Fire commission backs standalone Station 13 plan; chief outlines seismic rebuilds, PFAS‑free turnout rollout

The San Francisco Fire Commission on Aug. 27 voted to submit a letter supporting a revised build plan for Fire Station 13 and received updates from Chief Dean Crispin and department administrators on station seismic needs, equipment procurement and recent deployments.

Chief Dean Crispin, chief of department of the San Francisco Fire Department, told commissioners the department has concluded a seismic retrofit of Station 2 and Station 40 is not feasible and that several battalion stations were judged by a prior study to be in “seismic category 4” and will need rebuilding or major work. “We ecided that a seismic retrofit of Station 2 and 40 are not feasible,” Crispin said. He identified Station 2, Station 7, Station 40, Station 15 and the Bureau of Equipment among facilities that require urgent rebuild planning while noting the earlier assessment covered 10 battalion stations and that six were identified as unsafe in that study.

Why it matters: Commissioners were briefed that the department intends to seek capital funding in the city dministrator nd capital planning process for a 2028 bond measure (referred to during the meeting as the 2028 "Easter bond") to cover multiple rebuilds and related projects. Crispin said the administration and capital planning are negotiating how a projected $350,000,000 bond would be allocated across competing priorities, including water‑system projects and fire…