Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department

The Companies		The Fire Houses
The Wilmington Volunteer Fire Department . Annexed by the City of Los Angeles Engine Company 38 . T49 transferred in and becomes Truck 38 . Task Force 38, RA 38	1870 . 8/28/1909 . . 1949 . Present	? . . . 124 East "I" Street, Wilmington . 124 East "I" Street, Wilmington (new building)	1870 . . . 1917 . 1948 to Present

WILMINGTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT 1909

FIRST ROW: MIKE LOPEZ * LEANDER BUELNA * FRANK LENARDO * JOHNNE FRANCIS * JOAQUIAN LENARDO * MUCK LOPEZ * VICTOR GARCIA * JOHN LENARDO * TINO RAMIREZ * JOHNNIE VERELA
SECOND ROW: JACK RAMIREZ * ED JOHNSON * DAVID MAIN SR * GEORGE GANNAWAY * DWIGHT HERMAN * DAVID WOODS * J.P. PUCKETT * BEDEL ARCE * ED CONNORS
THIRD ROW: FRED HERMAN * EDDIE LOPEZ * MIKE LOPEZ * J.V. SILVA * ANTON MELE * VICTOR MATTHEWS * GEORGE O'BRIEN
FOURTH ROW: BLUE SHIELDS * ANDREW YOUNG * ED BREEN * NEAL VAN FLEET

PRESENTED TO ENGINE CO. 38
*FROM THE ESTATE OF EMIL L. MENVEG 1965 *

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

A volunteer Fire Department (with hook and ladder) numbering thirty-five members, was organized in 1870. The present Captain is W. H. Ormsby; Secretary, James Torn. The company has a small hall.

Source: Wilmington-Historical Societies