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Fire chief warns of rising call volume and budget pressures as commission reconvenes budget committee
Summary
Chief Joanne Hayes White and Director Corso told the commission the department is seeing a rapid increase in call volume (about 400 additional transports between Nov. and Dec.) and faces a mayoral instruction to propose general fund reductions that translate to roughly $1.7 million for the department in year one; commissioners urged reconvening the budget committee to find offsets.
San Francisco Fire Department leaders told the Fire Commission on Wednesday that they are tracking a sharp rise in calls for service and must balance those operational demands against mayoral direction to propose budget reductions.
Chief of Department Joanne Hayes White reported an increase in emergency medical transports and other calls between November and December, saying there were "400 additional transports" in that period and that peak periods such as Friday evenings had become particularly challenging for response times. She said the department is working with the mayor's office, controller and private ambulance partners…
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