ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author would like to thank SFFD Chief Mario Trevino and Lt. Barry Wong for their assistance with this project. Thanks also goes to Patricia Akre, photographic curator at the San Francisco Public Library; Selby Collins with the San Francisco History Room, and Peter Fairfield with Gamma Labs.
The author would also like to thank the following people associated with the SFFD Museum: Pete Ashen, Bill Koenig, Bob Kreuzberger, Eric Passler, Al Sassus, and Sue Stacks. Also, the museums docents Chuck Burwell, Flavio Cadenazzi, Barbara Casey, Ed Fourcault, Marina Garris, Karen Hanning, Virginia Jones, Frances Marvin, Mike Minor, Richard Reutlinger, Maureen Sarment, and Bruce Shelton; SFFD firefighters from the Sports Palace Gym Sarah Coe and Jerry Winston who encouraged me to be strong; and Arcadia Publishings Christine Talbot Riley, Keith Ulrich, and Sarah Wassell. To my wife, Kyoko, for allowing me to spend time on this project while she parented our children.
Most importantly, to the SFFD paramedics who in June 2000 brought me to the emergency room via city ambulance after I had an anaphylactic allergic reaction to a nectarine. I believe I am alive today due to their actions.
The author will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book to the
San Francisco Fire Departments Toy program.
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To participate in the Oral History program for retired SFFD members, please email author John Garvey at discusthrower@peoplepc.com . Audio and digital video will be made and donated to the SFFD Museum by author and the Hook and Ladder Society. Together lets preserve more SFFD history and retain our unique stories for future generations.
Line of Duty Deaths
- James Welsh, May 4, 1851
- James Dougherty, June 22, 1853
- Samuel Bumm, March 2, 1854
- John Teising,
November 28, 1854
- Thomas Murray,
January 27, 1855
- T.T. Seward, November 2, 1855
- William Louderbach,
August 20, 1859
- Elbert Barbier,
November 27, 1860
- Edward T. Allen, March 1, 1863
- J.M. Jacks, August 31, 1863
- Walter J. Bohen,
August 31, 1865
- F. Kiernan, November 4, 1879
- John Chester, July 5, 1880
- Mathew Brady,
November 21, 1882
- John E. Ross, April 3, 1883
- Michael McLaughlin,
June 10, 1885
- Gabriel Beaujet,
November 10, 1885
- Martin H. Hannan,
October 8, 1885
- Peter F. Healy, October 8, 1885
- William B. Ludlow,
January 2, 1886
- John P. Flemming, May 1, 1886
- Greg L. Post, August 23, 1886
- John J. Wilkinson,
February 10, 1887
- John M. Cook, June 28, 1887
- Michael J. Nagle,
November 25, 1887
- Edward Riley,
November 29, 1890
- William Hunt, July 4, 1891
- Thomas Kennedy, May 20, 1892
- A.E. Davis, June 7, 1893
- Joseph Madison, June 7, 1893
- Richard Windrow, June 7, 1893
- Morris Bushway, August 9, 1893
- John Cronin, October 6, 1893
- John. B. Peralta,
November 11, 1893
- James Bain, January 15, 1895
- John Moholy, January 6, 1897
- Timothy Hallinan,
January 6, 1897
- Michael Kellehar,
October 30, 1898
- Henry ONeil, May 11, 1900
- John E. Sweeney,
November 20, 1900
- Henry T. Heffeman,
September 24, 1902
- Mark Bearwald, June 23, 1903
- Charles W. Dakin,
January 31, 1906
- Tim J. Hennessy,
January 31, 1906
- Henry Sullivan, April 15, 1906
- Dennis T. Sullivan,
April 18, 1906
- James ONeil, April 18, 1906
- Greg F. Wells, June, 1908
- Thomas F. Hayden,
December 6, 1908
- John H. Mullen,
October 14, 1909
- Phillip J. Meehan,
November 1, 1910
- Frederick J. Baker,
September 3, 1910
- James C. Crowley,
January 26, 1911
- James Buckley, May 31, 1911
- Thomas J. Ahern,
March 17, 1912
- John F. Meacham, June 28, 1914
- William W. Nelfer, July 5, 1914
- William A. Carew,
September 9, 1914
- Dennis J. Mulcahy,
November 7, 1915
- John W. Corwell, June 2, 1916
- Joseph Allen, October 5, 1917
- Stephen D. Russell,
October 5, 1917
- Timothy F. Collins,
October 5, 1917
- Joseph H. Coleman,
November 27, 1917
- John J. Conlon, March 2, 1919
- Theodore B. Kentzel,
April 25, 1919
- Joseph Ryan, 1919
- Owen Williams, June 7, 1920
- Bernard F. McDermott,
October 9, 1920
- William J. Cooper,
January 9, 1922
- William S. Kirkpatrick,
January 9, 1922
- Anton Loger, Janaury 9, 1922
- Julius Phillips, January 25, 1923
- Frank W. Becker,
October 29, 1924
- James C. Herlihy, June 15, 1925
- John D. Lavaroni,
April 14, 1925
- Thomas F. Collins, May 2, 1925
- Patrick W. Gordon,
August 28, 1926
- David J. Britt, January 1, 1927
- William H. Bowen,
March 1, 1931
- Florence Scannel,
January 1, 1932
- Timothy J. Driscoll,
March 9, 1932
- Joseph A. Sullivan, July 31, 1936
- Owen E. McNulty,
August 10, 1937
- William Larkin,
February 15, 1938
- Patrick T. Dunlavy,
May 15, 1938
- James OMalley, June 5, 1938
- Michael F. Malley,
February 13, 1939
- Joseph F. Flood, August 24, 1940
- Louis E. Sullivan,
September 27, 1940
- Harry D. Brophy,
December 4, 1941
- Arthur F. Moore,
December 5, 1941
- Charles J. McCarthy,
January 30, 1942
- John W. Walker, July 24, 1944
- Frank J. Garcia,
December 7, 1944
- James Byrnes, July 25, 1946
- John M. Borman, July 30, 1946
- Albert F. Hudson, July 30, 1946
- Walter V. Elvitsky, July 30, 1946
- Charles P. Lynch, July 30, 1946
- Patrick Duffy, January 2, 1947
- Michael OConnell,
October 17, 1947
- Leo J. Carey, March 18, 1948
- Joseph F. Kane, May 15, 1948
- John J. Webb, January 17, 1950
- Fred C. Ellenberger,
April 13, 1950
- Alfred W. Betti, June 12, 1952
- George J. Kennan, July 28, 1952
- Joseph P. Corliss, March 6, 1953
- George R. Wyatt,
October 2, 1953
- Herbert G. Martin,
April 7, 1954