2018 San Francisco Fire Department Year in Review

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LAST ALARM ACTIVE MEMBERS MICHAEL KIRK November 27

STEVEN WILLIAM PACATTE December 12

EMS Captain Michael Kirk passed away following a courageous battle with cancer. Captain Kirk joined the Department in August 2002, served at the Airport Division for many years, and was assigned as a Captain to the Division of Emergency Communications. Mike is survived by his wife, Susan, and his sons, Andrew and Brody.

Firefighter Steven William Pacatte, age 34, passed away as a result of a car crash near the City of Santa Rosa as he was driving in to work. Firefighter Pacatte joined the SFFD in 2016 and had previously worked for the Tiburon Fire Protection District as a seasonal Firefighter for Marin County. He left behind a fiancée, who was pregnant with the couple’s first child at the time.

RETIRED MEMBERS STEVE SANTAMARIA January 3

MICHAEL RICE March 3

GARRETT GRIFFIN April 22

RAYMOND BACKSTEDT July 28

LYNNETTE DREYER-MCALVAIN October 23

GEORGE PAYNE November 29

WILLIAM CORRELL January 6

MARK GROSHONG March 21

ANTHONY BRANCHCOMB April 24

JAMES O’LOONEY August 21

ALBERT WAIGHT October 30

TED SUTTER December 10

JAMES O'CONNOR January 13

LEONARD MEISWINKEL March 23

EUGENE ANDERSON April 25

WILLIAM DISBURY August 23

SIDNEY TAYLOR, JR. October 31

GEORGE CROWDER December 13

HERMAN WYRSCH February 14

RICH GIL March 27

JOSEPH MCCARTHY June 5

CHARLES FARRELL September 12

MATTHEW PLESCIA November 5

ROBERT VANDIS December 16

GUY MARKELL February 27

WILLIAM DERHAM April 13

VINCENT JONES, JR. June 28

ROBERT QUIGLEY October 9

ARISTON ARMADA, JR. November 22


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