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Chief Engineers of the
L.A.F.D.
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* * * The Volunteer Fire Department * * *
Chief Charles E. Miles
First Chief
of the
Los Angeles Volunteer Department
1873 to 1875
June 20, 1876 to March 1880
Chief Jacob Kuhrts
March 1880 to April 1883
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 * * *
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
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
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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