Tag Archives: San Francisco

Check out this motorized lego model of a San Francisco hook and ladder truck. Published by Copper Penny, they write that there is still more work to be done on the model.

June 2, 2011 is a tragic day for San Francisco Firefighters. Lt. Vincent Perez was killed battling a blaze in the Diamond Heights area of San Francisco. Lt. Perez, 48, was a 21 year veteran of the fire service. Rest in Peace.

Fires in San Francisco, Norco PA, Waipukurau, New Zealand, and Minneapolis

Here is a clip of a fire in San Francisco. Not sure what is going on here exactly. I am somewhat amazed at how they are able to get 2 aerials set to the roof, supply line laid, and what sounds like ventilation begun, however the fire is not put out yet.

Careful at the tiller brother… Guys, this shit happens. No one was hurt from I understand. We learn, we move on. I hate to see a tiller truck get wrecked though. It seems like they are a dying apparatus type. ...

There is more to the story that I wrote about last night (link). In this last budget cycle, the FD asked for $14 million to purchase rigs for the fleet…they got $300k. You and I both know that $300k doesn’t ...

San Francisco firefighters found themselves battling two mutli-alarm fires today. One involving four apartment buildings in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood and another involving several warehouses in the Bayview District. The Bayview fire went to four alarms while the Haight-Ashbury fire went ...

From CBS5.com Firefighters continued to battle a four-alarm structure fire at the Columbus Food manufacturing plant in South San Francisco Thursday morning. The fire was first was reported at a warehouse at 465 Cabot Road just after 2 a.m., the ...

Call it what you will, but I call it poor management. The three highest priorities in any jurisdiction should be: Public Safety Education Refuse Collection Those are in no particular order. Those are the necessities. PERIOD. Over the last 5 ...

How’s about another Shrimp on the Barbie? In a couple of months, two bloggers will be working together at each others jobs. One is a Firefighter and Paramedic on an Engine company  in San Fransisco (The Happy Medic) and the ...