October 2, 1938
"B" Platoon

June 10, 1938

October 2, 1938

Members of Salvage Co. 28A
on new Mac Salvage Apparatus

     It's New! It's different!  It's the latest in design for salvage apparatus!  And of course it was designed by and built for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
    It's new because it is the first of three new Mack's to be assigned to the fully-manned Salvage Companies (Salvage Co's 24, 27 and 28).  Shop No. 957, as the new apparatus has been designated, is now on duty at Salvage Company No. 28.
    It's different, because it is completely enclosed, but does not have a cab.  The regularly used Salvage tools and equipment are housed in compartments which may be opened from either side of the apparatus.  Sixty-four salvage covers are carried at the rear and are protected from the weather, but they are all available for immediate use.  The rear portion of the top can be raised by lifting up either side of the handrails.  The only time it is necessary to raise this rear portion is to gain access to the two "Baby Bangor" ladders that are carried by Shop No. 957.
    It's the latest in design, because it utilizes many innovations uncommon to older types of fire apparatus.  Some of these innovations are, two-way radio, Mack Thermodyne Six Cylinder, 215 H.P. motor, Westinghouse Air brakes, supplied by a 12 cubic foot air compressor.  This air compressor is twice the size that is used by the Kenworth's and Peter Pirsch's now in service in the Los Angeles Fire Department.
    A Grover railway type air horn has been installed and is proving to be very effective when used in the congested traffic area of downtown Los Angeles.  Last, but not least, the wheelbase of this apparatus is only 137 inches long which is just a few inches longer than the wheelbase on the modern automobile.
    It is planned, in the very near future, to install Homelite Generators on all three of the new Mack Salvage Apparatus.

September 1948                                   The Firemen's Grapevine

 

                            OPERATION SCHOOL BURNING
As a result of the tragic fire at the Our Lady of the Angels School, Chicago, Illinois, on December 1, 1956, in which 95 pupils and teachers died intensive inspections of the Los Angeles schools were made.  During these inspections it was learned that a three-story section of the Robert Louis Stevenson Junior High School was to be demolished.  Before demolition was scheduled to start, the Los Angels  Board of Education  offered the building to the Los Angeles Fire Department for the purpose of conducting these fire tests.  The photo above show Truck Company 28 putting a ladder pipe into operations during one of live fire tests.

 

Lunch or dinner, 
Engine Co. No. 28 responds to the call...

"American food at its best."
      Los Angeles Times

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