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Supervisors ask for study after Presidio Fire apparatus removals trigger safety and funding concerns
Summary
After testimony that a ladder truck and an ambulance were removed April 27, supervisors asked the Presidio Trust and GGNRA to conduct a study on staffing, mutual-aid and funding; the committee continued the hearing to the call of the chair to review study findings.
The committee held a lengthy hearing on the Presidio Fire Station after committee members were told that two pieces of apparatus'a ladder truck and an ambulance'were removed on April 27.
Supervisor Alioto (Alioto Pier) said she convened the hearing to examine the impact of reduced staffing and apparatus on response times and neighboring San Francisco neighborhoods. Al Duncan, president of the Presidio Firefighters, said the department now has 28 line personnel and that the removal of truck 51 (the ladder) and Medic 51 had changed the response…
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