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S.F. Fire Department restructures community paramedicine; EMS 6 to handle overdose follow-ups
Summary
Chief Dean Crispin reported July 23 that the San Francisco Fire Department has reconfigured its community paramedicine programs, reassigned captains to neighborhood street teams and shifted overdose follow-up work to EMS 6 as part of broader budget and staffing changes.
San Francisco — The San Francisco Fire Department announced changes to its community paramedicine operations during the Fire Commission meeting on July 23, Chief of Department Dean Crispin said, including reassignment of community paramedic captains to neighborhood street teams and a transfer of overdose follow-up duties to EMS 6.
The changes come after the City and County of San Francisco’s recently approved $15.9 billion budget, which Chief Crispin said closed an $800 million gap and required the department to eliminate three civilian positions and deactivate Quick Response Vehicle 1 and EMS 6 Delta.
The restructuring is captured in General Order 25A069, Crispin told the commission. “We restructured our community paramedicine division to support the neighborhood street teams. Our community paramedicine division handles over 20,000 calls per year,” he said, adding that the order specified three…
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