San Francisco County Grand Jury
• 2014-2015
• Agency Response
San Francisco Fire Department: What Does the Futme Hold?
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings
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5. SFFD has no formal strategic plan and is not President of Local 798 formed a Steering Committee that includes creating such a plan in the near future; the Fire members from each rank in the Department, President of the Fire Commission seems a natural group to assist the Commission, and individuals from outside of the Department, thus Chief in this very important venture. creating a Committee with a breadth of experience and expertise. The Steering Committee held a kick off meeting on July 21, 2015. The Department retained an outside consultant to facilitate the kick-off meeting. The Committee anticipates completion of the strategic plan in the spring of 2016. 2014-15 San Francisco Fire F2.3. Most fire departments in the region do not SFFD Commission agree with finding Department have training facilities comparable to the TI What Does the Future training center (or the new SFFD training center Hold? that would replace it). Some of these agencies use the TITC for training and would likely continue use if it remains available, even if the fee structure was converted to include revenue for SFFD and the City. CGJ Year Report Title Recommendations Responding Dept. 2015 Responses (implementation) Use the drop down menu 2015 Response Text 2014-15 San Francisco Fire R1.1. That by December 2015 the Chief develop a SFFD Commission The recommendation has been implemented (summary of how it was implemented in next column) The development of a plan and methodology was formalized in the fall of Department plan and the methodology for bringing response times 2014 with the formation of the City's ambulance work group, headed by What Does the Future for both Code 2 and Code 3 calls to required levels, the Mayor's Office with representatives from SFFD, DEM, Controller, Hold? and that the Department achieve compliance with Board of Supervisors, Fire Commission and other relevant stakeholders. EOA standards by December 2016. This work group and its various sub groups were responsible for analyzing the issues facing the City's EMS system and developing
No recommendations for this finding