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Fire chief outlines new staffing policies, street teams reconfiguration and health studies
Summary
Chief Dean Crispin reported March 26 on new department policies including rotating unassigned members every six months, a new maximum work-hours policy, street-team restructuring and ongoing health and environmental studies; commissioners acknowledged the measures and asked for follow-up details.
Chief Dean Crispin reported on March 26 that the San Francisco Fire Department has adopted internal personnel and safety policies and is pursuing several operational initiatives.
Crispin described two personnel policies included in the packet. On rotating unassigned members he said, “What we've decided is, for fairness, we're going to rotate them every 6 months.” He said the change is intended to ensure equitable opportunities for members who have not been assigned to specific companies.
On fatigue and safety, Crispin said the department instituted memo CD3-2502, “a maximum work hours policy,” after reviewing cases in which members had worked long runs of shifts. He said…
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