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SFFD details six greater alarms in July, recounts fast-moving fifth-alarm fire

San Francisco Fire Commission · August 12, 2020
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Summary

Deputy Chief Victor Wersch told the commission the department responded to six greater alarms in July, including a rapidly spreading fifth-alarm fire that required switching to the high-pressure system and multi-day operations; no injuries were reported and investigations continue.

Deputy Chief of Operations Victor Wersch briefed the Fire Commission on July operational activity, reporting six greater-alarm incidents across the city. He described one particularly fast-moving fire that escalated from an initial outside report to a fifth alarm, required a defensive posture because of nearby high-voltage lines and forced use of ladder pipes, multiversals and the city's high-pressure…

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