Mayor Lurie Celebrates Completion Of High-Speed Fiber Network At All San Francisco Fire Stations

SAN FRANCISCO – Mayor Daniel Lurie today announced the completion of San Francisco’s Fire Network Modernization Project, delivering major upgrades to the city’s emergency communications infrastructure. The project brings high-speed fiber internet to all 51 fire stations in San Francisco, replacing aging infrastructure with modern, secure, and reliable connections and ensuring firefighters get the information they need quickly during emergencies.

This project builds on Mayor Lurie’s work to improve public safety in San Francisco and support the city’s first responders. Last month, the mayor broke ground on a new San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) training facility that will help firefighters and emergency responders develop the tools they need to keep San Franciscans safe. San Francisco’s 911 emergency response system has seen significant improvements throughout the past several months and is now consistently meeting state standards. Crime citywide dropped nearly 30% in Mayor Lurie’s first year in office and continues to decrease at similar levels in 2026.

“Our administration is working every day to make our city safer, and to keep San Franciscans safe, we must provide our first responders with the tools and resources they need to be successful,” said Mayor Lurie. “By investing in the technology that our emergency responders depend on when every second counts, we will improve response times and make sure our firefighters have the information they need to save lives and protect our communities.”

The project brings SFFD facilities onto a secure, high-speed fiber network, built and maintained by the city’s Department of Technology. The city’s fiber network was initiated in 2002, and the Department of Technology continues to expand the network, now providing fast, secure, reliable internet to more than 800 city facilities, including police stations and city hospitals.

The network is a critical component of the city’s efforts to modernize and upgrade the technology utilized by the 911 emergency response system, including the Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system. The fiber network will allow SFFD to receive audio and video files and other emergency communications reliably, without delay.

“Reliable connectivity is critical to public safety. Completing fiber internet at every San Francisco fire station strengthens our response times, improves coordination with dispatch, and gives our crews the tools they need to protect this city,” said SFFD Chief Dean Crispen. “I want to thank the Mayor’s Office and our technology partners for investing in infrastructure that helps firefighters do their jobs more safely and efficiently.”

The fiber network includes redundancies to give SFFD a more secure and resilient communications network. Built-in backup connections minimize the risk of outages during emergencies, keeping stations connected when firefighters need to respond quickly. The upgraded network is built with the capacity to support future technology and the growing data demands of modern emergency response.  

“I want to congratulate and thank the entire fiber team—our technicians, network engineers, and line installers—who work tirelessly behind the scenes to secure our vital communications infrastructure. Their work is such a critical part of our ability to respond to emergencies, yet is often unseen and unrecognized,” said City Administrator Carmen Chu. “This project, initiated and led by the Department of Technology, delivers reliable and secure connections while increasing bandwidth and speed so that our first responders have the information they need to protect and save lives.”

“Our emergency responders need a digital highway that is fast, resilient, and ready for modern emergency communications,” said Mike Makstman, Department of Technology Executive Director and City Chief Information Officer. “Thanks to the work of our fiber and network engineers, our fire stations now have the high-capacity network needed to support the next generation of emergency response technologies.”