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From YouTube: FY2018 Philadelphia City Council Budget Hearing 4-18-2017 Councilman Jones on Fire Dept. Safety
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From the Philadelphia City Council FY2018 Budget Hearing held Tuesday, April 18, 2017:
Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. (4th District) questions Philadelphia Department Fire Commissioner about ongoing safety concerns and initiatives.
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B
That's
it
Lloyd
Ayers,
Harrison,
fine
tradition
of
finding
a
good
quality
place
to
live
in
the
fourth
I
want
to
also
thank
you
for
your
department's
commitment
to
Randolph
Career
Technical,
High
School.
They
have
a
EMS
and
Fire
Academy
there
for
high
schoolers
that
it
is
the
type
of
career
school
to
career
program
and
your
officers.
There
spend
a
lot
of
time,
mentoring.
Those
young
people
and
the
fruits
of
that
is
that
they
go
on
to
live
productive
lives,
some
of
them
even
taken
a
test
to
be
firemen.
B
So
thank
you
for
that
commitment
and
we
want
to
see
it
continue.
I
know
it's
a
rough
day
for
you
anytime.
We
memorialize
the
loss
of
life
of
a
comrade
or
officer
and
then
have
to
talk
about
it
in
a
retrospective
kind
of
view.
1
what
happened
and
what
we
could
do
better
I
would
ask
you
Commissioner
of
what
are
your
takeaways
I
heard.
You're
26
points
I
understand
that,
in
light
of
that
loss
of
life
in
light
of
the
equipment
issues,
how
do
we
make
sure
that
that
never
happens
again.
A
Councilman
I
appreciate
the
question
we,
you
know
this.
This
budget
really
gets
us
moving
on
that
track
with
the
dedicated
training
officers,
the
new
dedicated
training
officers,
additional
firefighters
to
help
us
raise
our
relief
factor,
so
we
can
do
training
in
a
sustainable
way
without
compromising
our
frontline
service,
of
course,
starting
to
address
some
of
the
EMS,
they
are
continuing
to
address
some
of
the
EMS
challenges.
There's
a
lot
to
do
I
mean
those
26
recommendations
between
the
NIOSH
report.
Our
fire
departments
reported
that
this
is
going
to
be
a
long
term.
A
Project
training
is
a
hallmark
of
that.
So
there
really
is
a
lot
to
do
I.
Think
for
us.
The
most
important
thing
to
start
with
is
to
do
the
best
we
can
with
the
resources
we
have
and
the
resources
in
this
budget
to
the
new
resources
in
this
budget
to
take
care
of
what
we
have.
What
and
that's
the
people
we
have
our
primary
asset
is
our
people
and
then
add
service
delivery
units
down
the
road
so.
B
A
Don't
have
a
mayor,
Kenny
I
think
it
might
have
even
been
before
day
one
but
I
wasn't
here,
the
brownout
stopped,
the
the
forced
rotation
of
firefighters
was
stopped
and
now
we're
using
a
different,
again
collaboratively
developed
a
way
to
have
provide
for
some
movement
in
the
system
across
the
different
deployments
and
different
fire
houses.
So
those
have
stopped
now
really
where
we
are
and
you'll
see
that
in
this
budget,
a
proposal
really
focusing
on
training
having
the
capacity
review,
training
the
resources
to
do
training
and
also
safety.
A
B
A
A
great
question,
I
think
the
answer
is
all
of
the
above
firefighting.
While
it
may
look
simple,
as
actually
it's
very
complicated
happens
in
a
complex
operating
environment
and
I
use
that
term
deliberately,
because
you
don't
always
know
all
of
the
variables
and
you
can't
specify
those.
So
what
you
saw
in
these
reports
in
this
incident
is
not
uncommon.
When
you
look
at
reports
like
this
from
across
the
country,
there
were
a
series
of
contributing
factors
any
one
of
those
in
isolation.
A
We
would
not
have
had
the
tragic
outcome,
all
of
those
factors
together
combined
and
it
does
ultimately
go
back
through
everything
you
mentioned.
Where
are
our
resources?
How
long
is
it
going
to
take
them
to
get
to
certain
points
with
what
training?
How
long
does
it
take
to
assemble
an
effective
firefighting
force?
How
is
how
do
we
command?
You
know
properly
command
and
utilize
that
force
and
manage
that
incident,
which
is
a
very
difficult
thing
to
do
in
any
place
at
two
o'clock
in
the
morning
on
a
rail
Randy
called
night.
So.
B
A
A
You
know
councilman
it's
a
great
question,
I
think
realistically,
and
what
you'll
see
in
the
in
the
plan
and
this
in
this
budget
and
this
five-year
capital
plan
six-year
capital
plan.
There
is
money
in
there
to
start
the
design
and
start
site
work
on
essentially
rebuilding
on
that
site
to
do
a
lot
of
what
we
need
to
do,
the
what
I'll
call
the
hard
skills
training
so
having
our
burn
tower.
A
There
aren't
many
places
in
the
city
where
we
can
actually
make
the
kind
of
noise
and
do
the
kind
of
things
that
we
need
to
do
to
create
a
realistic
training
environment,
so
I
think,
despite
how
far
it
is
the
Pennypack
Street
location
is
probably
good
for
that.
We
had
a
needs
assessment
that
public
property
did
in
concert
with
the
fire
department.
You
see
that
in
the
six
year,
capital
plan
I
think
that's
our
best
option
for
that
component.
We
are
also
looking
at
other
options,
we're
really
creating
a
training
system.