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SFFD chief outlines ambulance funding shortfall, fleet condition and training plans
Summary
Chief Joanne Hayes White told the Fire Commission the department is negotiating ambulance funding with the Budget and Finance Committee after a $1.4M two‑year request was trimmed; she reported 23 of 58 ambulances average about 165,000 miles, updates on academies and station projects, and a confidential search for a new training facility with a $500,000 planning allocation next year.
Chief of Department Joanne Hayes White gave an extensive report on departmental operations, budget hearings and capital projects at the June 27 meeting of the San Francisco Fire Commission.
On budget matters, the chief said the department requested funding earmarked $700,000 per year for two years (totaling $1.4 million) to purchase ambulances; the Budget and Finance Committee pared $825,000 from that request over the two years. The department is piloting a smaller Sprinter ambulance and has deferred some purchases while pilots and data collection continue.
Chief Hayes White said 23 ambulances in the fleet (out of 58) have an average of about 165,000 miles, and that last year the department spent more…
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