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Committee backs $2.3M FEMA grant to buy PFAS‑free turnouts for SFFD
Summary
Supervisors voted to forward a resolution authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to retroactively accept about $2.3 million in FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant funds to purchase PFAS‑ and bromine‑free turnout coats and pants; the department said testing confirmed safety and that general fund dollars will supplement pants to outfit roughly 90% of frontline personnel.
The Budget & Finance Committee voted 3–0 to forward a resolution retroactively authorizing the San Francisco Fire Department to accept and expend approximately $2.3 million from FEMA’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant to buy PFAS‑ and bromine‑free turnout gear.
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