LAFD-Ladder Truck Inventroy and Assignment- 1910 to 1938

Shop No.	Year	Builder & Type	Price	Original Assignment
	1875	Hook & Ladder Built by local wagon builder, hand-drawn		Engine Co.38's No.1
	1876	Village Hook & Ladder, hand-drawn		Engine Co.38's No.1
	1881	Hayes Hook & Ladder 65' wood extension ladder, horse-drawn * The first aerial ladder in U.S.		1881 - Vigilance Hook & Ladder No.1 1896 - Truck A at Engine Co.3
	1897	Babock Aerial Ladder The Fire Equipment Co. of Chicago 85' wood aerial, horse-drawn		Truck B at Engine Co.8
75	1898	Seagrave City Service Truck, horse-drawn		Truck C at Engine Co.10
76	1898	Babcock City Service Truck, horse-drawn		Truck D at Engine Co.11
	1900	Truck A at Engine Co. No. 4, 227 Aliso Street Truck B at Engine Co. No. 3, 346 South Hill Street Truck C at Engine Co. No.10, 1615 South Hill Steet Truck D at Engine Co. No.11, 1819 West 7th Street
	1905	Truck designations changed to numbers: Truck B changed to Truck Co.2 at Engine Co. No. 3, 346 South Hill Street Truck C changed to Truck Co.3 at Engine Co. No.10, 1615 South Hill Steet Truck D changed to Truck Co.4 at Engine Co. No.11, 1819 West 7th Street Truck A is disbanded and members transfered to Water Tower 1.
79	1905	Gorter 65 Water Tower LAFD shop built, horse-drawn		Water Tower 1 at Engine Co.4
74	1905	Seagrave 85' wood arial, horse-drawn Replaces the Babcock 85' aerial		In Service 1906 Truck Co.2 at Engine Co.3
	1906	Note: The Babcock 85' aerial was taken out of service and removed from the roster. Chief Lips proposed changing the Babcock into a Heavy City Service Truck however official records do not confirm this. However, one of the aerial trucks of this era was motorized with a Christie Tractor and desiginated as Shop Number 75. (Shop numbers came into use about 1914.) The Babcock was the likley canidate because of its steel frame and tiller.
73	1910	Anderson City Service Truck, horse-drawn		In service 1911 Truck Co.1 at Engine Co.4
	1911	Water Tower 1 moved to Engine Co. No.24
77	1911	First LAFD auto-drawn Aerial Seagrave AC90 65' wood Aerial	$11,840.	Truck 5 at Engine Co.23
78	1911	Seagrave AC80 City Service Truck	$8,500.	Truck 6 at Engine Co.26
102	1914	Seagrave L-756 75' wood Aerial		In service 1915 Truck 7 at Engine Co.28
103	1914	Seagrave J-506 City Service Truck, Straight-Frame w/Tiller		In service 1915 Truck 8 at Engine Co.26
104	1914	Seagrave J-506 City Service Truck, Straight-Frame w/Tiller		In service 1915 Truck 9 at Engine Co.27
	1916	Closed due to the start of the 2-platoon system: Truck 3 Truck 4 *Shop numbers appear in the records and were assigned to all apparatus.
74	1918	American La-France Type 17 4-wheeled Tractor purchased to motorize s/n 74	$6,500.	In service Sept. 8, 1918 Truck 2 at Engine Co.3
	1919	* Horses taken out of service: Truck 1 - The horse drawn 1910 Anderson City Service Truck (s/n73) was motorized with the 1913 Seagrave Tractor removed from Engine 30's Steamer. Placed in Relief - The horse-drawn 1898 Seagrave City Service Truck (s/n 75) was motorized with the 1915 Christie Tractor that had been removed from Steamer s/n 21.
	1920	Taken out of service due to budget cuts: Truck 3 Truck 4 Truck 5
	1921	* Last fire horses taken out of service: On July 19,1921 Water Tower 1, the last horse drawn Company on the LAFD was taken out of service. The 1905 Gorter 65' was motorized with the 1918 American La-France 2-wheeled Type 31 Tractor (s/n 22) taken from Engine 3's Steamer. The Gorter Water Tower was renumbered s/n 79 and returned to service at Engine Co.24 on October 13, 1921
	1921	Truck 5 restored to service and relocated to Engine Co.24
	1922	On the morning of February 12, 1922, Truck 5 was involved in a fatal accident at 9th and Stanford Street. Fireman H. J. Custer was killed and five other firemen injured. The aerial trailor of s/n 77 was destroyed while the tractor, which had been rebuilt with a water-cooled engine during 1919, was relatively undamaged. The tractor was attached to a 1905 Seagrave 85' aerial (s/n74) and became s/n 77 Truck 5 and went back into service at Engine Co.5 on May 22, 1922.
74	1922	American La-France 85'Trailer attached to s/n 74's 1918 American La-France Tractor	$7,750.	In service Sept. 8, 1922 Truck 2 at Engine Co.3
	1924	Restored to service: Truck 3 at Engine Co.11 Truck 4 at Engine Co.29
190	1923	Seagrave L-856 85' Aerial	$15,431.	Truck 7 at Engine Co.28
191	1923	Seagrave L-856 85' Aerial	$15,431.	Truck 6 at Engine Co.4
192	1923	Seagrave L-856 85' Aerial	$15,431.	Truck 9 at Engine Co.27
193	1923	Seagrave L-856 85' Aerial	$15,431.	Truck 2 at Engine Co.3
194	1923	Seagrave L-856 85' AT	$15,431.	In service 1924 Truck 14 at Engine Co.48
195	1923	Stutz City Service Truck	$10,250.	Truck 10 at Engine Co.2
196	1923	Stutz City Service Truck	$10,250.	In service 1924 Truck 11 at Engine Co.30
197	1923	Stutz City Service Truck	$10,250.	In service 1924 Truck 12 at Engine Co.1
198	1923	Stutz City Service Truck	$10,250.	In service 1924 Truck 13 at Engine Co.22
199	1923	Stutz City Service Truck	$10,250	Relief
	1926	Water Tower 1 relocated to Engine Co.5
856	1926	Seagrave J-506 City Service Truck	$11,750.	Truck 5 at Engine Co.5
875	1928	Seagrave L-506 City Service Truck	$12,495.	Truck 18 at Engine Co.17
876	1928	Seagrave L-506 City Service Truck	$12,495.	Truck 8 at Engine Co.26
1004	1929	Seagrave L-506 City Service Truck	$11,500.	In service 1930 Truck 19 at Engine Co.61
1005	1929	Seagrave L-506 City Service Truck	$11,500.	Truck 16 at Engine Co.20
1011	1929	Seagrave L-506 City Service Truck	$11,500.	In service 1930 Truck 20 at Engine Co.66
1021	1930	Seagrave L-506 City Service Truck	$11,490.	Truck 4 at Engine Co.29
	1932	*All Truck Company numbers changed December 7, 1932 to match the station they are assigned.
74	1936	American La France V-12 Tractor	$9,100.	Truck 10 at Engine Co.10
1080	1938	American La France City Service Truck	$21,450.	Truck 22 at Engine Co.22
1081	1938	American La France City Service Truck	$21,450.	Truck 2 at Engine Co.2
1084	1938	Seagrave 100ft Metal Aerial	$24,000.	Truck 3 at Engine Co.3
1085	1938	American La-France City Service Truck Water Tower	$28,000.	Truck 24 at Engine Co.3