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S.F. Fire Commission hears outreach team's push to expand multilingual, community-based fire safety education
Summary
The San Francisco Fire Department presented its community outreach and education program to the Fire Commission, highlighting 65 presentations and more than 3,700 residents reached between November 2017 and April 2018, multilingual materials and partnerships with City College and civic offices.
The San Francisco Fire Department told the Fire Commission on May 9 that a dedicated community outreach team has expanded public safety education across the city, with multilingual presentations, partnerships and demonstration tools aimed at preventing home and residential building fires.
Fire Marshal Dan D'Ocasio said the outreach team, formed about three years ago, complements a strengthened code-enforcement section and an administrative hearings process, and that the program was supported early on by Mayor Ed Lee and city departments. "Our team participates in roughly 15 events a month," D'Ocasio said, adding that the effort is intended to get fire-safety information directly to San Franciscans.
Inspectors Fernando Juarez and Tommy Kato described materials and activities…
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