San Francisco Metblogs » fire department http://sf.metblogs.com Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:59:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Not enough SF firefighters sent to battle SoCal blaze? http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/09/02/not-enough-sf-firefighters-sent-to-battle-socal-blaze/ http://sf.metblogs.com/2009/09/02/not-enough-sf-firefighters-sent-to-battle-socal-blaze/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:49:26 +0000 Mark Pritchard http://sf.metblogs.com/?p=6034 San-Francisco-Fire-EngineEight firefighters from San Francisco were among those who traveled from northern to southern California to help out with the wildfires down there, but the head of SF’s firefighters’ union says he was “embarrassed” they couldn’t send more.

“We have 250 firefighters that are highly trained, and they want to be in the middle of the fight,” said union chief John Hanley.

A spokesperson for the SFFD said the city couldn’t spare more because “some rigs were out of service” and several crews were busy all weekend battling a warehouse blaze.

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