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2024 PRESS RELEASES
JANUARY
24-0001 2-ALARM FIRE 109 LOWELL
24-0002 HOSE TENDER DEMO AND DRILL
24-0003 SFFD EMS HELPS IN EL SALVADOR
FEBRUARY
24-004 SUPERBOWL SAFETY
24-005 HOSE TENDER DEMO
24-006 HOSE TENDER RE-SCHEDULED
24-007 11TH PARAMEDIC ACADEMY CLASS GRADUATION
MARCH
24-008 PIO CLASS FOR MUTUAL AID RESPONSE
24-009 LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SAFETY LEGISLATION
24-010 FATAL COLLISION
24-011 PFAS LEGISLATION
24-012 3RD ALARM FIRE WEISE STREET
APRIL
24-013 CHP AND SFFD HELICOPTER DEMO
24-014 1906 EARTHQUAKE REMEMBRANCE
24-015 PASSING OF LIEUTENANT STEPHEN SILVESTRICH
MAY
24-016 HEADQUARTERS MURAL
24-017 133RD RECRUIT FIREFIGHTER GRADUATION
JUNE
24-018 MEDIA FIRE TERM GLOSSARY
JULY
24-019 FATAL FIRE GEARY AT LEAVENWORTH
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
24-020- 9-11 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
24-021- EMS MEMORIAL BIKE RIDE
OCTOBER
24-022- FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OPEN HOUSE
24-022- FLEET WEEK MILITARY RIDE-ALONG PROGRAM
24-023 2024 NERT DRILL
NOVEMBER
24-024 134th Recruit Academy Graduation
24-025 2024 Community Paramedic Harvard Cohort
DECEMBER
24-026 5th annual Fire Station holiday decoration event
24-027 Meet your PIO Holiday Safety event
2023 PRESS RELEASES
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
0001: 3rd Alarm Fire 1734 22nd Ave.
0002: Medical Mission to El Salvador
MARCH
APRIL
0003: 117TH 1906 EARTHQUAKE
0004: 2023 NERT DISASTER DRILL
0005: H3L2 CLASS 9 GRADUATION
0006: INTERSTATION COMPETITION
MAY
0007: H3L1 CLASS 23 GRADUATION
0008: BIKE YOUTH SAFETY EVENT
JUNE
JULY
0009: 4th OF JULY SAFETY
AUGUST
0010: AWARDS CEREMONY SFFD
0011: 911 REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
SEPTEMBER
0012: 10TH H3L2 EMS GRADUATION
0013: SFFD ANNOUNCES NEW 24-HOUR PIO TEAM
0014: TRENCH RESCUE PRESS RELEASE
0015: EMS MEMORIAL BIKE RIDE
OCTOBER
0016: Pedestrian rescued from under AV car
0017: On Duty Public Information Officer Contact Info
0018: 2023 Loma Prieta NERT Drill
0019: Fire Prevention Week 2023
0020: Fire Prevention Event at Fire Headquarters
0021: DMV Suspended AV permits in SF
0022: Halloween Safety Tips
NOVEMBER
0023: 132 Academy Graduation
0024: 24th Emergency Medical Technician Academy Graduation
0025: Holiday Safety Tips
DECEMBER
0026: 2023 Station Decoration Competition
0027: Three Alarm Fire 720 Masonic
0028: 2023 NYE JOINT SAFETY RELEASE
0029: SFFD APPARATUS COLLISON
2022 Press/Media Releases
JANUARY
0001: EMT class 19 Graduation
FEBRUARY
0002: Facility K9 Donation
0003: Earl Gage Jr. Mural
MARCH
APRIL
0004: 116TH Anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake
0005: 2022 Annual NERT Drill
MAY
0006: H3L1 EMS CLASS 20 GRADUATION
0008: 2022 CAL OES Wildland Training
0009: 2022 Summer Safety Kick-Off Event
JUNE
0010: 129TH ACADEMY GRADUATION
0011: PRIDE 2022 STAND DOWN
0012: 4TH COHORT COMMUNITY PARAMEDICS
JULY
0013: July 4th Events and Safety
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
0014: 9-11-02 Remembrance Ceremony
0015: San Francisco Fire to host EMS Memorial Bike Ride
0016: 22nd EMS and 8th Paramedic Class Graduation
OCTOBER
0017: 2022 Fire Prevention Week
0018: 2022 Meritorious Awards Ceremony
0019: CITYWIDE NERT DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DRILL
0020: 33RD ANNIVERSARY LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE
NOVEMBER
0021: 130th Academy Graduation
DECEMBER
0022: Galleri Cancer Detection Event
0023: Meet your PIO Holiday Event
0024: Station Holiday Decoration Competition
0025: Station Decoration Entries
0026: Snow Delivery 2022
0027: Joint Public Safety Fireworks and NYE Information 2022
2021 Press/Media Releases
0001: 17th EMT Graduation
0002: 2021 Tsunami Safety Awareness Week
0003: Surf and Cliff Rescue Public Demonstration
0004: 2021 Annual NERT drill (virtual due to CV19)
0005: 45th Avenue Fire Training
0006: Multi-Agency Coastal Safety
0007: New Website
0008: 10th Anniversary Berkely Way Fatal Fire (LODD)
0009: AARB Champ Camp returns
0010: Celebration of life Firefighter Christopher G. Yock
0011: 127th Entry-Level Firefighter Graduation
0012: 4TH OF JULY SAFETY MESSAGE 2021
0013: Emergency water supply demonstration 2021
0014: 18th EMT Graduation
0015: SFFD O2X TRAINING
0016: 911 20TH ANNIVERSARY REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY
0017: San Francisco Fire to host a commemoration of fallen EMS heroes
0018: Fire Prevention Month 2021
0019: Rollerblade for Cancer Awareness
0020: Thanksgiving Safety 2021
0021: 1st Anniversary of SCRT
0022: 128 Academy graduation ceremony
0023: Facility dogs media event
0024: 2021 Station Holiday Decorations Competition
0025: 2021 Station Holiday Decorations Judging
2020 Press/Media Releases
0001: Celebration of Life Ceremony- Jason Cortez
0002: Fire Prevention Week 2020 SFFD
0003: NERT 30th Anniversary Virtual drill
0004: London Breed has declared Saturday, October 17, 2020, as NERT Day
0005: Fire Reserves application process 2020-2021
0006: Fire House Decoration Competition 2020
0007: Listos class 12-2020
0008: Joint NYE Safety information