Fire Station 27 Photo Gallery

Engine Company No. 27
Truck Company No. 27
1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard

1932 to 1992

Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection

Engine Company No. 27 Truck Company No. 27 "B" Platoon 1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard September 18, 1938
G. Brown D. Russ J. Rucker T. O'Neil V. Meyers F. Gillette B. Byers A. Fishburn Chief King Chief Stembridge Capt. M. Gilliland	Capt. J. Fein Capt. W. Newcomb Capt. M. Carter W. Johnson W. Zukle M. Nunnally T. Woods G. Bruce W. Garland P. Heitkamp

Miss Kitty Wouldn't Wait to be Rescued
THE GRAPE VINE, December 15, 1939

The Voltaire Apartment Fire
1428 Crescent Heights boulevard
February 20, 1935

HISTORY OF FIRE STATION 27
by Willis M. Martin, May 1981

Opened	July 1, 1930
Land Cost	$ 76,736.
Building Cost	$ 101,267.
Sq.Ft. Site 150x190	28,500
Sq.Ft. Station Main Bld. Shed Shop &Oil Rm Hand Ball Ct Planting Area	13,803 9,225 1,680 1,161 1,737 5,600
Poles	6
Telephone No.	M-3927
Gasoline Tank	2000 gal
Diesel Tank	500 gal
Fire Station 27 went in service July 1, 1930 with Engine 27, Truck 9, Hose 2, Rescue 2 and Salvage 4. The 18,227 sqft station cost $99,627 and was the largest Fire Station west of the Mississippi.

1938 American LaFrance Duplex Pump
Shop Number 1082

July 1951

Truck Company No. 27

February 5, 1944

Heavy Duty Task Force 27:
Truck Company No. 27
Engine Company No. 27
Engine Company No. 227

Squad No. 27
Battalion 5

1971 to 1979

Source: Firefighter David Holcomb
Circa 1968

Truck Company 27 (left-right) Captain Harry Peters Fireman Jack Fisher Autofireman Robert Hemingway Fireman Lyle Taylor Fireman Harry Woods	Engine Company 27 (left-right) Captain Odie Clements Fireman William (Bill) Welsh Fireman David Bowers Wagon Engineer ? Pump Engineer Elroy Brett (standing next to left door of Pump 27 behind Wagon 27)
Engine Company No. 227 (right-left) Captain ? Fireman Guy Miller Engineer Lee Ostheimer Fireman John Squire	Battalion 5 Battalion Chief William Johnson Battalion Aide James Jocheim Squad 27 (standing adjacent to Engineer Brett next to the Squad) Fireman ? Fireman Harlan Wood

Source: Chuck Madderom Collection

Fire Station No. 27
1355 North Cahuenga Boulevard

1971

Photo by Boris Yaro, Staff Photographer, L. A. Times

Battalion Chief Larry Schneider, Battalion Aide Ralph Brownell, FF Hernandez,
Apparatus Operator Glenn Wilkinson, FF David Yamahata, FF Terry Manning,
FF Gerald Schnoor, FF William Bamattre, FF Kevin Isozaki, Engineer John Scherrei,
FF Robert Krause, Captain Gerald Walters, Captain James Varney.
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(Kneeling) Captain John Comerford, Paramedic Rick McClure,
FF Edward Banda, FF George Bauman,

June 18, 1980

Source: David Blaire Collection

Battalion 5 Task Force 27 Circa 1988
Standing l-r B/C Robert Olsen S/A	Standing l-r ? ? F/F Debbie Dunne Captain Bill Quinn ? Phil Bowdin ? Dave Soto ? ? Joe Foley Jack Reiss

Source: David Blaire Collection

Battalion 5 Task Force 27 Circa 1988
Standing l-r B/C Robert Olsen S/A ? ? F/F Debbie Dunne ? ? Steven Domanski F/F Philip Bowdoin Captain William Alderson Dave Soto Glenn Zink	Kneeling 1-r ? Engineer Greg Pascolla A/O Glenn Wilkerson Engineer Jack Reiss Dave Stanley F/F Jesse Carbajal

Source: David Blaire Collection

Battalion 5 Task Force 27 "C" Platoon Circa 1991
Standing l-r Captain II Tom Pandola S/A Norm Greengard Engineer Al Walloch F/F Jerry Johnson A/O Dave Dominguez F/F Dane Jackson A/O Tony Zar Captain I Scott Mottram Captain I Rick Kay F/F Mike Cunningham	Kneeling l-r A/C Al Schroeder D/C Don Anthony B/C John Callahan F/F Bill Staples F/F Tony Almeda F/F Dean Zipperman F/F Ralph Enderly F/F Mike Westhoff Engineer Jim Gonzalez F/F Earnie Castillo

Source: David Blaire Collection

Heavy Rescue 27

Circa 1990

Firefighter Michael Porper
Apparatus Operator Glenn Wilkinson
Apparatus Operator Monte Majesky

Source: Captain Larry Schneider

A day at 27's

35 photos taken one day at Fire Station 27
one month before closing.

June 1992

The Companies		The Fire Houses
The Hollywood Fire Dept. Volunteers	?	Cahuenga and Selma	? - 1913
Hollywood annexed by the City of L.A.	2/ 7/1910	.	.
Hose Company No. 7	1910	.	.
Engine Company No. 27	10/25/1913	1625-29 N. Cahuenga Blvd.	10/14/1913
Engine Co. No. 27, Hose Co. No. 2, Truck Co. No. 9, Rescue Co. No. 2, Salvage Co. No. 4	1915	.	to 1930
.	.	1355 North Cahuenga Blvd.	7/1/1930
Number change: T9 changed to Truck 27	1932	.	.
Hose Co. 2 becomes Engine Company 82	1944	.	.
Engine Company 82 moves to new F.S. 82	3/2/1951	.	.
Rescue Ambulance 27 in service	1970	.	.
Heavy Duty Task Force (T27, E27, E227)	1971	.	.
Task Force 27 (E227 closed)	7/1978
.	.	.	.
TASK FORCE 27, RA27, RA827, US&R 27, HQ BATTALION 5	Present	1327 North Cole Avenue	7/10/1992 to Present