Municipal fire department
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Led the rescue operation
A man who climbed into a dumpster to look for food was loaded into a Recology garbage truck before dawn Wednesday and compacted under trash on a Union Square street. Firefighters spent two hours pulling him from the pile and rushed him to a hospital in serious condition.
Updated Sep 4
Responded to substation fire and supported stabilization efforts
San Francisco is the kind of city that feels unstoppable—until the lights go out. On Saturday, a substation fire near 8th and Mission helped trigger a blackout that spread across neighborhoods and knocked out traffic signals. Restoration took more than two days and sparked political backlash and raised questions about whether a modern city can tolerate single-point failures in critical infrastructure.
Updated May 16
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