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Fire Commission approves hiring brochure and amended minimums for chief search
Summary
The commission approved a Department of Human Resources recruitment brochure and schedule for the next San Francisco Fire chief, amending proposed minimum qualifications to include anyone appointed as a battalion chief or higher so the internal candidate pool is not unduly restricted. Interviews were moved to early January.
The San Francisco Fire Commission on Nov. 14 approved a recruitment plan and brochure from the Department of Human Resources (DHR) that lays out the timeline and supplemental‑questionnaire process to find a replacement for Chief Joanne Hayes White, who announced her retirement.
DHR Director Dorothy Callahan said the city charter requires that the commission submit at least three qualified applicants to the mayor. Callahan and Scott DeWolfe (DHR) described a plan to post a brochure and a supplemental questionnaire online for roughly a three‑week filing period, screen applicants for minimum qualifications, sort qualified applicants into categories (“good, better, best”) and present binders to commissioners prior to a closed‑session…
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