Chief Engineer's Report Headquarters Fire Department, San Francisco, July 1, 1909. To the Honorable, the Board of Fire Commissioners. Gentlemen: I respectfully beg leave to present to you my annual report, together with such recommendations as in my judgment I deem necessary and proper to promote the efficiency of the department. FIRES During the year the department responded to 943 alarms of fire received from street and automatic boxes, of which 853 were first alarms, 61 second alarms, 25 third alarms and 4 fourth alarms. The department also responded to 318 silent alarms during the year, received verbally and by telephone, making a total of 1,261 alarms of fire responded to. The following apparatus is in good condition and in regular service in the department: Thirty-eight steam fire engines, thirty-eight hose wagons, nine hook and ladder trucks, seven chemical engines, two combination chemical engines and hose wagons, three monitor batteries, one water tower, fourteen officers' buggies, one automobile, forty hand fire extinguishers, and 68,000 feet of cotton fire hose. In addition to the above there is also the following apparatus and vehicles for relief, emergency and other purposes: Fourteen steam fire engines, twelve hose wagons, two water towers, three hook-and-ladder trucks, three chemical engines, eleven buggies, ten delivery wagons, two supply wagons, one delivery truck, one hay wagon, one oil wagon, one sand wagon, six hydrant carts and 19,700 feet of cotton fire hose of different sizes. NEW APPARATUS During the year the following new apparatus was acquired by the department: Two Metropolitan and one Continental steam fire engines (second size), one aerial hook-and-ladder truck, four combination hose wagons, four ordinary hose wagons. The following hose was also purchased during the year: 13,000 feet of 24-inch cotton hose. 3,500 feet of 21⁄2-inch cotton hose. 1,250 feet of 11⁄2-inch cotton hose. 1,000 feet of 1-inch chemical hose. HYDRANTS During the year eight new hydrants were set, forty-six reset and seven removed, making a total of 4,208 fresh water and twenty-eight salt water hydrants in service and 188 still temporarily out of service. DEPARTMENT STABLES There are at present in the department 357 horses, including those kept for relief and emergency purposes, and with the exception of about twelve that are at present under treatment at the department hospital, they are all in fairly good condition. During the year fifty-nine horses were purchased and twenty-six horses and three colts were condemned as unfit for further service in the department, of which number three were transferred to the Health Department, ten to the Sheriff, five to the Alms House and eight to the Park Commission. The three colts were also transferred to the Alms House or Relief Home. Seven horses died during the year, of which one was shot on account of broken leg, one killed by electric shock, one by street car, one by runaway accident and three died of natural causes while under treatment at the department hospital. Horses were treated during the year 620 times by the veterinary surgeon for different ailments, either at the hospital or at the engine houses of the depart ment. MEMBERS RETIRED ON PENSION The following members of the department were retired from active service on pension during the year on account of disability, old age or full service in the department: Thomas Canty, Captain Engine Co. 31, retired July 1, 1908. DIED. The following named members of the department died during the year: Charles Schimel, Driver Engine Co. 2, June 1, 1909, of typhoid fever. APPOINTMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND DISMISSALS During the year thirty-five appointments of hosemen and truckmen were made in the department from the civil service eligible lists, ten members resigned and four regular members of the department were dismissed from the service for violations of the rules and regulations. STATEMENT OF THE KIND OF APPARATUS, CLASS, NUMBER OF MEN EACH COMPANY FOR THE FISCAL 1 -Not in service during the year. 2-Metropolitan, double... Engine Co. No. 10-Metropolitan, double Engine Co. No. Engine Co. No. 11-Amoskeag, double Second.. Second.. Second. 11 Second.. Second. Second.. First.. Third. Second. Second. Third. Fourth. Third. Second.. Second. Second. Third.. Third. Fourth. Fourth. Second.. First. Fourth. Second. Fourth. Third. First. First. Chemical Co. No. 1-Champion, double, 80-gallon NOTE. The apparatus of the following companies has not been in service AND HORSES, ALARMS RESPONDED TO AND DUTY PERFORMED BY YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1909. Cotton. Cotton.. Cotton... Cotton.. Cotton.. Cotton. Cotton.. 100 ft. 3-in., 100 ft. 3-in., 50 ft. 3-in., 100 ft. 3-in., Cotton... Cotton.. Cotton..... Cotton.... Cotton.... Cotton.. Cotton.. Cotton.. Cotton... Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton.. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton.. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. Cotton. 1,500 ft. 2-in., 1,400 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,400 ft. 2-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,450 ft. 2%-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,700 ft. 24-in., 1,400 ft. 24-in., 1,600 ft. 2-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 2-in., 1,600 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,600 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,700 ft. 2-in., 1,400 ft. 24-in., 1,450 ft. 24-in., 1,550 ft. 2-in., 1,600 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,400 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 2-in., 1,450 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,200 ft. 24-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 1,550 ft. 24-in., 100 ft. 3-in., 1,600 ft. 24-in., 1,400 ft. 2-in., 1,400 ft. 24-in., 50 ft. 3-in., 1,600 ft. 24-in., 1,400 ft. 24-in., 1,450 ft. 22-in., 1,500 ft. 24-in., 250 ft. 12-in., 50 250 ft. 11⁄2-in., 71 1 250 ft. 12-in., 118 250 ft. 12-in., 93 250 ft. 12-in., 86 250 ft. 12-in., 105 250 ft. 12-in., 79 250 ft. 1%-in., 54 250 ft. 12-in., 103 250 ft. 12-in., 42 250 ft. 1-in. 84 250 ft. 12-in., 85 250 ft. 12-in., 133 250 ft. 12-in., 94 250 ft. 12-in., 47 250 ft. 12-in., 109 250 ft. 12-in., 60 250 ft. 12-in., 111 250 ft. 1%-in., 59 250 ft. 12-in., 64 250 ft. 12-in., 28 250 ft. 12-in., 68 250 ft. 12-in., 22 250 ft. 12-in., 97 250 ft. 11⁄2 in., 38 250 ft. 1%-in., 250 ft. 12-in., 250 ft. 12-in., 96 250 ft. 12-in., 34 250 ft. 12-in,. 57 250 ft. 1%-in., 53 250 ft. 12-in., 15 250 ft. 12-in., 131 250 ft. 12-in., 88 250 ft. 1%-in., 35 250 ft. 12-in., 79 250 ft. 12-in., 32 250 ft. 1%-in,. 106 20 4 11 9 13 4 20 2 3 8 8 55 30 Rubber. Rubber. Rubber.. 150 ft. 11⁄2 in., 1,900 ft. 2-in., Cotton. during the past year: Engine Companies Nos. 1 and 2, and Truck Co. No. 10. |