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  Engine Co. No. 21 

 


  


  (HAZ MAT TF4, SQ 4, RA4 & RA804 moved to FS21)
  (E-21 moved to FS4)
  HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TASK FORCE 21,
  SQUAD 21, RA 21, RA 821

09/01/1907








06/13/2011
to
Present

1187 East 52nd Street

(Destroyed by 1933 earthquake)
4925 Compton Avenue
(Temporary Qtrs)

1187 East 52nd Street
(new building)

1192 East 51st Street

09/01/1907

03/10/1933



12/15/1941


04/2008
to
Present

Engine Company No. 21
1187 East 52nd Street
1916 to 1933


Source: Fireman Henry F. McCann
Scrap Book Collection

Engine Company No. 21
1187 East 52nd Street

Circa 1916


Source: Fierman John L. Banks Scrap Book Collection
Engine Company No. 21
 1916

Engine Company 21 replaced its horse drawn hose wagon and horse drawn pump with a motorized hose wagon, (shown on the left) and a motorized pumping apparatus (shown in the two photographs below). This combination of two apparatus used by an Engine Company was known as a "Two-Piece Engine Company" and worked together in line laying operations, the Pump spotting to the hydrant and the Wagon laying a supply line from the Pump to the fire.

Source: Fireman Henry F. McCann
Scrap Book Collection


  

Source: Fierman John L. Banks Scrap Book Collection

1916
1916
Source: Fierman John L. Banks Scrap Book Collection
   


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Engine Company No. 21
 1187 East 52nd Street

Circa 1925


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Engine Company No. 21
 1187 East 52nd Street

Circa 1925


Source: Dale Magee Collection

Engine Company No. 21
 1187 East 52nd Street

March 1933

Destroyed by the 1933 Long Beach
earthquake.  (Note the cracks)

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