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Board approves funding and 50 new fire positions to address paramedic shortages
Summary
Supervisors approved a mid-year supplemental and salary ordinance adding 50 positions to the Fire Department to address a shortfall in paramedic staffing and improve response times after a controller analysis and department requests.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Dec. 14 to approve a mid-year supplemental appropriation and an accompanying salary-ordinance amendment to add 50 positions to the San Francisco Fire Department to address paramedic staffing shortages.
Supervisor Safaíe, the item’s sponsor, told colleagues the measure follows an analysis showing rising call volume since 2015, growing sick leave among paramedics and declining staffing relative to negotiated operating…
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