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SFFD outlines training facility schematic, community outreach and med-station plans for large events
Summary
Deputy Chief Shane Kailoa described schematic design progress for a new San Francisco fire training facility, ongoing community outreach in Bayview Hunters Point and Arts Commission review, and Homeland Security preparations for large events including a physician-staffed med station for an upcoming parade.
At the June 26 San Francisco Fire Commission meeting, Deputy Chief Shane Kailoa presented the administrative report for May 2024, highlighting homeland-security coordination for large events, recruitment and academy planning, health-and-safety studies, and schematic design work for a proposed fire training facility.
Kailoa said Homeland Security staff coordinated multiagency planning for events such as Fleet Week and large upcoming events in 2025–2026, and that staff support FEMA California Task Force 3 activities. He described that event action plans include communications, medical plans and logistics, and that the department regularly coordinates with regional partners.
On training and facilities, Kailoa and Assistant Deputy Chief Gareth Miller said schematic design for the new training facility is under way, with emphasis on floor plans, adjacencies, and integrating driver instruction (EVOC) courses so suppression and EMS personnel can train on-site rather than using increasingly limited off-site locations. Kailoa noted continued community outreach in Bayview Hunters Point and that the Arts Commission reviewed an art installation concept for the campus, with plans to display artwork across the facility.
In a follow-up exchange about parade preparation, Assistant Deputy Chief Brown said the department will deploy five ALS units, a physician-staffed med station located along the parade route to triage patients and reduce unnecessary hospital transports, an embedded battalion chief liaison with the police department, EOC staffing and HazMat teams on standby. Brown acknowledged a gap created by not having the casualty bus but said the med station will help "rule in or out whether transport is needed." The department described coordination across city partners and private assets for different event components.
Commissioners praised outreach and the facility planning and asked for continued briefings as design work and event planning progress.
