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SFFD reports sharp rise in call volume and outlines training, EOC and EMS developments
Summary
San Francisco Fire Department officials told commissioners that dispatches have risen sharply, ambulance off‑load times improved slightly but delays persist, the department is preparing a new training center and FDOC, and EMS teams reported procedural advances including cardioversion cases and community paramedicine outcomes.
San Francisco Fire Department leaders reported to the Fire Commission June 11 that total dispatches have increased substantially over recent years, ambulance off‑load delays persist despite improvements, and the department is moving ahead on training‑center plans that will include a departmental operations center.
Deputy Chief Patrick Rabbit told commissioners the department logged 5,449 more calls year‑to‑date from May 31, 2023, to May 31, 2025, and that May saw an increase in working fires to 31 for the month and 428 outside fires. Rabbit outlined the department’s staffing of task forces and its coordination with the city Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for planned protests, saying the department has stood up task forces led by battalion chiefs to cover Union Square, Civic Center and the Mission.
“Together with our EOC rep and dispatch chief at DEM, we determine an event box and have our task…
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