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Engine Company No. 4
Truck Company No. 6
227 Aliso Street
Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy of Dale Magee
Engine Company No. 4
Circa 1919
Engine Company 4 was
motorized in 1919 with a 1915 Moreland Hose Wagon (right) and a 1913 Gorham
Auto Pumper.
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy of Captain Tuttle, LAFD Retired
Circa 1919
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1913
Gorham Seagrave Auto Pumper
Shop Number 31
WC144 (water cooled) 1000 gpm
Combination Hose Wagon.
Transferred in from
Engine 12, this apparatus operated as Pump 4 from 1919 through
1927. |
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy of Captain Tuttle, LAFD Retired
Circa 1919
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1915
Moreland Chemical Hose Wagon
Shop Number 110
Transferred in from
Engine 3, this apparatus operated as Hose Wagon 4 from 1919
through 1926. |
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
February, 1922 |
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy Captain Tuttle, LAFD Retired
Circa 1917
Truck Company No. 6
1911 Seagrave City Service Truck, Shop Number 78
6-cylinder, air-cooled, chain-driven.
Carried a full complement of ground ladders only, no aerial.
In service as Truck 6 from 1917 to 1924.
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
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Engine Company No. 4
Truck Company No. 6
227 Aliso Street
Circa 1925 |
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"BACK
IN '25."
Old truck 6 went rolling out
On the first round of the gong.
Streets flashed by like pickets
And the siren wailed her song.
The fire-dragon--loose again.
Had a dwelling in its claw.
Its tail was lashing skyward.
Its stench was smoking raw.
Charlie Wykoff, acting Captain
Calmly led his gallant crew.
The place was ventilated.
The ladders fairly flew.
T'was then somebody shouted
From the sidelines, in the gloom,
"Oh, someone save that baby.
It's trapped within the room."
Charlie grabbed a trusty axe.
With "Swede", they worked like sin.
They cut a hole, grabbed a line,
And disappeared within.
Fire couldn't beat them back
Though darkness held full sway
Smoke was fiercely at their throats.
They grimly fought their way.
Charlie stumbled. On the floor
He heard a tiny wail.
He picked it up, staggered out.
Thank God they didn't fail.
The mother said, "My child is safe.
It wasn't there at all.
But thanks to you for saving
My baby's crying doll."
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The Grape Vine,
August 15, 1937
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
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July 24, 1938
"B" Platoon |
| Engine Co. No. 4 |
Truck Co. No. 4 |
J. Mason
J. Fitzpatrick
Captain L. Kaplan
R. Gripp |
R. Kessler
E. Hebert
J. Bull
S. Barnes
C. Wykoff
A. Hoffman |
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
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July 24, 1938
"B" Platoon |
| Engine Co. No. 4 |
Truck Co. No. 4 |
R. Gripp
J. Mason
J. Fitzpatrick
Captain L. Kaplan |
E. Hebert
A. Hoffman
J. Bull
R. Kissler
S. Barnes
E. Wykoff |
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AN ODE TO
FITZPATRICK
OF ENGINE FOURS
When Fitz
cooks, he doesn't read
The cook books his mother seems to need;
He doesn't fuss with pies or cakes;
He never roasts or boils or bakes;
He doesn't use the rolling pin,
Or measure level spoonfuls in;
He doesn't watch the kitchen clock'
He doesn't fill the cookie crock:
We all watch him with admiring eyes,
While Fitz fires and fries and fries!
--Sighed: "Yahudi"
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Truck Company No. 4
8 man crew
Circa 1945
Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
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1945
Seagrave Aerial Truck, J100, (100' metal aerial), V-12
powered.
Shop Number 920, Builder Number C3031
This apparatus was salvaged in 1969. |
Source:
Dale Magee
April 17, 1949
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