Lurie, who was sworn in as mayor on Wednesday, had an opening for the leader of the San Francisco Fire Department after former chief Jeanine Nicholson retired in August. Sandra Tong was serving as ...

On Friday, the new mayor announced that he had promoted San Francisco Fire Department Battalion Chief Dean Crispen to fire chief. Crispen, a 34-year department veteran, will be SFFD’s 27th fire ...

Jeanine Nicholson is the chief of the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD). She began her career with the SFFD in 1994 as a firefighter EMT. Nicholson promoted through the ranks of firefighter ...