The Los Angeles Fire Department
Historical Archive

Chief Engineers of the L.A.F.D.

Chief Charles E. Miles
First Chief
of the
Los Angeles Volunteer Department
1873 to 1875
June 20, 1876 to March 1880

Chief Jacob Kuhrts
March 1880 to April 1883

Chief Walter S. Moore
April 1883 to March 1885

Chief Frank Day
Last Chief Engineer
of the
Volunteer Fire Department
April 1885 to January 5, 1886

Chief Walter S. Moore
First Chief Engineer and Fire Marshal
of the
Los Angeles Fire Department
February 1, 1886 to September 26, 1887

Chief Thomas Strohm
October 1, 1887 to January 25, 1888

Chief Dan A. Moriarty
January 26, 1888 to February 28, 1889

Chief Thomas Strohm
March 22, 1889 to January 31, 1891

Chief Walter S. Moore
February 1, 1891 to January 31, 1893

Chief Michael Curran
February 1, 1893 to November 30, 1893

Chief Dan A. Moriarty
December 1, 1893 to January 31, 1895

Chief Walter S. Moore
February 1, 1895 to March 31, 1900

Chief Thomas Strohm
April 1, 1900 to February 25, 1905

Chief Walter Lips
March 1, 1905 to May 23, 1910

Chief Archibald J. Eley
May 24, 1910 to June 30, 1919

Chief R.J. Scott
July 18, 1919 to April 1, 1940

Chief John H. Alderson
May 20, 1940 to December 29, 1955

Chief William L. Miller
January 17, 1956 to July 16, 1965

Chief Raymond M. Hill
April 25, 1966 to May 31, 1975

Chief Kenneth R. Long
June 1, 1975 to June 29, 1977

Chief John C. Gerard
June 30, 1977 to June 6, 1982

Chief Donald O. Manning
January 20, 1983 to 1995

Chief William R. Bamattre
April 4, 1996 to January 1, 2007

Douglas R. Barry
September 18, 2007 to August 30, 2009
 

Millage Peaks
Septembner 10, 2009  to Present