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Fire chief outlines staffing, ambulances and station rebuilds as calls and demand climb
Summary
Chief Joanne Hayes White told the Budget & Finance Committee that growing call volume—mostly medical—has driven investments in staffing, ambulance fleet and planned station projects (Station 16, Station 5, Station 35), while the department still faces equipment and facilities backlogs.
San Francisco Fire Chief Joanne Hayes White told the Budget & Finance Committee the department is meeting many performance metrics after recent staffing and fleet investments, but faces growing demand driven by medical calls and major planned development projects.
Hayes White said call volume is rising; the department projects a more than 20% increase in FY2018 call volume compared with four years earlier, driven largely by medical calls. The department recently graduated a class of 36…
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