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Acting Fire Chief Tracy Jarman accepted an offer Monday from Mayor Jerry Sanders to become fire chief, replacing Jeff Bowman, who resigned June 1 in frustration at the city’s chronic under-funding of the Fire Department.
Jarman, 50, a 22-year veteran of the department, had been an assistant chief since 2003. If confirmed by the City Council, she would become only the second woman to head a major metropolitan fire department in the United States.
Editor’s note: Please read Meet the Chief: Joanne Hayes-White, San Francisco Fire Department to learn more about the first woman to head a major metropolitan fire department in the United States.