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San Francisco Fire Commission reviews major October fires, on‑bay rescue and EMS performance
Summary
At its Nov. 9 meeting the San Francisco Fire Commission heard department reports on three recent greater‑alarm fires, a coordinated Bay rescue in which firefighters performed an emergency pleural decompression, and EMS response metrics and ambulance acquisitions, including a private donation.
The San Francisco Fire Commission on Nov. 9 received detailed operations reports on a string of October incidents, an on‑bay rescue that medical staff credited with a life‑saving pleural decompression, and updates on ambulance staffing and new apparatus acquisitions.
Chief Joanne Hayes White told the commission the department graduated 51 probationary members from its 120th academy class, and that per‑diem paramedic staffing now totals about 85 to help meet surge demands. “We graduated 51 members that entered into their first field assignments as early as the next morning,” Hayes White said.
Deputy Chief of Operations Mark Gonzales reviewed three greater‑alarm responses in October. He described an Oct. 1 second‑alarm at 2997 Harrison Street that extended into attic and upper floors, and an Oct. 7 second‑alarm at First Avenue (reported as a unit dispatched for Noriega) that produced…
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