Kiri, San Francisco's Tiny Japanese Fire Truck, Is Not Owned By the SFFD, But It Can Fight a Fire If Need Be Have you had a chance to see Kiri, the most adorable, cartoonish little Japanese fire truck that lives most of the time in Bernal Heights? Well, you should know that this pandemic-year addition to the city is not an official San Francisco Fire Department vehicle. But it is a functioning fire truck, and awfully charming. Kiri has an Instagram which as of this writing has almost 1,960 followers, and her owner is longtime SF resident and erstwhile Bernalwood blogger Todd Lappin. Lappin answered some questions this week for the Chronicle's Peter Hartlaub all about how he came to purchase this 131-inch 1990 Daihatsu fire truck from a tiny mountain town near Nagano.