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San Francisco fire chief backs budget plan, touts diversity push and ambulance pilot
Summary
San Francisco Fire Department told the Budget & Finance Committee it agrees with the analyst's recommendations, outlined planned hiring to replace retirees, new recruitment work to diversify the force and a pilot to test smaller ambulances intended to improve maneuverability and lower costs in dense neighborhoods.
The San Francisco Fire Department presented its proposed fiscal-year budget and staffing plan to the Board of Supervisors' Budget & Finance Committee and said it concurs with the Budget Analyst's recommendations.
Chief Joanne Hayes White told the committee the department expects to hire to backfill retirements and to use a mix of general fund and grant-funded positions to train and academy new firefighters. She said the department is increasing staffing to run ‘‘a hiring plan for which we are increasing staffing levels to backfill a number of retirements over the next few years.’’
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