SF News SF Firefighters Rescue 18 People Trapped In Alamo Square Apartment Blaze Multiple occupants of a three-story apartment building at Fillmore and Fulton streets were rescued through windows on the second and third floors during a two-alarm fire early Thursday morning.
SF News Retired SF Firefighter Denied Cancer Treatment, Causing City to Question Blue Shield Health Plan The family and friends of retired firefighter Ken Jones implored the city’s Health Service Board this week to persuade Blue Shield to reverse the denial of Jones’s crucial cancer treatment coverage through his city-run health plan, and many others have also been denied.
Arts & Entertainment SF Fire Department Holiday Decorations Contest is Saturday, So Let’s Meet the Contestants ‘Yule’ want to see these photos of the SF fire stations participating in the 2025 Fire Station Community Holiday Decorations Competition, who’ve decked the halls out hard with freaking festive fixtures to bring joy to the world.
SF News Retired SF Firefighter Wins $1.2M Settlement In Whistleblower Retaliation Case A longtime SF firefighter who’s now 60 years old just got a $1.2 million settlement, saying he was repeatedly passed over for promotions after his 2013 whistleblower case reporting racial discrimination.
SF News One Still Missing After Falling Into Pier 32 Saturday, While Surfer Rescued Monday After Board Broke A busy couple of days for the SFPD and Fire Department’s marine units, as two people fell into the water at Pier 32 Saturday and only one of them has been found, and then on Monday, crews had to rescue a surfer in distress near Fort Point.
Arts & Entertainment Pictures: Meet the Winners of the 2024 San Francisco Fire Department Holiday Decorating Contest Yule want to see these photos of the SF fire station that won the 2024 SF Fire Department Holiday Decorating Contest, plus pictures and video of the other runner-up stations that decked the halls hard to bring joy to the world.
SF News SFPD Rescues Two Dogs From SoMa Apartment After Apparent Battery Fire Another apparent battery fire broke out at an apartment at Sixth and Minna streets this weekend, and two dogs had to be rescued from the blaze.
SF Politics SF Mayoral Candidates Keep Wanting to Be Seen Around Firefighters, Fire Department Reportedly Getting Sick of It All five major candidates running for Mayor of San Francisco are putting on a full-court press chasing the SF firefighters’ union endorsement, but the candidates’ very frequent visits to local fire departments may be burning their chances of winning brownie points.
SF News Large Blaze at Civic Center Residential Building Injures One, Displaces Three The charging of an electric scooter was apparently to blame for a one-alarm fire at Leavenworth and McAlister streets Monday morning, and while the blaze was out within an hour or so, one person was hospitalized and three more people were displaced.
SF News Two-Year-Old Kid Saves Outer Richmond House From Being Destroyed by Fire The fast wits of a toddler may have saved a 35th Avenue property from being destroyed over the weekend, as the two-year-old is being credited with alerting his parents to a fire happening outside.
SF News Victim In Brutal Alleged SF Firefighter-On-Firefighter Attack Speaks Out, Story Even Crazier Than We Realized We’ve heard rumors for two years about an alleged wrench-beating laid on an Asian firefighter in SF by one of his colleagues, but the victim is now speaking out, and the tale involves an apparent department cover-up, a 75 MPH car chase, and the wrong guy getting fired.
SF News Early Monday Morning RV Fire In SF's Bayview Spreads to Nearby Warehouse Before Being Extinguished An RV fire broke out around 2:30 am Monday morning on Newhall Street in the Bayview District, and quickly spread to an adjacent warehouse. The fire was extinguished within a half-hour, but the RV is obviously totaled.
SF News Fire at SoMa Apartment High-Rise Leaves Hundreds Without Running Water or Electricity A Wednesday fire at the 40-story Paramount apartment tower at Mission and Third streets has left hundreds of tenants without electricity or running water, and very limited elevator service to navigate the building’s dozens of floors.
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 Allegations of SF Fire Department Assault and Cover-Up Roil Department There had been rumors about an SF firefighter attacking another with a wrench last year, and now there’s a lawsuit from the alleged victim saying the SF Fire Department interfered with the criminal investigation, and took away the accuser's healthcare when he refused to drop the charges.
SF News Capp Street Gets Bigger New Concrete Barricades, Firefighters Union Sounds Off Angrily On Twitter A new set of heavier and more immovable concrete barriers went up to deter the sex work trade on Capp Street this weekend, but the local firefighters union took to Twitter to decry what they see as a public safety risk.
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 Two-Alarm Sunday Night Bayview Fire Burns Three Homes, Displaces 15 Residents An early evening fire spread to three homes between the Bayview District and Silver Terrace Sunday, and while the SF Fire Department was able to contain the blaze in under an hour, it still damaged three homes and left 15 people displaced.
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 Woman Says SFFD Sedated Her Against Her Will During Abortion Protest, She Just Served the City a John Burris Lawsuit A protest stunt at a June Warriors game meant to stand up for abortion rights, but allegedly ended with the spiking of a protester with a sedative, and that protester has enlisted famed civil rights attorney John Burris in a lawsuit against the city.
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.
Arts & Entertainment Mission District Fire Station With Snow Machine, Giant Santa, and Minions Wins SFFD Holiday Decorations Contest The votes are in, and the 25th Street fire station with a snow machine has won the 2021 San Francisco Fire Station Holiday Decorations Contest in a white-out.
SF News SF Firefighters Contain Blaze That Erupted at Bayview Homeless Encampment Next to Caltrain Tracks Smoke was rising from an encampment fire in San Francisco's Bayview District on Friday morning, after a fire erupted at what's being described as a "treehouse" that was built into a hillside beside the Caltrain tracks.
SF News San Francisco Firefighter Dies During Routine Training In Mission District An SF firefighter died Wednesday after falling from a fire escape at the SF Fire Department's training facility at 19th and Folsom streets in the Mission.
