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Fire commissioners press for review after retired chief warns slow streets could delay emergency response
Summary
A letter from retired Fire Chief Robert L. Demens prompted a commission discussion about Page Street and other slow-street programs; the fire marshal urged more data before converting temporary measures to permanent ones and commissioners asked to agendize a deeper review.
A letter read into the record on April 14 by the commission secretary from retired San Francisco Fire Chief Robert L. Demens warned that converting temporary slow streets into permanent ones could impede emergency response and put lives at risk. Commissioners used the letter — and their own local observations — to press the fire department and the fire marshal for more data and policy clarity.
Demens wrote that “San Francisco's slow streets do just what the name implies. They slow or…
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