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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.
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 ...
View Interactive Map. Fire Station Locations. Airport Division Station Locations. SFO Station 1. Building #650, West Field Road. San Francisco International Airport. San Francisco, CA 94128. SFO Station 2. Building #1064, North Access Road. San Francisco International Airport. San Francisco, CA 94128. SFO Station 3.
Our Mission. The mission of the San Francisco Fire Department is to protect the lives and property of the people of San Francisco and its visitors from fires, natural disasters, accidents, hazardous materials incidents, and other causes requiring a rapid and skilled response by land or water; serve the needs of its most vulnerable residents through community paramedicine, and save lives and ...
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 ...
The new Department went into service at midnight, December 2, 1866 and the pay for the new chief engineer was 4-thousand dollars a year. Three assistant chiefs were paid 50 dollars per month The first chief engineer was F.E.R. Whitney, who had been a member of the New York City Fire Department before coming to San Francisco.
