SFFD proposed lock box system
Updated June 17, 2009
Grassroots victory for SFAA members!
Thank you for taking the time last week to email the San Francisco Fire Department about the proposed new Lock Box program.
The Fire Marshal reported receiving more than 140 emails from SFAA members opposing this potentially costly and untested new program.
It is our understanding that the program has been turned into a VOLUNTARY program as opposed to a MANDATED program.
Congratulations on saving San Francisco rental housing owners another costly fee and tax!
June 11, 2009
The Fire Department is going the implement an expensive solution to a very simple problem if you do not ACT NOW.
Installation of an expensive Lock Box system ($350.00) and costly yearly inspection fees are going to cost you more money! This is just another assault by the bureaucrats at City Hall!
E-mail your opposition now to FireMarshal@sfgov.org
We contacted you yesterday about this and the city has received no response.
If you can’t e-mail, please attend the public hearing tomorrow:
FIRE DEPARTMENT HEARING ROOM
698 SECOND STREET (TOWNSEND)
SAN FRANCISCO
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009, 10:00 A.M.
If you don’t comment by tomorrow at 5:00 P.M. if will be TOO LATE to STOP this costly program.
June 10, 2009
The San Francisco Fire Department is contemplating the introduction of a new "approved" lock box system for rental housing owners in San Francisco.
This approved lock box system would hold keys to your building so that the Fire Department can readily access them in the case of an emergency.
Please take the time to review the websites referenced below and weigh in with your comments by writing the commission or appearing before the commission for public comment:
Fire Commission Hearing Room
Friday, June 12, 2009
10:00 A.M.
698 Second Street (Townsend)
SFFD Lock Box Program Informational Meeting
Public Hearing on Proposed Revisions to Fire Department Administrative Bulletins
SFFD Security Alternatives for Emergency Access 'Key Boxes'
The Department is proposing implementation of this program to rental housing providers by 2013. The cost of the lock box will be approximately $350.00 and they are proposing twice yearly inspections by authorized vendors.