Presidio Fire Station

The Presidio Fire Station

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Built in 1917, the Presidio Fire Station was the first permanent fire company with trained firefighters on any US Army post. It was in response to several fires on the post, including the tragic fire that claimed the life of General John Pershing's wife, Frances Warren Pershing, and their three daughters. Frances Pershing's father was Francis E. Warren, a US senator of Wyoming, who, after his daughter's death, pushed for a fire station at the Presidio and on military bases around the country.

After the Presidio was turned over to the National Park Service in 1994, the firefighters at the Presidio became the only park service firefighters trained in both urban and wildland firefighting. In 2010, the fire station was incorporated into the San Francisco Fire Department.