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In San Francisco, history is as close as the sound of the fire engines and trucks racing by, sirens wailing. The San Francisco Fire Department took shape, as did the city, from the ashes and embers of the Great Fire of 1906. In the tumultuous seaport full of those seeking Californias newly found gold, volunteer fire companies had to adapt to a teeming city full of canvas tents, wood shacks, kerosene lanterns, ocean breezes, and hilly winding streets. From a force that initially pulled hand-operated pumps and competed to be the first at a fire, traveling in horse-drawn equipment, the department has grown from a volunteer contingent of a few hundred to a company 1,800 strong and equipped to protect a city of 49 square miles, surrounded on three sides by salt water. The historic photographs of this volume document the establishment of the volunteer department on Christmas Eve 1849 and the inception of the paid force in 1866, as well as such colorful characters as Lily Hitchcock Coit, a belle who battled many a blaze with the volunteers and a portion of whose estate went to build the 210-foot Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill. Striking images, many never before published, illustrate how the fire department was affected not only by the well-known inferno of 1906 but by the six blazes that leveled the waterfront in the 1850s and a number of other fires throughout the citys history.

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Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author would like to thank SFFD - photo 1
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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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anonymous. Tour Old San Francisco Firehouses . Hook and Ladder Society, 1978.

Anonymous. History of the SFFD: The Exempt Firemen of San Francisco, 18491900 . SF: Commercial Publishing Company, 1900.

Burks, John and George Hall. Working Fire: The San Francisco Fire Department . Mill Valley: Squarebooks, 1982.


Bowlen, Frederick J. Fire Horses: Farewell, Good and Faithful Servants . 1938.

Condon, Emmet and Gladys Hansen. Denial of Disaster: The Untold and Photographs of the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906. 1989.


Holdredge, Helen. Firebelle Lillie: Life and Times of Lillie Coit of San Francisco . 1967.


Kenoyer, Natlee. The Firehorses of San Francisco. Westernlore Publishing, 1971.


Lynch, Jeremiah. Senator of the Fifties: David C . Broderick of California. 1911.


Paul, Caroline. Fighting Fire . St. Martins Press, 1998.


San Francisco Fire Department Museum. http://www.sffiremuseum.org .


San Francisco Fire Engine Tours and Adventures. http://www.fireenginetours.com .


Williams, David A. David C . Broderick, A Political Portrait . 1969.


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
  1. James Welsh, May 4, 1851
  2. James Dougherty, June 22, 1853
  3. Samuel Bumm, March 2, 1854
  4. John Teising,

    November 28, 1854

  5. Thomas Murray,

    January 27, 1855

  6. T.T. Seward, November 2, 1855
  7. William Louderbach,

    August 20, 1859

  8. Elbert Barbier,

    November 27, 1860

  9. Edward T. Allen, March 1, 1863
  10. J.M. Jacks, August 31, 1863
  11. Walter J. Bohen,

    August 31, 1865

  12. F. Kiernan, November 4, 1879
  13. John Chester, July 5, 1880
  14. Mathew Brady,

    November 21, 1882

  15. John E. Ross, April 3, 1883
  16. Michael McLaughlin,

    June 10, 1885

  17. Gabriel Beaujet,

    November 10, 1885

  18. Martin H. Hannan,

    October 8, 1885

  19. Peter F. Healy, October 8, 1885
  20. William B. Ludlow,

    January 2, 1886

  21. John P. Flemming, May 1, 1886
  22. Greg L. Post, August 23, 1886
  23. John J. Wilkinson,

    February 10, 1887

  24. John M. Cook, June 28, 1887
  25. Michael J. Nagle,

    November 25, 1887

  26. Edward Riley,

    November 29, 1890

  27. William Hunt, July 4, 1891
  28. Thomas Kennedy, May 20, 1892
  29. A.E. Davis, June 7, 1893
  30. Joseph Madison, June 7, 1893
  31. Richard Windrow, June 7, 1893
  32. Morris Bushway, August 9, 1893
  33. John Cronin, October 6, 1893
  34. John. B. Peralta,

