San Antonio Fire Department is responding to more and more vacant structure fires year after year. As of July 31 this year, 29% of SAFD’s fire calls were for vacant structures.
As of July 31 this year, 29% of SAFD’s fire calls were for“I think a lot of it has to do with temperature with the unhoused population,” Hood said.“Now we have vacant buildings in this city where people have gotten in, and it’s like a commune in there, and they’re staying out of the heat now,” Hood said.Dozens of firefighters responded to keep the fire from spreading to the whole block. SAFD believes unsheltered people started it.
“Upwards of 60 to 80 people out there in the middle of the day in the heat. That same amount of people had to respond to another two-alarm fire later on that evening,” the chief said.Many of these vacant buildings around the city are structurally unstable, making it dangerous for firefighters to go inside.
SAFD is working with the city’s development services department to clearly identify dangerous buildings with 4x4 placards.They’re also making these tactical concern reports so crews know the best and safest way to respond. “To have all of this information where the plugs are, where the exposures are, is going to really help you at three in the morning,” the chief said.
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