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SFFD chief flags larger budget shortfall, announces permit fee study and new assistant fire marshal
Summary
Chief Dean Crispin told the San Francisco Fire Commission the department faces a growing budget shortfall that now includes more than $200 million in unreimbursed FEMA claims, announced a permit‑fee study, a new CAD project, and the promotion of Captain Gerald Gower to an assistant fire marshal role.
Chief of Department Dean Crispin updated the San Francisco Fire Commission on March 12 about department activities and financial pressures, and announced several administrative initiatives.
Crispin said the department is facing a larger budget gap than previously reported, citing a recent increase stemming from unrecovered FEMA reimbursements. "876,000,000 was the latest figure and in the meeting with the larger agency group we now have a much larger budget deficit due to some FEMA reimbursements we haven't received, which is in excess of $200,000,000," he told commissioners. "We're gonna have to do more with less, and we need to figure out where we can be…
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