE TURNOUT TIMES.

AND SO WE MEASURE THOSE AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE CREWS ARE GETTING OUT AS FAST AS WE CAN.

UM, TRAFFIC, YOU CAN'T DO A LOT ABOUT THAT.

AND SO, I WAS ASKING A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THERE'S CONSTRUCTION AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY BLOCK OF THIS CITY SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE CONSTANTLY MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COMPANIES THAT ARE INVOLVED AREAS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S CONSTRUCTION.

WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR M D T, IT'S GOING TO ROUTE THEM TO THE, TO THE CLOSEST NEAREST AREA.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS DOING THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO TO, TO MANAGE OUR RESPONSES, BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE TRAFFIC, WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CONSTANTLY LOOK AT TO TRY TO MEASURE, TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO BETTER.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE LOOK AT IS OUR CAD RESPONSES.

IS THERE A WAY WE CAN TWEAK, UH, HOW WE RESPONDING? WHAT AMOUNT OF RESOURCES ARE GOING TO A PARTICULAR CALL? SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS GONNA LOOK AT, BUT THE MAIN THING IS THAT WE'RE BELTED, THAT WE'RE DRESSED, THAT WE'RE SAFELY RESPONDING IN THE CONDITIONS THAT WE, UH, GO ON.

AND THEN I THINK, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT PREVENTION, THIS IS PREVENTION MONTH.

HOW DO WE ELIMINATE RESPONSES? HOW DO WE KEEP OUR TRUCKS ON THE ROAD? HOW DO WE KEEP OUR AMBULANCES IN THE HOUSE? SO HOW DO WE WORK AS, AS AS COUNSEL? UM, HOW DO WE KEEP OUR CONSTITUENTS FROM FALLING? AND I'VE TALKED TO SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT THAT.

HOW DO WE KEEP OUR, UM, PEOPLE FROM BURNING THINGS WHEN THEY SHOULDN'T? AND SO IT'S A LOT ABOUT PREVENTION.

SO IF WE CAN ELIMINATE RUNS, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, BEHAVIORAL THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA ELIMINATE OR MAKE OUR RESPONSE TIMES BETTER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF.

I, UM, I HAVE TO JUST TELL YOU REALLY QUICKLY, UH, CUS A COUPLE OF CHRISTMASES AGO I GOT TO RIDE IN A FIRETRUCK 'CAUSE LIKE A SANTA THING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ANYBODY THAT'S EVER RIDDEN IN A FIRETRUCK, YOU FEEL LIKE AN EIGHT YEAR OLD KID.

BUT I DO REMEMBER GETTING IN, I WAS SO EXCITED.

I WAS IN A FIRETRUCK AND EVERY FIREFIGHTER SAID, BUCKLE UP, .

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, IF THEY TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY, EVEN ON A, A LITTLE CHRISTMAS NEIGHBORHOOD RUN ALL THE TIME.

AND SO IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE COUNTRY, A LOT OF FIREFIGHTERS DIE, UM, IN ROLLOVER ACCIDENTS.

THEY'RE THROWN FROM THE VEHICLE, UH, THEY'RE THROWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR NOTICING THAT.

AND AGAIN, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BUCKLED UP ALWAYS EVERY TIME THEY PULL OUT.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

SO, AS IN REGARDS TO THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, ASPECT, DAVID, IT, IT SOUNDS, UM, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR IT SOUNDS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

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YES, MA'AM.

UM, ONE I'D LIKE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT, UH, DR.

GRAHAM, ABOUT WHAT SHE DOES.

UM, BUT FIRST I WANNA ASK YOU, UH, ARE THERE ANY TYPES OF MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING OR, UM, JUST EVEN A CONVERSATION WHEN A, WHEN A A CADET IS IN THE ACADEMY ABOUT KIND OF WHAT TO EXPECT? YES, MA'AM.

UM, SO THEY'RE SORT OF PREPARED FOR IT.

WE ARE, WE WORK WITH OUR CADETS FROM THE TIME THEY COME IN AND, UH, PART OF IT, UM, THEY'RE SCREENED HEAVILY BEFORE THEY'RE EVEN ACCEPTED BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS.

UM, JUST LIKE THE WRITTEN TEST, THERE MAY BE SOMETHING ON YOUR BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT THAT IS NOT GONNA ALLOW YOU TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER.

SO THAT'S THE FIRST STEP.

WE WORK WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY AND THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THE FAMILIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO SEE THEIR LOVED ONES COME HOME.

THEIR FAMILIES ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND TALK TO THEM.

BUT THEN ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S A PROBLEM.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THOSE RESOURCES LIKE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, TO WHERE THEY ARE, ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, AWARE AND VIGILANT ON GETTING THEIR MEMBER HELP.

SO DR.

GRAHAM IS AVAILABLE TO, UM, REFERRALS FROM OUR MEDICAL TEAM, LIKE WE MENTIONED WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT.

SHE'S AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR PEER SUPPORT OR SHE'S JUST AVAILABLE TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.

YOU MAY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR CHILD, YOU MAY HAVE A MARITAL PROBLEM.

UM, SHE WORKS OUT OF OUR WELLNESS CENTER.

SHE WORKS, UM, BASICALLY, UM, HAS AN OFFICE SET UP.

