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San Francisco Fire Department. The San Francisco Fire Department ( SFFD) provides firefighting, hazardous materials response services, technical rescue services and emergency medical response services to the City and County of San Francisco, California .
Eyewitness to the Sixth Great Fire — 1851. First Fire Companies Organized — 1850-1854. San Francisco’s Pioneer Steam Fire-Engine — 1856. End of the Volunteer Department — 1866. The Department’s Early History, by Chief Frederick F. Postel. How the Fire Department Telegraph is Worked — 1877. Daniel Hayes and the Hayes Ladder Truck ...
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Established in 1866, the San Francisco Fire Department is rich in tradition and history. From the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 to the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989, the Department has grown to meet the many challenges along the way. Today, the San Francisco Fire Department serves an estimated 1.5 million people, providing fire suppression ...
The first of the great fires that visited San Francisco occurred at 6 o’clock on the morning of December 24, 1849, when it was estimated that $1,000,000 worth of property was destroyed. Six months later, on May 4, 1850, the second great fire occurred. It began at 4 o’clock in the morning and by 11 o’clock three blocks of the most valuable ...
From the Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 to the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989, the Department has grown to meet the many challenges along the way. Today, the San Francisco Fire Department serves an estimated 1.5 million people, providing fire suppression, fire prevention and emergency medical services to the residents, visitors and workers ...
Evolution of the Department. As has already been recited, steps for the organization of the fire department were taken early in 1850. For sixteen years the volunteer department was the most important factor in the City’s life. As quoted from the “Annals of San Francisco”. “The volunteer system need not be abandoned for a paid fire ...
The Fire Service And Its Emblems. Compiled by: Lawrence H. Casserly Lieutenant San Francisco Fire Department "We are engaged in the service of humanity. We are engaged in a work that never ends. No armistice breaks the stress; no diplomatic treaty breaks the strain. "Firemen are ceaselessly engaged in combating the destructive energies of nature.
