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[Bryce]

[quote name='DualReverse' post='269859' date='Dec 31 2008, 08:43 ']Staff 10?[/quote]



Yeah, it's odd. I moved here back in '89. Way back then, SFD had Battalion 1, which was actually a deputy chief. Battalion 1 also had a driver. All other BCs in the city are solo and don't have drivers. Battalion 1 had its own first due district as a BC but also ran citywide to all fires and took command. B1 was quartered at Station 10, so their first due district was essentially downtown.



At some point (I think after the Mary Pang fire), Battalion 1 was disbanded and the department created Safety 2, which is a BC that is a dedicated Safety Officer and responds to anything major. The deputy chief became a position that wasn't staffed 24/7. When Battalion 1 was disbanded, they created Staff 10, which was Battalion 1's former driver. I think that their job responsibilities are basically to coordinate daily on duty staffing and OT throughout the city and to respond to any major incident and act as a staff assistant for the IC, but I'm not entirely sure.



I think that SFD has a 40 hour deputy chief that responds from home for after hours fires, but they may have also since brought that position back up to 24/7. Hope this helps explain things.