Companies in Quarters: A Pictorial History of the Fire Houses of the Los Angeles City Fire Department

This pictorial album of the history of the LAFD stations, Companies in Quarters, the second publication by the authors of Land, Sea and Air, the Pictorial History of the Los Angeles Fire Department, presented by the Los Angeles Fire Department Historical Society, focuses on the past and present fire stations of the City of Los Angeles from the first, small volunteer stations occupied by the firefighters who protected the small but growing town with their horse drawn apparatus, to the new, large fire stations of today which house the nearly 3600 firefighters and their modem state-of-the-art apparatus. 

As the City of Los Angeles grew from a small horse and buggy community of wood and adobe homes and businesses, the threat of fire grew and the need for more and larger fire stations. 

When the LAFD celebrated it s 50th birthday, it had become one of the largest fire departments in the country with 75 fire stations in the heart of the city and about two dozen volunteer fire companies in the outlying areas.

 The first fire stations of the 1880 s to the newest stations of today, along with much of the apparatus that occupied them, are featured in this new book which will be a must-have for historians of the fire service, fire buffs, and students of California architecture. It is packed with photos of all of the 106 current and over 120 former fire stations and their Companies in Quarters.

Since the release of this title, the third book in this series has been released by authors Dave Cox and Walt Jaeger (September 2012) which is titled Horses to Horsepower: A Pictorial History of the Apparatus of the Los Angeles City Fire Department. This third book concentrates on LAFD apparatus from the time of horse drawn steamers to the modern apparatus of today. Pumpers, aerial ladders, helicopters, fire-boats, ambulances and more are featured.