San Jose Fire Fighters

10/12/2025

From the historic Gardner District to the Burbank neighborhood, San José Fire Station 4 carries a proud legacy of protecting the west side.
The area was once home to the Burbank Volunteer Fire Department, later becoming part of the Santa Clara County Fire Department before joining the San José Fire Department.
Station 4 once housed both an engine and a truck company before the truck was reassigned to Station 30 downtown. Today, it remains one of the busiest engine companies in San José.
Covering the Burbank and Fruitdale neighborhoods, San José City College, VMC, and parts of unincorporated Santa Clara County, Engine 4 responds to some of the most complex incidents in the city — including the highest density of skilled-nursing facilities in the county.
San Jose Fire Fighters continue to do more with less, serving our community with professionalism, pride, and dedication.
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10/09/2025

10/08/2025

Rest easy Chief 🇺🇸

DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY:

October 7, 1926

During the early hours of September 16, 1926, flames that had evidently been smoldering for some time before discovery gutted much of the two-story Alliance Building at 3rd and Santa Clara Streets. Chief Hobson personally led the two-hour fight to control the $75,000 blaze.

The combination of his exertions and exposure to particulates from the fire, for which no respiratory protection was worn at the time, caused him to contract pneumonia, from which he died within two weeks.

Herman W. Hobson was born in San José on December 17, 1872. Chief Herman Hobson’s rise in the Fire Department was steady from the date of his appointment, December 31, 1908. The one-time sign painter, son of Santa Clara Valley pioneers, managed to escape the tribulations of so many fellow-firefighters during those years. Soon he was Captain, February 1910; Assistant Chief in January 1916; Fire Chief in 1918. Hobson backed the successful effort to put his department on a two-platoon system, greatly improving morale as well as giving him reserves to call on during major emergencies.

10/03/2025

Tomorrow, October 4th, honor and remember the lives of 30 fallen firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice. For more information, visit cafirefoundation.org/memorial

10/02/2025

10/01/2025

🎃👻 HALLOWEEN SAFETY NIGHT! 👻🎃
This Halloween, your San Jose Firefighters Local 230 are helping keep our little ghosts, ghouls, and zombies safe!

✨ Glow Stick Giveaway – Light up the night with glow sticks and candy, courtesy of your firefighters.
📍 Stop by Fire Station 6 or Fire Station 31
🕔 Halloween Night, starting at 5 PM (while supplies last)

Bring the family, meet your Local 230 Firefighters and local councilmembers, and enjoy a safe and fun night!

🚒💡 Fun for them. Peace of mind for you.

10/01/2025

💗🚒 Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month with SJFF 🚒💗

Purchase your San Jose Fire Fighters Breast Cancer Awareness T-Shirts and help us make a difference.

👕 Available online at storesjff.org or at the Union Hall.
✅ 100% of proceeds go to Susan G. Komen Northern California.
👕 Multiple styles & sizes available!

🚗✨ Bonus Pick-Up Locations:
• Classic Car Wash – Robertsville (5005 Almaden Expy, San Jose)
• Queens Chest retail store inside the car wash lobby

Join us in showing support for the fighters, survivors, and families in our community. 💪💗

09/30/2025

This weekend we had the honor of welcoming home one of our own, retired Fire Fighter Paramedic Campbell. Now serving as an NFL referee, he returned to break bread with his fire family, joined by colleagues from the league. Dinner at Fire Station 20 was a night to remember—always proud to open our doors and share a meal with our union brothers and sisters. Special thank you to Engineer Mora for hosting!

09/28/2025

09/27/2025

Rest in peace brother McDermott
LODD:
September 26, 1898

CAUSE OF DEATH:
On-Duty Trauma and Suffocation

In memorium:
While staffing a hose line with other members of his company on the second floor of the old Vendome Hotel on North First Street, shortly before midnight, Fireman McDermott was caught in a sudden collapse of the rear wall and three upper floors. Scalded and suffocated by steam, his body was not found until the next day, under twenty feet of debris.

The general alarm fire in this showplace of the Garden City resulted in a $30,000 loss. Firefighters safely evacuated fifty guests, but the fire caused injuries to several other firefighters.

McDermott was forty at the time, having been born in New York State in 1858. His widow and three children were left almost destitute by his death.

09/26/2025

09/24/2025

: Crews are battling a two-alarm residential fire in San Jose, according to the fire department. http://nbcbay.com/1LcWDcb