Engine Company No. 17

-THE COMPANIES- Engine Company No. 17 Truck Company No. 18 in service. Number change: Truck 18 now Truck 17 Task Force 17 formed (T17 & E17) Engine Company 17 closed. ENGINE 17, HQ BATT 7	- 1905 04/01/1928 12/07/1932 1971 05/21/2011 Present	-THE FIRE HOUSES- 2100 East Seventh Street (Bld removed fo new bridge) 710 South Sante Fe Avenue 1601 South Santa Fe Avenue	- 04/01/1905 09/09/1927 08/05/1980 to Present

Engine Company 17
2100 East Seventh Street
1905 - 1927

Source: LAFD ANNUAL REPORT NUMBER 19

Engine Company 17
2100 East Seventh Street

1904

Date opened:
Land Cost:
Building Cost:

April 1, 1905
$ 1,150.
$ 8,237.

Engine Company No. 17
2100 East Seventh Street
Circa 1910

Left to Right--Driver C.F. Schiefer, Captain J. G. Johnson, Lt. A. E. Church, L. Loebel, F. Brush,
George E. Lewis, Wm. Nickerl, H. Woodhouse, J. Sills, Driver W. H. Augustine, Spike Hennessey, Engineer C.R. Campbell

Engine Co. No. 17
2100 East Seventh Street
Circa 1906

Left to Right--
Geo Urick, Owen Lamb, Tom A. Stembridge,
Captain Balzer, Lieutenant Jom Todd and Tom Carmichael

Source: Rodger Embury Collection
Photo 17

Circa 1906

Engine 17
1904 Nott 2nd Size 700 GPM Steamer,
Shop Number 18 Serial Number 575
Placed in service 1906.

Source: Turk & Haelsig Photo
1908

Source: LAFD Photo Album

Engine Company 17
1906

l to r - standing; Hill, S. Dodd, Hendricks, Lee Andrews, ?
l to r - seated; ? , T. Carmicheal, Captain Charley Balzer, ?

FIREMEN'S DOG MASCOT
MEETS END "ON DUTY"
The Tribune
November 25, 1911

Engine 17's Golden Anniversary Party
THE FIREMAN'S GRAPEVINE, MAY 1955
By Captain Robert Foster, Truck 17 B

Source: LAFD Photo Album
Engineer Hendricks Collection

Engine Company 17 on a Run
Circa 1915

Durston Photo

17 LOS ANGELES
GALLANT CREW OF 1915
APR 10th '

Durston Photo

' NIGHT OF APR 10 1915
No.17 CALLED OUT '

Hooking Up to the Wagon
Left to Right: H. Woodhouse, Engineer C.R. Campbell,
Captain J.G. Johnson, C.R. Hart, J.W. Ewing (on left horse)
unidentified, Driver C.F. Schiefer, G.E. Lewis
unidentified, C.S. Nottagr (on right horse)

Durston Photo

' IN LOS ANGELES
WHEN THE HORSE WAS KING
APR 10 - 1915 '

Source: LAFD Photo Album
Circa 1915

Source: Fred Allen Collection
Courtesy: Captain Duane Warth, LAFD Retired

"Working a 2 1/2"
Flory Hay Fire on East 7th Street
Circa 1910

Source: Fireman Henry F. McCann
Scrap Book Collection

Circa 1914

Source: Fireman Henry F. McCann
Scrap Book Collection

Circa 1914

Source: LAFD Post Card Collection

Ladder Drill

Circa 1910

Source: LAFD Photo Album

Hose Wagon 17

Circa 1915

Left to Right
Carpenter, Johnson, Tillitson, Campbell,
Schiefer and McGin

Seagrave Combination Hose Wagon
Shop Number #105
1000' -2 1/2"hose, 200' Chemical Hose
30' Extension Ladder

Source: LAFD Photo Album

Circa 1915

Source: LAFD Photo Album

Circa 1920

. . . "Box 628 Hauser Packing, Smoke scare".

June 3, 1921 was the last horse drawn run
for Engine Company No. 17.
( --Steamer No. 21 s/n 3091 and Wagon No. 43.)

Source: The Fireman's Grapevine, May 2009

In June of 1921 this 1921 Seagrave 260CH Combination Chemical & Hose Wagon, Shop Number 124 and
the 1921 106PE Straight Pumb, Ship Number 11 behind it replaced the horse drawn hose wagon and steamer.