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Fire chief warns cuts to ladder truck, command vehicles would weaken response and mutual aid
Summary
San Francisco Fire Chief Janine Nicholson told the Budget committee that cutting an aerial ladder truck and command vehicle purchases would hinder the department's ability to respond to large fires and mutual-aid requests; the BLA recommended the reductions based on multi-year funding already in place and competing budget priorities.
San Francisco's fire chief urged supervisors on Aug. 20 not to approve analyst-proposed cuts to planned apparatus purchases, saying the department's fleet is aging and that cutting another aerial ladder or command vehicles would weaken city and regional emergency response.
"Many of our vehicles are literally being held together with Bondo and duct tape," Chief Janine Nicholson said, describing rigs more than 20 years old and high year-to-year repair costs; she warned that further delays…
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