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> just over 1.5 percent of its runs last year involved fires The issue here is not homelessness, it's the waste of resources by sending the firefighters to tag
by stefantalpalaru 11y ago
> just over 1.5 percent of its runs last year involved fires
The issue here is not homelessness, it's the waste of resources by sending the firefighters to tag along almost each and every ambulance call.
Looks like a classic case of perverse incentives. Somebody somewhere wanted to give them more work or more exposure and they ended up doing useless runs.
- bro-stick 11y agoPerhaps emergency social services would be a better use of resources. Btw SF has social services people/volunteer orgs canvassing the Tenderloin during most daylight hours distributing resource info... it's almost impossible to not cross their paths on the fin district opposite side. The issue is that emergency social workers whom can be assigned to a specific person to intervene until they're in a better situation are what's most needed. Not all homeless people know how to fill out forms, navigate, keep appointments or can stick to getting their basic needs met by themselves/know what to do next for whatever reason/s; some do too, sure. The U.S. really needs centrally-coordinated assigned caseworker management for social services so that all needs (food, housing, health, $, edu, work, mental, dental) can be met and addressed, not the patchwork /hit-miss system-of-infinite-cracks it is now.