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Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Circa 1928
| Opened |
September
8, 1927 |
| Land Cost |
$
22,780.. |
| Building Cost |
$
43,995. |
| Sq.Ft. Floor
Area |
8,390 |
| Total Area
Site |
10,500 |
| Poles |
2 |
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Engine Company 17
Truck Company 17
710 South Santa Fe Avenue |
Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy Chas Livingstone
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Engine 17 and Truck 17
1933
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Company
Rooster |
Back Row:
Kuyendall, Huffman, Parrish, Capt. Vernand, Capt. Stauch,
Elliott, O'Neil, Russel
Front Row:
Clapper, Van Kuren, Lallich, Livingstone |
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy Chas Livingstone
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Engine Company 17 Truck Company 17
1933
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Wagon:
Kashire, Capt. Stauch, Pucio, Peters |
Engine:
Billingsley, O'Neill, Phillips |
Truck:
Harris, Clapper, Elliott, Capt. McCarbery,
Adams, Livingstone |
Apparatus:
Wagon-1926 Seagrave, Shop Number 859
Pump- 1923 Seagrave, Shop Number 155
Truck- 1928 Seagrave, Shop Number 875 |
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy Chas Livingstone
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Truck Company 17
1933
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Kuyendall,
Parrish, Livingstone,
Lallich, Clapper, Capt. Vernand |
Apparatus:
1928 Seagrave City Service Truck
Shop Number 875 |
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection
Courtesy Neil Miscake
Circa 1933
Engine Company 17
"On Scene"
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Source: LAFD Photo
Album Collection |
Engine Company 17
Truck Company 17
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"A" Platoon
July 2, 1939 |
Engine
Co. 17
C. Reisinger
Capt. C. R. Johnson
A. Dawson
J. C. Early
G. Stone
C. Campbell |
Truck Co. 17
F. West
A. Clapper
Capt. R. Feather
R. Hartshorne
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Source: LAFIRE
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July
2, 1939 |
Captain
C. R. Johnson
C. Reisinger
A. Dawson
J. C. Early
G. Stone |
C.
Campbell
F. West
A. Clapper
R. Hartshorne
Captain R. Feather |
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Circa 1950
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The
Old and The New
January 1956
The 1945 Pirsch 85' Aerial Ladder Truck, Shop Number 909 was
replaced by
the 1955 Seagrave 85' Aerial Ladder Truck shown on the right.
Capt. Van Valkenburg
Auto Fireman H. Greenwood
Fireman R. N. Foster
Fireman H. Pickeral
Fireman J. Hudson
Fireman J. V. Patten |
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Engine
17's Golden Anniversary Party
The Fireman's Grapevine, May 1955
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T R U C K C O M P A
N Y N O. 17
1955
Seagrave 85’ Aerial Ladder Truck
Shop Number 756
Truck Company 17 was assigned a 1955
Seagrave Aerial Ladder Truck. Powered by a Seagrave V-12 gasoline
engine the Truck came with a standard compliment of ladders that
include an 85-foot 2-section metal aerial ladder, 1 - 50-foot Bangor
ladder, 3 - 35’ extension ladders, 2 - 24’, 2 - 20’ and 1 - 16’
straight ladders, 2 - 14’ Baby Bangor extension ladders and a 16’ and
a 20’ roof ladder. |
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E N G I N E C O M P A N Y N O. 17
1955
1938 American La-France Duplex Pump
1938 American La-France Manifold Wagon
(2) 1250 GPM Pumps
Shop Number 1079
Engine Company 17 was one of four LAFD Manifold
Companies, the others being Engines 3, 9 and 27’s in Hollywood. A
Manifold Company was a 2- piece company (a company that utilizes two
apparatus) that operated with a Manifold Wagon and a Duplex Pump.
The Manifold Wagon carried 3 ½" hose in a rear compartment and two 2
½" hose lines with nozzles attached in transverse beds. The Duplex
Pump did not carry hose but had two 1500 GPM 2-stage centrifugal
pumps each powered by a V12 engine, one in the front and the other
in the rear. The pumps could operate singly, in parallel, or series
with common suctions and discharge manifolds. They had a total
pumping capacity of 3000 GPM.
Manifold Companies, unique to the LAFD, were the
creation of Chief Ralph Scott who foresaw traffic congestion in the
downtown areas a major hinder to fire protection. Chief Scott
believed one hard-hitting Engine Company could prevent a fire from
growing into greater alarm proportions and raging out of control
while additional companies were locked in traffic gridlock. Manifold
Companies operated with a 10 man crew and, if augmented with
additional manpower, could put sixteen 2 ½" hose lines and a large
fireboat type wagon battery into operation. Manifold Companies
remained in service until 1964. |
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The Fenton Fire
June 17, 1958 |
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Auto Fireman Larry Schneider
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| Auto Fireman Schneider was assigned
to Engine Company 17 and drove this 1938 Manifold Wagon, Shop Number
1087. Auto Firemen drove all apparatus not equipped with a fire
pump. Here he is shown operating the Wagon Battery of his Manifold
Wagon at the Fenton Fire, June 17, 1958. In the years before Ladder
Pipes, Wagon Batteries were the primary Heavy Stream Appliance on
the LAFD. Note the uniform soft cap. All drivers wore their uniform
soft caps in lieu of fire helmets. |
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(Left to right): Emil Jonathan, Bob Rubio, Charlie
Sumner, Bob Stinson, Woodrow Kastner, Deforrest Webber, Craig
Drummond, Curt Cundy, Forest Shrode, Wally Dugan, Dick Acton, Frank
Desparte, Bob Patterson.
Members on leave: Harry Morck, Richard Dickens, Al Loewe, Russ
Evans, Larry Schneider |
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"I THINK THIS DAMNED HORSEPLAY IS BEGINNING
TO GET A LITTLE OUT OF HAND!" |
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Source: Captain Robert N. Foster
Collection |
Truck and Engine Company 17
February 1965
Captain Robert N. Foster Collection.
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Task Force 17 and Rescue 17
Circa 1975
Source: Chuck Madderom
Collection
1977 |
