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New San Francisco fire chief outlines priorities; city celebrates seismic‑safe Station 5
Summary
Chief Janine Nicholson presented initial priorities — budget, disaster preparedness and command‑staff appointments — and Deputy Chief Victor Wersch reported operations, EMS6 outcomes and training activity. Mayor London Breed and other city leaders used a Station 5 ribbon‑cutting to propose a 2020 seismic bond.
Janine Nicholson, sworn in recently as chief of the San Francisco Fire Department, used her May 8 report to the Fire Commission to outline immediate priorities including finalizing the department budget, advancing disaster-preparedness work with the Department of Emergency Management and strengthening internal incident management teams.
Nicholson announced appointments to the command staff: Deputy Chief Victor Wersch and Deputy Chief Jose Velo, and named Assistant Deputy Chief Sandy Tong to EMS duties. She said the department will schedule visits to fire stations so command staff can hear directly from field personnel and learn…
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