| The Los Angeles Fire Department is known
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| | equipment in 1921.
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| also as the Los Angeles City Fire
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| | When the Los Angeles Fire Department was
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| Department in order to distinguish it
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| | formed in 1886, it had four fire
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| from the County Fire Department. It is
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| | stations, two steam fire engines, two
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| the department that provides fire
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| | hose reels, a hose wagon, an aerial
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| protection and emergency medical services
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| | ladder truck, thirty-one paid
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| for the city of Los Angeles.
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| | firefighters, twenty-four reserves and 11
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| The department originated back in 1871.
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| | horses to protect 30 square miles and a
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| Late in that year, the Los Angeles County
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| | population of approximately 50,000.
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| Engine Company No. 1 was put together by
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| | By 1900, the fire department had grown to
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| the County Clerk. It was a volunteer
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| | 18 stations with 123 full-time paid
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| firefighting force utilizing a fire
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| | firefighters and 80 horses. Los Angeles
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| engine and a hose jumper. The equipment
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| | installed 193 fire-alarm boxes allowing
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| was hand-drawn to fire emergencies. In
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| | residents to give the alarm if a fire was
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| the spring of 1874, the fire company
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| | seen. More than 650 fire hydrants were
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| asked the Los Angeles City Council to buy
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| | situated throughout the city, giving
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| horses to move the engine. The council
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| | firefighters access to a reliable water
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| responded in the negative and the fire
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| | source.
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| company disbursed.
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| | By 1911 the agency had 32 stations. That
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| Soon after that L.A. purchased its first
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| | year, the last of the stations
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| hook-and-ladder truck, which proved to be
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| | specifically designed for horses were
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| too cumbersome and was ill-adapted to the
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| | constructed.
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| needs of the city. It was sold to the
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| | Today, the fire agency has approximately
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| city of Wilmington, and in 1876, another
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| | 3,600 personnel operating out of 106
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| hook-and-ladder was purchased, serving in
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| | stations who offer fire prevention,
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| the city until just after 1880.
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| | emergency medical care, hazardous
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| In 1877, the first horses were acquired
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| | materials mitigation, disaster response,
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| for the city fire department. The agency
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| | and community service to a resident
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| continued to use horses for its
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| | population of more than four million,
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| firefighting duties for almost fifty
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| | living in 471 square miles.
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| years, phasing out the last horse powered
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