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A fireman's pole (also called a firefighter's pole, sliding pole or a fire pole) is a pole that firefighters slide down to quickly reach the ground floor of a fire station. This allows them to respond to an emergency call faster, as they arrive at the fire engine faster than by using a standard staircase.
Fire Station No. 1 (Los Angeles, California), List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments on the East and Northeast Sides; Engine House No. 18 (Los Angeles, California), NRHP-listed; Fire Station No. 14 (Los Angeles, California), historic all-black segregated fire station, NRHP-listed; Fire Station No. 23 (Los Angeles, California), NRHP-listed
Fire stations frequently contain working and living space for the firefighters and support staff. In large U.S. cities, fire stations are often named for the primary fire companies and apparatus housed there, such as "Ladder 49". Other fire stations are named based on the settlement, neighborhood or street where they are located, or given a number.
Fire Station No. 23 is a former fire station in Downtown Los Angeles. Built in 1910 as an operating fire station, it was also the Los Angeles Fire Department 's headquarters until 1920 and the residence of every fire chief from 1910 to 1928.
Auburn Fire House No. 1, also known as Auburn Hose Company No. 1, at El Dorado St. & Lincoln Way in Auburn, Placer County, California, was built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. [1] It includes elements of Stick/Eastlake and Queen Anne styles. [1]
Fire Station No. 30, Engine Company No. 30 is a historic fire station and engine company in the South Los Angeles area of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1913, its white firemen served a predominantly white neighborhood. The demographics became more mixed in the 1920s, and in 1924 the firehouse was segregated.
The new Fire Station No. 4 would replace an existing station on Stamper Road, about two miles away off Bragg Boulevard. That station was built in 1960. Brimming optimism greeted plans for the new ...
Engine House No. 18 is a fire station in the West Adams district of Los Angeles, California. [3] [4] [5]Cornerstone at Engine House No. 18. Built in 1904, the station was designed in the Mission Revival style by architect John Parkinson, whose later works included Los Angeles City Hall, Union Station, and Bullocks Wilshire. [6]