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PulsePoint is a 911-connected mobile app that allows users to view and receive live alerts of calls being responded to by fire departments and emergency medical services.The app aims to have bystanders trained in CPR help cardiac arrest victims before emergency crews arrive, which can increase their chance of survival.
The Town Council held a special called meeting that afternoon and passed a resolution to organize a fire department. [3] [4] The resolution states, in part, “Therefore…..to protect the town against another such calamity by organizing fire companies”, and the San Francisco Fire Department was born. Town Council met on January 28, 1850, and ...
A rescue operation was initiated after the man stuck on the edge of a cliff was heard yelling for help shortly before 1:00 p.m. Sunday by a person at San Francisco's Baker Beach, located near the ...
A bystander called 911, mobilizing the San Francisco Fire Department and the California Highway Patrol. A helicopter rescue team was later dispatched to the scene. A helicopter rescue team was ...
Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in support of the ban and is expected to do the same during a final vote. Once in effect, the law would give the city’s fire ...
In the 1960s, dentist and historian Doc Bulloch began the annual tradition of painting it on the anniversary of the fire, April 18. [5]In 1966, it was dedicated by the Upper Noe Valley Neighborhood Council to "Chief Dennis Sullivan and the men who fought the Great Fire and to the spirit of the people of San Francisco."
The San Francisco Fire Department was called to the scene about 9 p.m. in the 700 block of Jackson Street, authorities said. Chinatown was bustling as people celebrated Lunar New Year.
In October, 2016, San Francisco's new fireboat, helped the US Navy celebrate Fleet Week. St. Francis is a fireboat operated by the San Francisco Fire Department on San Francisco Bay since 2016. Also known as Fireboat 3, she was given the official name on October 17, 2016, the anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. [1]