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San Francisco Fire Department highlights community paramedicine expansion, ET3 reimbursement and training plans
Summary
At its meeting, the San Francisco Fire Commission heard the chief's update on staffing, recruit training and the department's expanding community paramedicine programs, including an ET3 Medicare pilot and a state-approved buprenorphine pilot for street paramedics.
Janine Nicholson, chief of the San Francisco Fire Department, told the Fire Commission the department is managing COVID-related absences while advancing recruitment and outreach programs. "We have 2 members out with COVID, and 3 more that are in quarantine and 7 that have been out longer than 30 days," Nicholson said during her report, and she described recruit pipeline progress and paid internships drawn from a city EMT cohort.
Deputy Chief Robert Postel and Chief Simon Pang presented the operations report and focused on community paramedicine. Postel reported March activity and three major incidents, and Pang outlined plans to participate in the federal ET3…
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