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Fire chief outlines hospital coordination, calls surge and community‑paramedicine pilot
Summary
Chief Janine Nicholson told the Fire Commission she is coordinating with San Francisco General Hospital and the Department of Public Health to address homelessness‑driven 911 demand and is exploring expansion of community paramedicine (EMS 6) to divert low‑acuity cases from hospitals.
Chief Janine Nicholson told the commission that since the July meeting she has been meeting with clinicians at San Francisco General and with the city’s Department of Public Health to address a spike in homelessness‑related 911 calls and hospital overcrowding. "We are so intertwined with the hospitals in terms of our homelessness call volume," she said, and named meetings with Dr. Susan Ehrlich, Director Grant Colfax and Dr.…
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