The San Francisco Fire Department Historical Society (SFFDHS) is a non-profit Federal tax exempt, 501(c) (3) California Corporation.  Our State of California identification number is: 75-3188674.  By resolution of the Fire Commission on October 13, 2005, the SFFD Historical Society was named as the sponsor of the SFFD Museum.

The primary mission of the SFFDHS is to preserve the heritage and to record the history of the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) for the benefit of the citizens of San Francisco.  This mission will include the conservation and preservation of the collection, display of documents, graphic items, fire memorabilia, apparatus, appliances and other items at the SFFD Museum.  The SFFDHS represents the SFFD at community events and firefighter musters, in parades, displays and competitions with the apparatus of the collection.  The award winning SFFDHS muster team, by preserving the physical techniques of firefighting used in by gone days, makes the SFFD Museum a museum of living history.

The SFFD Historical Society was the sponsor of the 1906 EXPO, the 100th Anniversary celebration of The Great Earthquake & Fire.  The three day 1906 Expo was the largest of the 100th anniversary events in the Bay Area.  Held at Pier 48, the Expo was attended by over 75,000 people.