Fire Station 27 Photo Gallery

The Companies		The Fire Houses
The Hollywood Fire Dept. Volunteers	?	Cahuenga and Selma	? - 1913
Hollywood annexed by the City of L.A.	2/ 7/1910	.	.
Hose Company No. 7	1910	.	.
Engine Company No. 27	10/25/1913	1625-29 N. Cahuenga Blvd.	10/14/1913
Engine Co. No. 27, Hose Co. No. 2, Truck Co. No. 9, Rescue Co. No. 2, Salvage Co. No. 4	1915	.	to 1930
.	.	1355 North Cahuenga Blvd.	7/1/1930
Number change: T9 changed to Truck 27	1932	.	.
Hose Co. 2 becomes Engine Company 82	1944	.	.
Engine Company 82 moves to new F.S. 82	3/2/1951	.	.
Rescue Ambulance 27 in service	1970	.	.
Heavy Duty Task Force (T27, E27, E227)	1971	.	.
Task Force 27 (E227 closed)	7/1978
.	.	.	.
TASK FORCE 27, RA27, RA827, US&R 27, HQ BATTALION 5	Present	1327 North Cole Avenue	7/10/1992 to Present

Engine Company No. 27
Truck Company No. 27
1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard
1930 to 1992

Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
Engine Company No. 27
Truck Company No. 27
1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard

September 18, 1938 "B" Platoon
G. Brown D. Russ J. Rucker T. O'Neil V. Meyers F. Gillette B. Byers A. Fishburn Chief King Chief Stembridge Capt. M. Gilliland	Capt. J. Fein Capt. W. Newcomb Capt. M. Carter W. Johnson W. Zukle M. Nunnally T. Woods G. Bruce W. Garland P. Heitkamp

Fire Station 27 went in service July 1, 1930 with
Engine 27, Truck 9, Hose 2, Rescue 2 and Salvage 4.
The 18,227 sqft station cost $99,627.
The largest Fire Station west of the Mississippi.

Source: LAFIRE

Source: LAFIRE
1938 American LaFrance Duplex Pump
1500 gpm each pump
July 1951

Miss Kitty Wouldn't Wait to be Rescued
THE GRAPE VINE, December 15, 1939

The Voltaire Apartment Fire
1428 Crescent Heights boulevard
Circa 1939

HISTORY OF FIRE STATION 27
by Willis M. Martin, May 1981

Opened	July 1, 1930
Land Cost	$ 76,736.
Building Cost	$ 101,267.
Sq.Ft. Site 150x190	28,500
Sq.Ft. Station Main Bld. Shed Shop &Oil Rm Hand Ball Ct Planting Area	13,803 9,225 1,680 1,161 1,737 5,600
Poles	6
Telephone No.	M-3927
Gasoline Tank	2000 gal
Diesel Tank	500 gal

Heavy Duty Task Force 27	Truck Company No. 27 Engine Company No. 27 Engine Company No. 227
Squad 27 Battalion 5

Source: Lyle Taylor, LAFD Retired
Circa 1968

Truck Company 27 (left-right) Captain Harry Peters Fireman Jack Fisher Autofireman Robert Hemingway Fireman Lyle Taylor Fireman Harry Woods	Engine Company 27 (left-right) Captain Odie Clements Fireman William (Bill) Welsh Fireman David Bowers Wagon Engineer ? Pump Engineer Elroy Brett (standing next to left door of Pump 27 behind Wagon 27)
Engine Company No. 227 (right-left) Captain ? Fireman Guy Miller Engineer Lee Ostheimer Fireman John Squire	Battalion 5 Battalion Chief William Johnson Battalion Aide James Jocheim Squad 27 (standing adjacent to Engineer Brett next to the Squad) Fireman ? Fireman Harlan Wood