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San Francisco Fire Department honors retiring leaders and credits crews for two major rescues
Summary
At the June 28 Fire Commission meeting, Deputy Chief Robert Postel delivered his final operations report, highlighting a Haight Street residential second alarm, a Laurel Village shopping‑center second alarm and a Candlestick Point water rescue in which two firefighters swam 800 meters to save four people. Commissioners paid tribute to Postel and other retiring chiefs.
Deputy Chief Robert Postel delivered his final operations report to the San Francisco Fire Commission on June 28, 2023, and used the occasion to highlight a string of recent incidents he said showed the department’s training and coordination.
Postel described a May high‑rise residential fire at 6 Locksley Avenue that required a second alarm, multiple evacuations and three transportations; he said crews contained the blaze to the unit of origin and that all transported people survived. He also recounted a May 22 second‑alarm fire at 3535 California (Laurel…
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