San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has named Battalion Chief Dean Crispen as the city’s new fire chief.

Lurie, who was sworn in as mayor on Wednesday, had an opening for the leader of the San Francisco Fire Department after former chief Jeanine Nicholson retired in August. Sandra Tong was serving as interim chief before the selection of Crispen as the new permanent chief.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.