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SFFD reports strike-team deployment to Soberanes fire, budget passage and arrival of new fireboat
Summary
Acting Chief Mark Gonzales told the Fire Commission the department sent a 22-member strike team with five engines to the Soberanes Fire; San Francisco's requested budget passed the Board of Supervisors and a new fireboat has arrived and will be readied for commission in the fall. The transcript contains a garbled total cost figure for the boat; grant and city contributions were listed.
Acting Chief Mark Gonzales told the commission on July 27 that San Francisco sent a 22-member strike team made up of five engines to assist on the Soberanes Fire in Monterey County. He reported the fire was roughly 23,568 acres (about 37 square miles) and about 10 percent contained at the time of the presentation; roughly 2,000 structures were reported as threatened and 20 homes had been destroyed in initial assessments. Gonzales said a bulldozer operator died during the operation and extended the department's condolences.
Gonzales also reported that the department's fiscal request was heard by the Board of…
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