    November 11, 1893

  35. James Bain, January 15, 1895
  36. John Moholy, January 6, 1897
  37. Timothy Hallinan,

    January 6, 1897

  38. Michael Kellehar,

    October 30, 1898

  39. Henry ONeil, May 11, 1900
  40. John E. Sweeney,

    November 20, 1900

  41. Henry T. Heffeman,

    September 24, 1902

  42. Mark Bearwald, June 23, 1903
  43. Charles W. Dakin,

    January 31, 1906

  44. Tim J. Hennessy,

    January 31, 1906

  45. Henry Sullivan, April 15, 1906
  46. Dennis T. Sullivan,

    April 18, 1906

  47. James ONeil, April 18, 1906
  48. Greg F. Wells, June, 1908
  49. Thomas F. Hayden,

    December 6, 1908

  50. John H. Mullen,

    October 14, 1909

  51. Phillip J. Meehan,

    November 1, 1910

  52. Frederick J. Baker,

    September 3, 1910

  53. James C. Crowley,

    January 26, 1911

  54. James Buckley, May 31, 1911
  55. Thomas J. Ahern,

    March 17, 1912

  56. John F. Meacham, June 28, 1914
  57. William W. Nelfer, July 5, 1914
  58. William A. Carew,

    September 9, 1914

  59. Dennis J. Mulcahy,

    November 7, 1915

  60. John W. Corwell, June 2, 1916
  61. Joseph Allen, October 5, 1917
  62. Stephen D. Russell,

    October 5, 1917

  63. Timothy F. Collins,

    October 5, 1917

  64. Joseph H. Coleman,

    November 27, 1917

  65. John J. Conlon, March 2, 1919
  66. Theodore B. Kentzel,

    April 25, 1919

  67. Joseph Ryan, 1919
  68. Owen Williams, June 7, 1920
  69. Bernard F. McDermott,

    October 9, 1920

  70. William J. Cooper,

    January 9, 1922

  71. William S. Kirkpatrick,

    January 9, 1922

  72. Anton Loger, Janaury 9, 1922
  73. Julius Phillips, January 25, 1923
  74. Frank W. Becker,

    October 29, 1924

  75. James C. Herlihy, June 15, 1925
  76. John D. Lavaroni,

    April 14, 1925

  77. Thomas F. Collins, May 2, 1925
  78. Patrick W. Gordon,

    August 28, 1926

  79. David J. Britt, January 1, 1927
  80. William H. Bowen,

    March 1, 1931

  81. Florence Scannel,

    January 1, 1932

  82. Timothy J. Driscoll,

    March 9, 1932

  83. Joseph A. Sullivan, July 31, 1936
  84. Owen E. McNulty,

    August 10, 1937

  85. William Larkin,

    February 15, 1938

  86. Patrick T. Dunlavy,

    May 15, 1938

  87. James OMalley, June 5, 1938
  88. Michael F. Malley,

    February 13, 1939

  89. Joseph F. Flood, August 24, 1940
  90. Louis E. Sullivan,

    September 27, 1940

  91. Harry D. Brophy,

    December 4, 1941

  92. Arthur F. Moore,

    December 5, 1941

  93. Charles J. McCarthy,

    January 30, 1942

  94. John W. Walker, July 24, 1944
  95. Frank J. Garcia,

    December 7, 1944

  96. James Byrnes, July 25, 1946
  97. John M. Borman, July 30, 1946
  98. Albert F. Hudson, July 30, 1946
  99. Walter V. Elvitsky, July 30, 1946
  100. Charles P. Lynch, July 30, 1946
  101. Patrick Duffy, January 2, 1947
  102. Michael OConnell,

    October 17, 1947

  103. Leo J. Carey, March 18, 1948
  104. Joseph F. Kane, May 15, 1948
  105. John J. Webb, January 17, 1950
  106. Fred C. Ellenberger,

    April 13, 1950

  107. Alfred W. Betti, June 12, 1952
  108. George J. Kennan, July 28, 1952
  109. Joseph P. Corliss, March 6, 1953
  110. George R. Wyatt,

    October 2, 1953

  111. Herbert G. Martin,

    April 7, 1954

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