S.F. Firefighter Leaders Say Morale Is a Problem — and the Chief Should Go

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A San Francisco Fire Department Engine 13, stationed in the Financial District. Creative Commons image by Flickr user

By Ted Goldberg, KQED News Fix

Leaders of several groups representing San Francisco firefighters say that more than a year after a no-confidence vote in Chief Joanne Hayes-White, morale continues to ebb amid concerns over staffing, operational problems and what’s widely described as the chief’s unresponsiveness to rank-and-file concerns.

But Hayes-White says she believes the department is on the right track, and all indications are that she still enjoys the support of the city officials who really matter in her case: Mayor Ed Lee and members of the city’s Fire Commission.

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix. 

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