In the year the department turned 25 years-old it opened three new fire houses for a total of 32. Engine Houses 23, 24 and 25 would be the last of the houses built specifically for fire horses. The department now has 163 horses, the most it would ever have.  1911 would be the heyday of the fire horses on the LAFD for this was the last year that all 25 horse drawn steam fire engine companies remained in service. Although the department would continue to purchase horses during the next four years to replace older animals the era of motorization had begun. 1911 was also the year that the department purchased its first single-piece auto pumper and hose-carrying apparatus - Engine 26.

In 1911 the LAFD responded to 1,681 alarms, including 1,468 actual fires for a total fire loss of $807,000.