PRIOR TO HER ARRIVAL, WE DID OUR MENTAL HEALTH WITH A, UH, ANOTHER, UM, CLINICIAN THAT HAD A, UH, OFFICE SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE IT WAS.

I'D NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH IS CAST, UM, NOT IN THE DARK, IN THE LIGHT.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT IT TAKES STRENGTH AND COURAGE SOMETIMES TO ADMIT THAT YOU HAVE A PROBLEM.

SO DR.

GRAHAM WORKS WITH OUR MEMBERS AND SHE WORKS WITH OUR FAMILIES OR PROVIDES THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE MAY SEE WITH, UH, WITH A CHILD TO WHERE SHE'S NOT EQUIPPED TO DO THAT.

SO HER OFFICE IS AT THE WELLNESS CENTER.

IF ANY OF YOU'D LIKE TO EVER GO OVER AND TAKE A TOUR OF WELLNESS, YOU CAN SEE OUR STRENGTH TRAINING.

YOU CAN SEE OUR TRAINER, UH, YOU CAN SEE OUR MEDICAL FACILITIES AND AND I, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

WHERE IS THE ONE? IT'S RIGHT CATTY CORNER TO, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING.

OH, YES MA'AM.

UH, WHENEVER YOU WANT TO GO, LET'S WE'LL GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

OKAY.

MAYBE WE CAN TAKE, LET'S DO THAT.

YEAH, WE'D ENJOY THAT.

AND THEN, UM, I JUST WANNA FINALLY WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, UH, WORKING WITH, THANK YOU TO THE, UH, ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

UM, MY QUESTIONS, UH, MORE FOR, FOR MARIA.

UM, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UM, ARE THOSE SHARED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR DO THEY HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR? COUNCILMAN THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SOME SIMILAR, UH, PROGRAMS AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

UH, THEY ALSO HAVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT THEY OFFER.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE APP THAT, UH, CHIEF HOOD MENTIONED, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT WE MAY EXPAND INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO IF, IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS US TO DO A SIMILAR PRESENTATION FOR POLICE, WE CAN, OR WE CAN DO A FOLLOW UP ON THE FOLLOW UP MEMO AND TELL YOU THE PROGRAMS THEY HAVE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IT'S UP TO THE CHAIR.

I JUST, I HOPE THEY'RE GETTING ALSO THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT THAT, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS.

SO THANK YOU.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA.

UM, ANY, UH, I'M SORRY.

COUNCILWOMAN .

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU CHIEF HOOD FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

UH, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THE PREVENTATIVE ASPECT OF IT.

SO I, I LOVE THE IDEA WITH THE FALLS AND GETTING IN.

OF COURSE, I WANNA TAKE ALL SENIORS REGS AWAY, BUT WE CAN'T DO THAT .

UM, BUT I, I LIKE THAT PART AND I, UM, I, BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A PARTNERSHIP WITH CODE METRO HEALTH AND N H S D.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR, AND MAYBE THE COMMITTEE LEVEL IS THE PLACE TO DO IT, WHERE YOU COME AND YOU SAY, IF CODE HAD TAKEN CARE OF THIS FENCE ISSUE, WE MAY NOT HAVE HAD THIS ACCIDENT.

YOU KNOW, IF, IF METRO HEALTH HAD BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE SENIORS, WE WOULDN'T NEED TO HAVE GONE OUT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, THE OFFICERS WOULDN'T, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULDN'T HAVE, HAVE TO GO OUT.

I MEAN, NOT TO CAST

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UM, PREVENTED THAT CALL FROM HAVING, AND I'M, OF COURSE, I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SENIORS AND THE WEATHER CRISISES, UH, IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE I KNOW MY SENIOR CENTERS DO A GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT IF WE'RE HAVING H HEAT WAVES, THAT OUR SENIORS THAT WANT OUR SENIOR CENTERS OPEN, OR THAT THE SENIORS WHO COME TO THE SENIOR CENTER HAVE FANS AND HAVE THAT.

BUT IF WE ARE, IF WE'RE NOT REACHING OUT TO OUR SENIORS THAT ARE HOME BOUND, THEN YOU GUYS GET THE CALL WHEN IT SHOULD BE MAYBE ONE OF OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT GET A CALL.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP TRACK OF THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO, UM HMM.

WE HAVE VIGILANCE OF, UM, 54 ENGINE COMPANIES AND 22, UH, LADDERS AND 38 E M S UNITS OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT NOTICE THINGS.

WE TURN THOSE THINGS IN, WHETHER IT'S A LEAKY HYDRANT, WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH A D S D BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH BUILDINGS.

UM, IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S A LOT OF FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS AROUND THIS CITY THAT HAVE CLOSED UP.

WE HAD A FIRE ON SAN PEDRO RECENTLY, AND THAT BUILDING WAS A DANGEROUS STRUCTURE.

UM, WE HAD A FIRE, UM, IN D ONE LAST SUNDAY NIGHT, AND THERE'S A BIG OLD RATCHET, AS MY KIDS WOULD SAY, BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET.

AND SO HOW DO WE WORK WITH D S D TO, TO TAG THOSE BUILDINGS AS DANGEROUS STRUCTURES? HOW DO WE WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, IT'S GONNA BE TIME.