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* * *  The Volunteer Fire Department * * *

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Chief Charles E. Miles

First Chief
of the
Los Angeles Volunteer Department
1873 to 1875
June 20, 1876 to March 1880

 

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Chief Jacob Kuhrts

March 1880 to April 1883

 

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Chief Walter S. Moore

April 1883 to March 1885

 

Chief Frank Day
Last Chief Engineer
of the
Volunteer Fire Department
April 1885 to January 5, 1886


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* * *  The Los Angeles Fire Department  * * *

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Chief Walter S. Moore

First Chief Engineer and Fire Marshal
of the
Los Angeles Fire Department
February 1, 1886 to September 26, 1887

 


Chief Thomas Strohm

October 1, 1887 to January 25, 1888


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Chief Dan A. Moriarty
January 26, 1888 to February 28, 1889

 


Chief Thomas Strohm

March 22, 1889 to January 31, 1891

 

Chief Walter S. Moore
February 1, 1891 to January 31, 1893



Chief Michael Curran
February 1, 1893 to November 30, 1893

 

Chief Dan A. Moriarty
December 1, 1893 to January 31, 1895

 

Chief Walter S. Moore
February 1, 1895 to March 31, 1900


Chief Thomas Strohm

April 1, 1900 to February 25, 1905

 


Chief Walter Lips

March 1, 1905 to May 23, 1910

 


Chief Archibald J. Eley

May 24, 1910 to June 30, 1919

 

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Chief R.J. Scott

July 18, 1919 to April 1, 1940

 


Chief John H. Alderson

May 20, 1940 to December 29, 1955

 


Chief William L. Miller

January 17, 1956 to July 16, 1965

 

Chief Raymond M. Hill
April 25, 1966 to May 31, 1975

 

Chief Kenneth R. Long
June 1, 1975 to June 29, 1977

 

Chief John C. Gerard
June 30, 1977 to June 6, 1982

 


Chief Donald O. Manning
January 20, 1983 to 1995

 


Chief William R. Bamattre

April 4, 1996 to January 1, 2007

 


Douglas R. Barry
September 18, 2007 to August 30, 2009
 

Millage Peaks
Septembner 10, 2009  to Present
 


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