showcasing the city's robust water supply system and its readiness to tackle such emergencies. The demonstration, held at San Francisco Fire Department Pier 22 1/2 along the city's waterfront ...

but an inadequate emergency delivery system. Doudiet says half of the city could be left without water for firefighting in a major disaster. For example, the newspaper says San Francisco hasn't ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO ... is that they are completely unconnected from the rest of the water system, meaning if the regular fire hydrants run dry, firefighters have another source.

Photo by Jonathn Nourok/AFP/Getty Images After the 1906 earthquake and fire, San Francisco took special ... warns that the extant Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS) created for emergency ...

The design expands the existing Fire Station 35 by creating ... Unlike most cities, San Francisco has a separate auxiliary water supply system. The system is supplied in part by Bay water that ...

"I think the fire service just ... To tap that water, firefighters could rely on another innovation -- the portable water supply system pioneered in San Francisco back in the 1980s.