SF News SF Firefighters Conduct Rescue After Disabled Boat Begins Taking on Water Near Golden Gate Two people had to be rescued Sunday night amid hazardous surf near the Golden Gate, after their boat became disabled and was taking on water.
SF News Burst Steam Pipe Fills Part of Grant Avenue With Cloud of Steam, SFFD Responds An underground steam pipe burst on Grant Avenue Sunday afternoon, shutting down the block between Geary and Post as San Francisco firefighters, Public Works staff, and PG&E responded to the scene.
SF News Smoke on Tracks at 24th Street Station Causes Major BART Delays An equipment problem caused the tracks to smoke at 24th Street station and made a mess of the Monday morning commute, and while the equipment problem is resolved, train delays continue into Monday afternoon.
SF News Three-Alarm Fire In NoPa Leads to Multiple Injuries, Several Buildings Impacted Around one hundred San Francisco firefighters were on the scene of a residential fire in the Western Addition/NoPa neighborhood Monday morning, and one person was hospitalized with injuries after jumping from the burning building.
SF News Two-Alarm Fire on Valencia Street Leaves Three Injured A fire Tuesday morning tore through a building on the 900 block of Valencia Street in the Mission District, and the SF Fire Department had to rescue five individuals from the blaze.
SF News SFFD Rescue Swimmers Save Man Under Collapsed Dock at Pier 90 A man ended up in the cold Bay waters early Friday in Islais Creak, and San Francisco Fire Department rescue swimmers were on hand to rescue him.
SF News [Updated] Utility Worker Dies After Collapse of Trench at Oak and Divisadero Some sort of sidewalk collapse occurred Thursday morning over a utility trench near the Lower Haight neighborhood, trapping one person underground.
SF News Pedestrian Who Died In August Incident That Paramedics Blamed on Cruise Vehicles Was Struck By Muni Bus We are now learning more about an incident reported on last month by the San Francisco Fire Department in which an ambulance carrying a person who was severely injured on a SoMa street was allegedly briefly prevented from leaving the scene due to two Cruise robotaxis in the way.
SF News Glass Being Blown Off Downtown SF Tower 555 California Street, Shelter-In-Place Order Issued A shelter-in-place order was issued Tuesday afternoon after at least one large glass panel "became separated" from the 43rd floor of famed SF office tower 555 California Street, formerly known as Bank of America Center.
SF News SFFD Ambulance Stolen In Outer Sunset As Patient Was Being Brought to It, Taken on Joyride to Oakland A San Francisco Fire Department ambulance was stolen out from under some EMTs on Monday evening, and multiple law enforcement agencies got involved in its pursuit until it was ultimately found abandoned on the other side of the Bay.
Arts & Entertainment SF Fire Station Trucks In Real Snow From Tahoe In Hopes of Winning Holiday Decoration Contest Hoping to “bank” another victory in the annual SF Fire station holiday decorations contests, a Potrero Hill fire station hauled in 15 cubic yards of snow from the Sierra mountains to embellish their display and give local kids a real white Christmas.
Arts & Entertainment Photos: The Five Most Festive SF Fire Stations In the Holiday Decorating Contest The block parties and judging contests in the SF Fire Department holiday decoration contest are scheduled for Wednesday, and these five SF fire stations are decked out with gushers of yuletide razzle-dazzle that you won’t want to miss.
SF News Suspect In Violent Ambulance Hijacking In Best Buy Parking Lot Arrested and Charged The suspect in a bizarre late August incident in which two SFFD paramedics had to flee from their ambulance as a crazed man allegedly hijacked it and tried to run them down, has finally been arrested and charged.
SF News SF Firefighter Wears 'Let's Go Brandon' Shirt While on Duty, SFFD Promises Disciplinary Actions On Saturday, a tweet that contained a picture of an on-duty San Francisco firefighter wearing a "Let's Go Brandon" t-shirt began making rounds on Twitter — which has since prompted SFFD to take disciplinary actions against the City worker.
SF News SF Paramedics Describe Attack By Crazed Man In SoMa Who Chased Them With Their Own Ambulance Two San Francisco Fire Department paramedics say they were attacked this morning by a crazed individual at the edge of the Mission District near Division Street, first with the man smashing the windshield of the ambulance with a wooden stake.
SF News Report: SF Fire Department Has Sedated 4,000 People In Less Than Five Years A recent lawsuit highlighted the seemingly outrageous non-consensual use of sedatives on a protester. Turns out this is an everyday practice, and the SF Fire Department apparently does it two or three times a day.
SF News SF Firefighter Allegedly Shot Oakland Man In Puppy-Breeding Dispute A 29-year-old San Francisco Fire Department member appeared in an Alameda County Court Tuesday morning on charges that he not only ripped off an Oakland puppy breeder, but fired several bullets at him too.
SF News Man Requires Rescue From Outcropping Below Cliff House Popular With Taggers A man who may or may not have been up to no good required a rescue from the Fire Department early Monday morning after apparently going over the wall beside the Cliff House.
SF News At Least Four People Displaced by Three-Alarm Richmond District Fire; Local Journalist's Dogs Rescued From Fast-Growing Blaze Saturday afternoon, a fire at 324 10th Avenue, between Geary Boulevard and Clement Street in San Francisco grew into a three-alarm blaze. An adult male was rescued, as were two cats and two dogs — the latter pair of canines belonging to ABC7's Dion Lim.
SF News Active Shooter Drill In Sunset District Creates Misunderstanding, SFPD Descends on Treasure Island The San Francisco Fire Department apparently created confusion Wednesday for the San Francisco Police Department with an active shooter drill they were conducting.
SF News SF Firefighter Talks COVID Fears, and About a Crazy Weekend of Ocean Beach Rescues in August 2020 San Francisco firefighter and paramedic Sam Gebler was featured on the public radio program "This American Life" over the weekend recalling a particularly crazy workday last August — and how COVID has come to color so much of what he and his colleagues have faced on the job over the last year.
Arts & Entertainment 111 Minna Gallery Damaged By Small Fire A one-alarm fire broke out Wednesday morning at the beloved bar/gallery and entertainment space 111 Minna, and it's not yet known what the extent of the damage was.
Arts & Entertainment SF Fire Stations Revive 70-Year-Old Tradition: Competing Holiday Decorations The San Francisco Fire Department is doing something this year that it hasn't done since the late 1940s in having firehouses compete to see who creates the best holiday decoration display.
SF News San Francisco's Newest Fire Station Floats Into Place at Pier 22 1/2 Early Thursday morning, a first-of-its-kind floating firehouse sailed across the Bay to its new permanent home at Pier 22 1/2, and it's part of the San Francisco Fire Department's preparedness efforts for earthquakes and other disasters.
SF News Highrise Fire At Gateway Apartments Injures Four, Displaces Dozens A fire that began on the 11th Floor of 440 Davis Court in San Francisco led to a late-night evacuation of several floors of the Financial District highrise, and injured at least four residents.
