IT IS HAPPENING AT
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE MUSEUM
Engine 51 Going for a Paint Job
This was taken on the street in front of the museum shop. E 51 is still identified with DNC Yosemite, the YosemiteFire Department. Engine 51 disassembled and loaded onto a transport to be delivered to a paint shop in Garden Grove in 2010. Every piece of equipment,...
51s Models
One of our fans, Roberto, a Firefighter in Santini, Italy, has been collecting EMERGENCY! themed collectables for a while. He thought he completed his collection of our EMERGENCY! models when he bought the beautiful new Ward LaFrance Engine 51model. Well, hang on...
Kevin & Randy on Stage
Tonya Mantooth, Randolph Mantooth and Kevin Tighe enter the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts stage on August 20th for the celebration of EMERGENCY!'s 50th Anniversary. Kevin and Randy kept the audience in stitches as they roasted each other and shared stories...
Museum Video Tour
Don't let the topic of this show fool you! Take an almost hour long video tour of our Museum led by our Secretary Gil Garcia and Docent Luis Acevedo on Nick Federoff's video show, Things Green. If you can't come in person, this is the next best way to see and learn...
A GREAT READ
EMS WORLD dedicated their June magazine issue to the Fire Museum and EMERGENCY! There are three articles you will find very interesting. The Medic Who Taught Johnny and Roy Restoration of the Chevy Ambulance from EMERGENCY! An EMS History and EMERGENCY! Tour Through...
WANNA RACE?
"HEY, WARD.... WANNA RACE?" One afternoon, I was taking a walk, I heard a voice that said, "Hey Ward... wanna race?" I looked around to see who was calling out to Ward. Lo and behold, there they were.... A pair of classics enjoying retirement and still ready for...
MACK ENGINE
This Mack Engine is one gorgeous piece of machinery! [dsm_text_divider header="THANK YOU PARTNERS" admin_label="THANK YOU PARTNERS" _builder_version="4.16" _module_preset="default" header_font="|800|||||||" custom_margin="||30px||false|false"...
KEVIN & RANDY
ROY DESOTO AND JOHNNY GAGETHE GUYS Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth having fun in The Shop at the LA County Fire Museum during the filming of Into the Unknown, the Paramedics’ Journey.ROY AND JOHNNY Kevin Tighe and Randolph Mantooth chatting with Museum Director,...
AT YOUR SERVICE
Meet our Docents: From the left: Bob Jones, David Martinez, Museum Vice President & Docent Ernie Martinez, and Javier Torres... at your service. When you visit the Los Angeles County Fire Museum, you will be met by one of our Docents, all are active or retired...
Couple of Pals
Couple of old pals catching up on old times in the morning Sun
CHIEF’S CAR
On April 13th, The Los Angeles County Fire Museum received this 1995 Crown Victoria, an Ex Los Angeles County Chief's car, donated by our long time friend Lloyd Ikerd, pictured with the car. We are not sure what we are going to do with it yet… She runs great!!!
Museum Escapee
A unique perspective of Engine 51 as seen from Director Rick Klemundt’s 1955 Ex Montebello Fire Department Crown. His passenger took this cool image as the two engines stretched their legs.