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SFFD mutual-aid brief: department has trained personnel but needs more rigs and equipment
Summary
A department briefing outlined recent strike-team deployments, the mutual-aid framework and training requirements, and identified fleet and equipment gaps -- including a desire for more state rigs and caches of SCBAs and ladders.
Chief Gonzales told the Fire Commission that San Francisco continues to meet mutual-aid obligations but faces limits in fleet capacity even as it fields trained personnel. "We have 158 personnel that are trained to go out," Gonzales said during a slide-driven overview of strike-team organization and recent deployments.
The presentation explained the California Master Mutual Aid Agreement and FireScope origins and described a typical strike team as five engines with a strike-team leader and assistant. Gonzales said…
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