The Los Angeles Fire Department is the full-service fire department of the city of Los Angeles, California, United States, and of the city of San Fernando, California, United States, via contract.
Los Angeles Fire House near Olvera Street, 1890
L.A.F.D. Engine No. 11 at 1819 West 7th Street, ca.1910
LAFD on the scene of a fire in the Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles in 1947
Los Angeles Fire Department Sunday morning training in downtown Los Angeles, February 1977
A fire engine is a vehicle, usually a specially designed or modified truck, that functions as a firefighting apparatus. The primary purposes of a fire engine include transporting firefighters and wate
Los Angeles Fire Department
…the name of Thirty-Eights No. 1 in May 1875, Engine Co. No. 2 was organized under the name Confidence Engine Company. Los Angeles acquired its first "hook and ladder" truck for the Thirty-Eights. It proved to be too cumbersome and was ill-adapted to the needs of the city. It was sold to the city of Wilmington. In…
A Scania P270 fire engine used by Dublin Fire Brigade in Ireland
A Scania P280 fire engine used by the Humberside Fire and Rescue Service in England
Front of a MAN fire engine with built-in winch, e.g. for towing damaged cars. The shackles serve a similar purpose.
An E-One engine used by the Boston Fire Department