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  Engine Company No.23
  Truck Company No.5 in service
. Rescue Squad 23 in service
  Disbanded

  Squad 23 in service
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  E23 and Squad 23 moved to FS9
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  Engine Company No. 23 (reopened)

10/02/1910
 05/01/1912
12/07/1932
1938

12/01/1949
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11/01/1960
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05/13/1963
to Present

225 East Fifth Street
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Closed
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Designated
Historical Monument
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17281 Sunset Boulevard,
  Pacific Palisades

10/02/1910
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11/23/1960
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02/02/1966
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05/13/1963  
to  Present


Engine Company 23 and Truck Company 5
225 East Fifth Street
1921 to 1960


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Engine Company No. 23

Circa 1925


Source: LAFIRE
 

Engine Company No. 23

July 10, 1938
C. E. Bowen
Captain H. W. Quante
E. F. McAuliffe


Source: LAFIRE
 

Rescue Company No. 23

August 21, 1938

W. H. Grimm
W. H. Thomas
R. C. Von Ravensherg
R. C. Beal
Captain P. H. Ferguson
B. H. Weber


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Rescue Company No. 23

August 21, 1938
"B" Platoon

W. H. Thomas
W. A. Grim
R. C. Beal
B. H. Weber
R. C. Von Ravensberg
Captain P. H. Ferguson

Firemen and Cops
Los Angeles Record, April 20, 1928

'Palatial' Firehouse of 1910 Will be Rescued From Neglect
Los Angeles Times, October 8, 1979

Ornate Firehouse Declared Historic City Monument
Los Angeles Times

City Officials Hope Museum Idea Catches Fire
Los Angeles Times, January 26, 1982
 



The Firemen's Grapevine, January 1950
 

 

Squad 23
Responding from Quarters

Squad 23 went into service December 1, 1949.  It was primarily a manpower unit with a Captain and 7 Firemen with breathing apparatus, various special tools and rescue equipment.  They had a special first alarm district extending to Washington on the South, Alvarado West, L.A. River on the North and East.  They responded to large fires any where.  There were side benches in the specially built vehicle for the men and as soon as a fie was knocked down they returned to service leaving the overhaul to other companies.  When Station 9 opened November 1, 1960 the Squad moved there.


The NFPA FIREMEN, June 1952


Cover Photo

  Winners have been announced for the Second Annual Fire Foto of the Year Contest, sponsored jointly by the NFPA and the National Press Photographers Association. Press Photographers Association. Presentation of awards will be made at the 56th Annual Meeting of the NFPA in New York City, June 9-13

  This month's cover picture did not "land in the money" in the Contest, but did qualify for an "honorable mention" award. It was taken by Helen Brush, photographer for the Los Angeles, California, Daily News, when fire destroyed an old brick building in that city. A pet shop in the basement of the building contained a number of animals in cages. After the fire was extinguished fire fighters were surprised to find that some of the animals had survived the heat of the fire and the large amount of water used for extinguishment.

  The cover shows Fireman Ralph L. Wood of

Engine 23 of the Los Angeles Fire Department trying to warm up one of the soaked survivors. The photo has taken prizes in several other photographic contests.


 

1960


Source: Digital Photo Gallery
2003

Engine 23 as it appears today.


Currently Engine 23 is in the care of an artist named Daniel Taylor.
You may contact Mr. Taylor through his web site listed below:

Daniel Taylor
President: Corporation for History, Art and Culture
Caretaker of Old 23s'
http://chac.la.home.att.net


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