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SFFD reports falling COVID cases and vaccination progress, warns of looming budget cuts
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting the San Francisco Fire Commission heard that department COVID cases have fallen from a peak of 44 to about 8–9, that 1,154 personnel (about 65%) have been vaccinated, and that the department faces requested budget cuts of 7.5% plus a contingency 2.5%.
At its Feb. 24, 2021 meeting the San Francisco Fire Commission received an update from Chief of Department Janine Nicholson on the department's COVID-19 response and budget outlook. "Our highest was 44. And I believe we're at 8 or 9 right now," Nicholson said of staff infections, adding that the citywide reproductive number is about 0.7.
Nicholson described a wide range of department pandemic work, from…
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