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SFFD chief reports on academies, fleet funding and $500,000 commitment for cancer screening
Summary
Chief Dean Crispin told the Fire Commission the department is recruiting for fall academies, received limited civilian FTE reductions, and has budgeted funds for fleet and facilities; the city committed $500,000 toward firefighter cancer screening.
Chief of Department Dean Crispin delivered a departmental report June 25 covering recruitment, training academies, budget highlights, facility and fleet funding, and a planned public-private partnership for a new fire station.
Crispin told the San Francisco Fire Commission the department has been conducting interviews for upcoming H3 level 1 and 2 academies scheduled for late summer and expects to offer 30–35 conditional letters after completing background and medical steps. He said the department has conducted roughly 71–74 candidate interviews and is “about halfway through” the screening process.
On budgeting, Crispin said the mayor’s budget was submitted by July 1 and the department avoided losing uniform positions but did experience a reduction of six civilian FTEs, mainly in…
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