Fire Department

Contains 239 photos

1067 Post
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1067 Post

Post between Polk and Larkin. San Francisco Fire Department Engine #3, now demolished or heavily remodeled [dpwbook19 dpw4280]

Tenderloin
Howard near 3rd
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Howard near 3rd

SF Fire Department station, Engine #4, 676 Howard St. [dpwbook19 dpw4281]

South of Market
Pacific near Osgood Place
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Pacific near Osgood Place

Engine Company No. 1 - Built 1908, 451 Pacific. In use as firehouse until 1958, later converted to offices, still standing in 2025. [dpwbook19 dpw4282]

North Beach
Stockton near Greenwich
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Stockton near Greenwich

San Francisco Fire Department Engine House (Stockton St) [dpwbook19 dpw4284]

North Beach
25th & Vermont
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25th & Vermont

View west from Vermont toward the empty lot facing 25th Street where the Firehouse for Engine Company 37, SFLandmark 187, would be built in 1918. 2527-29 25th Street at center and still stands in 2022. [dpwbook19 dpw4472]

Potrero Hill
Engine Co. 17
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Engine Co. 17

SF Fire Dept Engine Company No.17, Jessie Street (now Mint Plaza) near Fifth. Company moved to this new location in 1916. [dpwbook20 dpw4636]

South of Market
Pacific near Polk
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Pacific near Polk

View north to SFFD Engine Co. No. 8 Firehouse, 1648 Pacific, opened 1917 [dpwbook21 dpw5060]

Polk Gulch
25th & Vermont
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25th & Vermont

View southwest to southwest corner, Engine House 37 under construction [dpwbook21 dpw5063]

Potrero Hill
17th & Treat
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17th & Treat

View north on Treat from 17th to crew posing with sewer cleaning machine. At left, Fire Department training tower. Background center, Long Syrup Refining Co., 2701 16th Street (still stands 2021 as Public Storage facility, in distance right McRoskey Mattress Factory, 1960 Harrison (now 2030 Harrison, converted to housing). [Bucket elevator for cleaning sewers - 17th & Treat dpwbook25 dpw6183]

Mission
Fire at Howard & Harriet
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Fire at Howard & Harriet

5-alarm fire at the headquarters of Goodwill Industries, 1025 Howard St. in the former Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church, southwest corner of Howard Street at Harriet. Apartment building at left still stands.

South of Market
Market near 3rd
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Market near 3rd

Elevated view southeast from upper story window of firefighters testing fire hoses on Market St. in front of large crowd. Palace Hotel, Hearst Examiner Building and Call Building in bacgkround.

Downtown / Union Square
Unknown Location
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Unknown Location

High Pressure Hoses being tested [dpwbook29 dpw7089]

Civic Center
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Civic Center

Firemen watering in front of old Main Library [dpwbook30 dpw7395]

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Firemen watering in front of old Main Library [dpwbook30 dpw7396]

Civic Center
Civic Center
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Civic Center

Firemen watering in front of old Main Library [dpwbook30 dpw7397]

Civic Center