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SFFD credits back‑to‑back SAFER grants for planned academy expansion and staffing boost
Summary
Chief Joanne Hayes White told the Fire Commission the department received a SAFER staffing grant covering 36 firefighters for two years and plans at least two academy classes in 2017, with selections and backgrounds underway and notification targeted for mid‑November.
The San Francisco Fire Department said Sept. 14 that federal staffing grants will fund the department’s near‑term recruitment and academy schedule while the city plans for longer‑term budget absorption.
Chief of Department Joanne Hayes White told the Fire Commission the current recruit academy (the 120th class) began with 54 members and has 52 remaining; a 121st class is scheduled to begin Nov. 28 and another class is anticipated in June 2017. “We started with 54 members. We have currently in the academy 52 members,” she said.
White and…
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