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Fire Station 54 Photo Gallery


The Fire House

5730 Angeles Mesa Dr.
(Changed to Crenshaw Blvd.)
Closed
June 19, 1924
.
September 20, 1989


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Engine Company No. 54
5730 Angeles Mesa Dr.
(Changed to Crenshaw)

Circa 1924

 
  Date Opened June 19, 1924
  Land Cost $  4,000.
  Building Cost $23,500.
  Architect  
  Contractor  
  Sq.Ft.  Main Building
              Detached Kitchen
              and Oil Room

3,150
  462

 Sq.Ft.  Site 50x60

8,000

 Planting Area 1,400
 Fertilizer needed 7 sacks
 Gasoline 500 gallons
 Electric Pump (outside)  
 Telephone Number AXminister 4-9052

 


 

Engine Company 54
5730 Crenshaw Blvd.

"2 Inches of Snow"
Taken about 9 A.M.
January 15th 1932
By
Chas. E. Scott

Fireman Harry M. Lewis
Fireman Earl M. Nave

(The above was written on the back of the photo. 
It is not know which man in the photo is Lewis or Nave.)


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Engine Company 54
5730 Crenshaw Blvd.

September 11, 1938
"A" Platoon

Engineer H. Woolway  
Captain F. Pell
T. Arisco
S. Pate
W. King


Source: LAFD Photo Album Collection
 

Engine Company 54
5730 Crenshaw Blvd.

June 1961


Source: Captain Bob Foster Collection
 

Engine Company 54
5730 Crenshaw Blvd.

June 1961

Captain Bob Foster and crew


Source: Captain
Larry Schneider

Engine Company 54
5730 Crenshaw Blvd.

Thanksgiving Day
November 27,  1986

Captain Larry Schneider
Engineer Phil Chitwood
Firefighter Robert Rivera
Firefighter James Meacham

(Note Phil's daughter hiding on the
left side of the Engine.)


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