major port a number of fireboats of San Francisco have been operated by the city of San Francisco since 1878. United States Navy fireboats USS Leslie, USS Fortune...
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breakage of water mains, as happened in San Francisco due to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Some modern fireboats are capable of pumping tens of thousands...
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Phoenix often leads parades of ships, and takes part in welcoming ceremonies. The city of San Francisco operated two fireboats in the 1900s: Governor Irwin...
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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...
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Captain is stationed at Station 49. The SFFD has two fireboats that are docked at Pier 22+1⁄2. Fireboat 1, the Phoenix, was constructed in 1954 and is fitted...
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dedicated to the two fireboats. All seven are able to man the fireboats in an emergency. Although, having the reserve fireboat manned by recalled personnel...
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1989 Loma Prieta earthquake (redirect from San Francisco earthquake of 1989)
2015. Guardians of the City. Fire Department. "SFFD Fireboats: The History of the Fireboat Phoenix." Retrieved August 29, 2009. "Fireboats: Then and Now"...
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1913. The system is made up of a collection of water reservoirs, pump stations, cisterns, suction connections and fireboats. While the system can use both...
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steam-powered fireboat built for and operated by the San Francisco Fire Department. The city had no fireboats at the time of the disastrous 1906 San Francisco earthquake...
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been released. Fireboats of Long Beach, California Fireboats of San Diego Fireboats of San Francisco Edward Montgomery Graham, David Matthew Marchick (2006)...
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York City Fireboats of Philadelphia Fireboats of San Diego Fireboats of San Francisco Fireboats of Toronto Fireboats of Vancouver Fireboats on the Mississippi...
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This is a list of San Francisco Designated Landmarks. In 1967, the city of San Francisco, California, adopted Article 10 of the Planning Code, providing...
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Markham, commissioned in 1895, was a twin of the Governor Irwin. "San Francisco Fire Department Museum ~ Fireboats ~ Governor Irwin". Guardiansofthecity.org...
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by serious brush fires. Fireboat Tiburon was one of the nearby fireboats which helped bring those fires under control. Fireboat Tiburon has rescued recreational...
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David S. Scannell (redirect from David Scannell (San Francisco))
2014-10-13. "NEW FIREBOAT TO BE LAUNCHED SATURDAY". Vol. 105, no. 171. San Francisco Call. 1909-05-20. Retrieved 2014-10-13. The launching of the first completed...
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cargo vessel Benjamin Franklin, one of the fireboats of Philadelphia, in service since 1950 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, written from 1771...
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and San Francisco fireboats". General Electric Review. 1909. pp. 420–421. Archived from the original on 2016-09-13. Retrieved 2016-08-30. "Fireboat for...
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the city of San Francisco. Renamed the Guardian, it was retired in 2022. Beginning in 1992, the city of Vancouver received five new fireboats. Designed...
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SS Puerto Rican (category Tankers of the United States)
That evening, after 32 hours of effort, navy fireboats finally extinguished the fire. On November 3, 30 miles southwest of the Golden Gate, she broke up...
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Richmond, California (redirect from Geography of Richmond, California)
San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay region, Richmond borders San Pablo, Albany, El Cerrito and Pinole in addition to the unincorporated communities of North...
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Fleet Week (redirect from San Francisco Fleet Week)
restaurants. The highlight of the San Francisco Fleet Week is the Air Show on San Francisco Bay with the Blue Angels as the center of attention. The Air Show...
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Hoga (YT-146) (redirect from CITY OF OAKLAND (USS HOGA))
one-time rival San Francisco after the latter's nearly century-long reign as principal American port on the Pacific, was without municipal fireboat protection...
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"Steam Ferry Berkely". Maritime Museum of San Diego. Retrieved 17 September 2016. "C. A. Theyer – San Francisco NHP". National Historic Parks. Retrieved...
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Dennis T. Sullivan (category Victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake)
survived her injuries. In 1909 the city launched the fireboat Dennis T. Sullivan. When San Francisco built a new residence for its Fire Chiefs it was named...
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War II St. Francis (fireboat), operated by the San Francisco Fire Department St. Francis Yacht Club, a sailing club in San Francisco since 2016 St Francis...
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MTU Friedrichshafen (category Defence companies of Germany)
subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Holdings MTU / Detroit Diesel exhibition at a trade fair MTU 20V4000M93 engine MTU marine engine San Francisco Water Emergency...
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Department San Bernardino County Fire Department San Diego Fire-Rescue Department San Francisco Fire Department San Jose Fire Department San Luis Obispo...
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San Bernandino County Fire and EMS Protection District San Diego Fire Department San Diego County Fire Department San Francisco Fire Department San Gabriel...
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2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System (1912), which supports the separate firefighting water supply system in San Francisco, California...
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of Honor David S. Scannell (1820–1893), San Francisco's first professional Fire Chief David Scannell (fireboat), a fireboat operated by San Francisco...
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