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Supervisors back urgent plan to expand emergency firefighting water system across San Francisco
Summary
The Public Safety Committee unanimously forwarded a resolution urging a citywide plan to expand San Francisco—s Emergency Firefighting Water System, directing studies on seawater pump stations, neighborhood needs analysis, and interim portable apparatus as officials warned one-third of the city lacks EFWS protection.
San Francisco—s Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Nov. 8 advanced a resolution seeking urgent action to extend the city—s Emergency Firefighting Water System (EFWS) to neighborhoods currently unprotected by high-pressure pipelines.
Supervisor Matt (Marr) introduced the resolution, saying the EFWS "includes 135 miles of high pressure pipelines and 2 saltwater pumping stations" and that "one third of the city is not protected by the EFWS," leaving many western and southern neighborhoods vulnerable in a major earthquake and resulting fires.
The resolution directs the San…
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