Miscellaneous Companies - Unmanned
San Francisco Fire Department

Manifold Hose Wagon No. 1

Location:
1984   February, organized due to extensive cable line reconstruction and assigned to the quarters of Engine Co. No. 41, 1325 Leavenworth Street
1984   November, placed out of service

Apparatus:
February 1984 - November 1984
956      1984 Ford "Ranger" 3/4-ton pick-up truck filled with 800-feet of 5-inch hose
Used as a Manifold Hose Wagon due to water main closures during extensive cable car line re-construction
Engine: Ford

Manifold Hose Wagon No. 2

Location:
1984   February, organized due to extensive cable line reconstruction and assigned to the quarters of Engine Co. No. 28, 1814 Stockton Street
1984   November, placed out of service
The cable car track reconstruction in North Beach caused extremely long stretches of deep street digging where heavy fire apparatus could not cross the light weight automobile temporary bridges.  These manifold wagons provided necessary hose that could cross the under construction streets to provide fire protection to the other side.  During the 10 months that these units were in service it was not necessary to use them.

Apparatus:
February 1984 - November 1984
957      1984 Ford "Ranger" 3/4-ton pick-up truck filled with 800-ft of 5-inch hose.
Used as a Manifold Hose Wagon due to water main closures during extensive cable car line re-construction
Engine: Ford

Tunnel Rescue Unit

Location:
1995   April, organized and assigned to the quarters of Engine Co. No. 7, 2300 Folsom Street
            Placed into service during the reconstruction of the Twin Peaks Municipal Railway Transit Tunnel
1995   September, Disbanded

Apparatus:
April 1995 - September 1995
800      1971 Ford "Econoline" Van
                        Engine: Ford
                        Equipped with "McKay" smoke helmets and other tunnel rescue gear during the re-construction project of the Municipal
                        Railway's Twin Peaks transit tunnel

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