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Fire chief says department ready to vaccinate but COVID command center rejected plan
Summary
Fire Department leaders told commissioners they were prepared to run vaccinations for members and the public, but said a department rollout plan was rejected by the city's COVID command center; commissioners pushed for clearer interagency coordination.
The Fire Department told the San Francisco Fire Commission it is trained, equipped and "ready to step up" to administer COVID-19 vaccines, but the department's plan was rejected by the city's COVID command center.
Vice President Katherine Feinstein pressed the chief during the operations report, saying: "The fact that we're 10 months into this and it doesn't appear that the city has any plan to roll this out in any logical manner." Chief Janine Nicholson replied that the department's vaccine plan was submitted in November and again in…
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