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History

 * http://www.guardiansofthecity.org/sffd/history/index.html

Volunteer companies were first formed in the city in 1850, and a paid staff was established in 1866. In 1906, the department was considered on a par with those of the larger cities on the East Coast, but found itself reduced to fighting the fire of 1906 in the quake aftermath with axes and shovels, as most of the city's water mains were broken and cisterns drained. Fire Chief Dennis T. Sullivan suffered mortal wounds in his home by a falling chimney early in the disaster and subsequently died in the hospital.


 * San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System

Insignia
The SFFD breast badge displays the American bald eagle perched on top a shield (the mythical bird phoenix only appears on the Seal of San Francisco) with the city seal, rank and number affixed on the shield. Insignia is silver for the rank and file and gold for battalion chiefs and above.


 * Talk bout the Phoenix rising from the ashes