 Within California and local government, we can pool these assets from throughout California in what we call a strike team formation and move a number of these hazard materials rates, even all 12 of them if necessary, to that particular location in the state that's experienced a disaster. So it not only helps from a regional perspective, but it also augments our capabilities statewide for being able to move this various tremendous asset and it's more tomorrow than the local agencies. So with that, I'm very excited today to officially transfer these vehicles. And I think the next thing is to, are we going to have the Chiefs? Sure. Awesome. So let's start off with. Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Louis Brochard. I'm the deputy fire chief for Contra Costa County Fire. And today is it's exciting day, not just for Contra Costa County and the Contra Costa County fire protection regional area, but also for the state very much looking forward to putting hazmat 21 into service very quickly. We've developed a team of 22 hazmat specialists with five more completing training in the next 30 days and a commitment to put up to five additional specialists through training every fiscal year. Our commitment to hazmat is so important because we have one of the most industrialized counties within the state with all of our refineries, our chemical plants. Our power generation facilities and all the subsidiary industries that support those and also feed off of those. There is an intricate rail network as well to the county that transports crude and other products to and from the refineries. So we're anxious to get started. I'd be remiss if I did not say thank you to director Gailard Ducci, Chief Zagaris and the members of the OES staff. I know this has been a tremendous lift. We're happy and delighted to be partners with you. Thank you to all of our personnel, IFF, local 1230. We did not have a hazmat team until this project came to being. So this is huge for our fire district, huge for the nine cities and the 600 and somewhat thousand people that we predict every day. So with that, thank you very happy to be part of this today and looking forward to get hazmat 21 on the road and operational for Contra Costa County and the citizens of California. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Alan Erks. I'm the fire chief for the city of Modesto fire department. We're actually thrilled to be partners with the state of Cal OES. We've been partners for quite some time in the type one program. We're also very proud to be a all risk fire department that does currently have a hazmat team. Obviously this or excited to have hazmat 41 to augment our system and the benefit of the citizens of Modesto as well as statewide. And once again, I want to thank the staff of OES, our local pool of 89 and the members of the national fire department for help making this possible. Thank you very much. Good afternoon, everybody. Pat Vargas, division chief Tracy South County fire authority. We're just honored to be a part of this program. We have a couple of people I'd like to personally thank the engineer source and chief Argenbright who really have kept us in the know with this and connected us with all this. We haven't had a hazmat team for quite a long time and this just carries it a little further for us. We're honored to be a part of a statewide system that is going to respond to statewide emergencies on a higher level. I'd also like to thank very 355, which is our local for all their support. I'd like to thank Cal OES staff without going through the names. I've got to know a lot of them through emails and calls. So again, we just consider a privilege to be included in the in the 12 and one of the first things. Thank you. Good afternoon. I'm will prior. I'm a battalion chief for L. A. County fire department and I have the hazardous materials program and staff. I wanted to thank OES really well put together well thought out program these rigs and they're beautiful. They have a really well thought out design. The equipment that has been purchased is really a game changer for us. We appreciate the great support of the administrative staff OES and please will be put in service soon to help protect the citizens of Los Angeles County. And again, to the staff to my department for their support administrative support in this program to firefighters local 1014. So all of you we thank you very much for thinking of us providing these amazing vehicles and given us such good, good support through the program. So thank you. Good afternoon, everybody. My name is John Chal. It's Sutter County Fire Chief here in representation of the U of Sutter has Matt response team that has Matt 31 will be augmenting. We do have an active team, but in partnership with Cal OES. We're excited about the chance to have a state of the art apparatus and as the other chiefs have stated these apparatus have really taken a lot of thought and they put state of the art equipment on this apparatus that is going to be. It's going to be game changing for our area and for our team. So once again, just want to thank OES for the opportunity to be able to have has Matt 31 in our arsenal to be able to make sure that our citizens are safe. Thank you. Good afternoon. I'm Brian Dempsey with seaside fire department in Monterey County. We have a joint team with Salinas fire department. And I'm just going to echo everything the other chiefs have said. Thank you very much to Cal OES. I've been able now to put some faces to the names of the emails that we've exchanged. But this will be as others have said a game changer for us as well. We have has Matt 22. We have individuals in school finishing up their F and G modules. So we've a very robust team at this point and we're looking forward to getting this in service. So thank you very much. Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Dan Weaver, Italian chief for the city of Susanville. Just like to thank the OES organization OES staff to get a has Matt rig up to our location. We're kind of the you look at the map or kind of the bone people up in Northeast California and it's been a long time coming. And it's good that we can have this partnership with with OES and and together with the training that we that was provided. We should be able to provide a pretty good service to our constituents. Thank you. All right. Well, today you heard a lot of thank yous. Oh, yes. But really, it's OES that it really needs to give the thanks to all of our partner local government fire agencies and fire local fire labor groups that are helping us put this program together. This is a significant enhancement to a statewide disaster response capability. And so we're very proud of them and we're very proud of this program and our state fire and rescue mutual aid system, which is really far not one of the best that exists any place in the world. This program is based in our fire and rescue branch and we remiss not to highlight our within that fire and rescue branches, our special operations division and there is our hazards materials unit that work very diligently to put this whole program together. There's one person I do want to single out who through his expertise and his his capability and his knowledge was really a visionary in not only establishing the program but what the rigs look like and how their staffed and how they're equipped and that really we were lucky and we have been lucky as a state as an agency to have had his his his his true expertise. And that is pharmacist in chief, Jan Dunbar. Jan, could you come up real quick? I'm going to give him a big round of applause. Jan I've known for gosh more than over 20 years and I never cease to be amazed at his capabilities and this really you know he ran the business hazards materials chief and city of Sacramento retired from there and came over to OES and we have just benefited this and not just OES the entire state. He's great in California and he's truly a great California great American and he's done a great job. So Jan, thank you very much. So with that, thank you very much and you know be safe and you know for if you haven't seen these rigs, take a walk through and check them out. Thank you very much. I'm the lucky one. I've got to stand next to him. Thank you.