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Why do we need to strengthen, improve and rehabilitate neighborhood fire stations?

Fire stations operate and are staffed by firefighters 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is critical that our first responders are housed in safe and seismically sound facilities ​with the capacity to provide essential emergency response services.

Many of San Francisco’s 44 fire stations have structural and seismic deficiencies and are in need of upgrades and other health and safety improvements. Addressing these needs as soon as possible will reduce costs and allow the department to provide more effective and efficient emergency response.
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ESER 2020 will continue the work of the previous two bonds, ESER 2010 and ESER 2014, both of which passed with nearly 80 percent of approval from San Francisco voters. The measure will renovate or replace highest priority fire stations to provide improved safety and seismic performance to meet essential facility standards and a healthy work environment for our firefighters.

ESER 2010 and 2014: Progress Made​

ESER 2010 and ESER 2014 identified improvements and seismic upgrades to all of the Fire Department’s then-43 neighborhood fire stations, which are located in every district of San Francisco. Many improvements have been successfully implemented, and more are needed to bring all stations up to today’s standards. Under ESER 2010, the City was able to replace two seismically-deficient neighborhood fire stations – Fire Station No. 5 and Fire Station No. 16 –with state-of-the-art facilities. A brand-new fire station, Fire Station No. 4, also was built as part of the Public Safety Building in Mission Bay which helped increase the department’s response capabilities.​

 Firefighter Training Facility​​

The firefighter training facility used for recruit training as well as the regular in-service training for all employees. It provides classroom instruction and specialized training, including active shooter, confined and trench space rescue, water rescue, roof ventilation, emergency vehicle operations, wildland firefighting, elevator extrications and more to ensure maximum safety for San Francisco residents and visitors.

Why does it need to be replaced?

Plans are underway to close the training facility currently located on Treasure Island to make way for a long-planned development project. Beyond the pending closure and physical size limitations, there have been changes in industry standards, best practices and state and federal training mandates and the current facilities do not adequately address the training needs of the department. The smaller training facility in the Mission District cannot serve the department’s training needs on its own. 

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