Supervisor Aaron Peskin’s vocal criticism of the Fire Department’s performance at the North Beach blaze on St. Patrick’s Day evening has taken on a life of its own.

Peskin hustled over from dinner at a restaurant as the fire burned at 659 Union St., demanded to know why firefighters weren’t pouring water on the building (they were inside looking for possible victims) and called for the fire chief to be canned.

Internal department memos about his conduct and demeanor that night, including firefighters’ statements that Peskin appeared to be intoxicated, are doing serious harm to the supervisor.

Peskin denies he had been drinking, but given his history, it’s questionable if people are listening.

Now, some Fire Department officials are lobbying to ban the supervisor from going into command centers at future fires.

To calm things down, Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White has agreed to a private meeting with Peskin, with me as mediator. To prepare for the task, I rewatched the famous Italian restaurant “sit-down” scene in “The Godfather.”

I’m thinking John’s Grill seems would be the appropriate venue. It’s public enough that everyone would be safe there. Including me.