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  Engine Co. No. 4 
  Truck Co. A transferred in from Engine 3
    (T-A disbanded-crew assigned to WT-1)
  Water Tower No. 1 (Gorter) in service
  Water Tower No. 1 transferred to Engine 24
  Truck Co. No.1 (returned to service)
  Truck Co. No.1 transferred to Engine 10
  Truck Co. No.6 transferred in from Engine 16
  (Number change-Truck 6 changed to Truck 4)
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  Squad 4 in service
. Task Force 4,  Hazmat 4, RA4

  Hazardous Materials Task Force 4, Squad 4, RA 4, RA 804,
  EMS 1, Battalion 1

  (HAZ MAT TF4, SQ 4, RA4 & RA804 moved to FS21)
  (E-21 moved to FS4)
  ENGINE Co. No 4, RA 4, BATTALION 1
 

1888
1900
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1905
1910
1911
1917
1917
1932
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07/1978





06/13/2011
to
Present

26 Plaza Street
16th Street near Hope
227 E. Aliso Street
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800 North Main Street
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450 E. Temple Street

1888 - 1889
1889 - 1900
04/05/1900
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 1948
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12/22/1948
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12/02/2008
to
Present


Fire Station No. 4
800 North Main Street
1948 - 2008

Source: THE FIREMAN'S GRAPEVINE
September 1947



Fire Station No. 4

  Fire Station No. 4 will be the largest station to be built in the current series.  It will be located at 800 North Main Street on the lot which is now occupied by an old, dilapidated, un-used gasoline station.  The lot is 100 ft. wide on Main Street and 150 ft. on Augusta.  The station will face Main street and will be what is commonly known as a three-door station;  however, this will be accomplished with only two doors, one will be 12 ft. wide and the second one 24 ft. wide.  Both doors will be 13 ft. high, allowing a tilleman to go through the door without "ducking", on the highest truck that this department now has.

  The apparatus floor will be 111 ft. long by 51 ft. wide.  To better describe this, it will be large enough so that 12 triple combination pumpers could stand in three lines with room to pass between.

  The kitchen is a room 18 by 34 feet and food lockers are provided for 60 men, as well as ample pot and pan lockers.

  The building will be a two-story affair across the front and over everything except the kitchen and recreation room on the first floor.  Two captain's rooms are provided with bath in between and a chief's room in the south-east corner of the second floor.  Bathroom facilities include 10 basins and 6 showers in the men's quarters.  Every effort has been made to provide ample toilet facilities.

  A full size handball court will be built with grandstand over the salvage cover drying room.  The building will be of reinforced concrete construction and the front doors will be electrically operated. These doors are specified as the "Richard Wilcox" type sliding doors.  As a point of interest, the finished apparatus floor elevation will be 286 feet above sea level.
 

This article appeared in the
September 1947 issue of
THE  FIREMAN'S GRAPEVINE


Source: THE FIREMAN'S GRAPEVINE
September 1947
  Date Opened December 22, 1948
  Dedication
  Land Cost $ 9,175.
  Architectural Costs
  Building Cost
  Public Building Costs
  Total
$   11,726.75
   202,840.00
    _57,557.00
    272,124.00
  Architect Ellis Wing Taylor
  Contractor Oltmans Const. Co.
  Sq.Ft. Floor Area   9,738
  Sq.Fe. Main Building 14,358
  Hand Ball Court   1,242
 Sq.Ft.  Site    100' x 150'

15,000

  Number of Poles


5



Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO



Fire Station 4

February 22, 1949


Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO



Fire Station 4

February 22, 1949


Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO



Fire Station 4

February 22, 1949


Source: OFFICIAL LAFD PHOTO

A Bad Day for Truck Company No. 4

1951

Follow link to page with 11 more photos.


THEN & NOW
:
LAFD FIRE STATION 4

The following is a look inside of old Fire Station 4 which served the downtown area/Civic Center of L.A. between 1948
and 2007.

 


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