San Francisco Fire Department – Station #28

Time: Around 1:20 pm/​March 2008
What: Smoke damage to interior of my place. Minor for me, but not neighbor. They had fire and smoke melting some plastic and burn down the kitchen.
How: I was at work when neighbor call me about situation. I was in Fi-​Di and took off less than 15 mins, I was home. My other neighbor forgot about pot left on stove. After all liquid and ingredients dried up, pot was the only thing left to burn and burn till it couldn’t take it no more.
Why: The hoarding conditions may have play a role. Neighbor kept everything they come in contact with. Even newspaper dating back to the ’89 WS and the loma prieta earthquake.
Lost: Couple of clothing article sustain smoke damage. My beloved sheep skin supple leather jacket couldn’t be brought back to life; RIP. Jacket was on hanger close to doorway along with cashmere scarfs. No pet or lives were in danger. Thank god! Total lost about $ 672 later was claim.
Key Role: SFFD for using high velocity fan blowing out much of the smoke through hallway away from my end. Later, I was told, I can go back and check on my belongings.
Lesson: Get to know your neighbor and exchange info with them. You never know what’s on the horizon when you’re away. Consider it an extra eye watching out for you.

Thanks the men and women of this station, the 3-​alarm fire last night, which was in a difficult location to access, didn’t spread to any of the surrounding buildings (including mine!)

As my friends and I were on our way for a night out, the elevator broke and we were trapped. After an hour of waiting for the maintenance repair man we decided to call the fire dept. They came within minutes… thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh the joy of hearing them arrive. The lack of oxygen amongst 8 of us started making us delirious.
Not only did they rescue us but they took pity on us and gave us a ride in their firetruck to the bar of our choice! Too bad they were on-​duty and couldn’t join us. Next time I see them, I will for sure take them up on their offer of visiting the station and sliding down that pole!

Can’t add much more to Celeste L.‘s review of this place:
But seriously folks, not only are they «not hard on the eyes,» but they appear to be super-​friendly (yes, they waved and rang their bell in response to my giddy wave. OK, well, maybe it was for the two kids standing beside me, but a girl can dream).
Where were these guys during my heyday, affectionately known as my «North Beach» years!?!
Cool historical photos of this station here:
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*Reviews of my local Burlingame FD forthcoming!

«Fire, Fire, Fire.» I’m always on fire when I walk pass the fire department… just thinking about the firemen makes me hot. Hoses, ladders, and poles… oh my goodness… HOT FIRE BELOW ;-)!
No hook-​and-​ladder can be found at this fire station, just a fire engine, rescue/​medic, good-​lookin’ firemen, a chef, and one fire woman :-)!
With the station just half a block away from my apartment, I hear the sirens every 10 minutes (when I’m home chillin’), but it doesn’t bother me. Once I hear the engine coming, I drop whatever I am doing, run to a window to check it out. A few minutes later, I will hear it coming up the hill, I will drop whatever I am doing and run to the window and check it out… again!
Some of the firemen are so f’ing sexy, I almost want to start a «fake» fire (a small one) in the apartment so they can come and save the day! Okay, maybe thinking about it is alright, but not actually doing it.
If it’s a 1^st Alarm Fire, Fire Engine Co #28 is the first to respond and I just realized that is why the engine is out all the time. A fun fact: engines are staffed with 1 officer and 3 firefighters.
On nice, sunny nights and days, a few firemen can be spotted throwing the football around on the sidewalk. If you’re lucky, they may even ask you to play with them ;-)!