Los Angeles County Fire Museum restoration shop tour. Engine 51, Emergency!

[@zachwheeler9846]

Beautiful rigs, I love fire engines, and the show Emergency. Great video

[@jonfishbough9497]

I joined the local firehouse in 1980 we still have a (restored )1953 Mack and our first out was a 1954 Mack Thermodyne, a 1959 2 1/2 ton army truck repurposed into brush truck, a 1968 Ford Grumman rescue and we also had a 1972 Mack. Going to the museum is on my bucket list. I think Emergency was my inspiration to join the fire service.

[@rickdee67]

My whole life I have lived with the upmost respect and adoration for all of those who serve in this capacity! As it turns out I retired across the street from Johhny Policek who was 24 years with the Omaha fire department and a captain in my district when I was a little boy. Johhny is gone now but his wife Lois still lives there and they had a very large family all of which either served with police or fire. We live in Nebraska and get a good amount of snow usually in the winters I make sure that I snow blow her driveway first, God bless you all and thank you.

[@grant209]

Thanks for the walk around guys. 'Emergency' was a favourite child hood TV show for Me, I didn't know then, but it set my path to a 30+ year career as a Firefighter, and after 30 odd years still love looking at old fire truck . . . so it's great to see the Engine 51 & Squad 51 in the Museum. Would be great to visit one day, but it's a long Flight from Australia. Cheers

[@normansilver905]

Thanks Paul for the good visual tour. Top quality restorations and the crew has to be proud of their accomplishments.

[@genemccarthy2847]

Thanks to Joe and Paul for the walk around. A hand salute to all those who helped to create what I believe is the finest fire museum in the nation. I am humbled and honored to have been a tiny part of the history of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. My thanks to all those with the vision, e,g., James O. Page, and those who volunteered countless hours to make the Los Angeles County Fire Museum a reality and appreciation to the many businesses who donated their service. Medic 3

[@rhepstein1]

Great tour!

[@doug9066]

One of these days I'll visit museum if financially able. I grew up watching tv series "Emergency!" which I now finally have on dvd. I like that MACK truck, older MACK trucks looked great even the wheels. Thank you for sharing, very interesting.

[@williamschlenger1518]

I wish more towns would save old fire equipment.Im 79yrs.old & I saw 1934&1939 Ahrens Fox working.Very impressive.

[@kurtlisapless3379]

excellent tour. a palethra of knowledge . thank you .

[@kurtlisapless3379]

absolutely beautiful rigs.

[@RandysFiftySevenChevy]

Thanks for this video. I'm always looking out for any items from the "Rescue 8" Show.

[@KinvarraDevonshire]

Love this tour! Thank you for doing what you do to save these wonderful engines! You guys rock!

[@feoyjodido1372]

Americans always retain that part of their essence,. congratulations...

[@chrisbarr1359]

Thank you for the tour. You have some amazing rigs in your shop. I can't imagine how wonderful the fire museum must be.

[@thomasglynn2282]

I'm in a voluntary fd in Franklin NJ and our town was a mining town, NJ zinc and the town was ran by the mining company. In 1916 the company bought a 1915 American Lafrance gas powered pumper. It was the first motorized fire truck in our county. In 1927 or 28 the company bought a 1926 American Lafrance. In 1956 the zinc co left and donated the trucks to the town and in the 60s they were finally retired and sold to a local farmer who stuck both of them in a barn. When he passed the family gave the truck's to the members of the dept. Who restored the 15 to original specs except for the tires, they were converted to pneumatic in the 40s and we haven't been able to find the hubs to bring back to the solid rubber tires. I've marched with that truck in many parades, including the states NJ firefighters convention in Wildwood nj. The 26 is now completely finished to. You can look up these two trucks on the web Franklin NJ 07416, Sussex County NJ, Franklin Fire Department Inc. We also built a museum next to our firehouse. Both trucks were restored by the members of the company with money raised by a shit load of venison and spaghetti dinners.

[@Melting_Fireman]

Great video! I thought that was Joe behind the camera. I first met Joe in San Diego at Firehouse World not long after the tragic death of his son Kevin. Joe was outside tinkering with Squad 51 outside. We got to talking and I really enjoyed our time talking & being around Engine & Squad 51 before they took them inside for the conference. Hey Joe, I'm now in Arizona, Yuma to be exact and plan to hike the Memorial trail. I've been to the heritage center in Prescott and to the memorial near Yarnell. If you get out this way give me a shout. Brad Hoff

[@JadeDragon407]

Really neat collection. The Mack is my favorite out of all of them, it just has a great style and look. Gotta say it was in service a long while, but good to hear she's still a runner.

[@bryanglover3775]

Yeah my dad Dwayne Glover and my uncle John . Owned AGA Fire apparatus totally restored fire truck top to bottom front to back. for LA county fallbrooke an several other couties in cal. From 1982 to 87 John who used to work in the late 60s _70s for LA county fire department and my other uncle John Stall work for fallbrook FD had a great career an retired out.. my dad enclosed the cabs on the crown fire engines about 8,9 I think great metal fabricator ,, hallscots out an Cummins replacement went in every nut an bolt changed s.s.or crome . The 269 truck had a spray nozzle on top I remember playing with the nozzle after the did the certs on the pump I was 12 at the time . there's a guy just above Auburn at Nevada county line has about 25 fire truck from 50s to 90s parked all around an old restaurant going to wast...great things your doing

[@britishcarfan9601]

Awesome video! You guys are doing such a great job restoring those rigs. I yet need to come and visit the museum at some point. A fun fact Engine 36 was actually used in Emergency.

[@bengone3349]

That was a great tour. I'm on the east coast, and a former VFF, so a visit and volunteering is not on the radar. I really appreciate seeing the older apparatus as it speaks to those of us who have been there, done that.

[@fdwyersd]

That Mack... omg... beautiful.

[@griffink]

Great tour, thanks!

[@errittsmith4536]

These are so cool to see old fire engines 🚒

[@jimdevilbiss9125]

All the trucks look nice but the Mack is the truck. OK so I live on the East Coast in Maryland and the first trucks i I drove were 53 and 54 Mack no power anything and of course manual transmission non-synchronized. But I still like Mack even though they don’t make more. Great museum thanks for taking it

[@sffd22]

@6:45 Hydrant Hose CO. GFD that is Geneva Fire Department in New York just west of Seneca Falls where that 2nd steam engine was built, also Seneca falls was home of Silsby Seneca falls was named Fire engine Capital

[@brianmillis6077]

The Hydrant Hose Co. Is my Department of over 30 plus years, this was cool as hell!!!

[@brucesumter4327]

wow so cool fire truck's eng 51 so cool too ty for showing this video :)

[@lawrencezakrzewski2614]

I love emergency the tv show squad 51

[@bradenm1137]

Wicked tour thanks

[@PastorLanham93]

I love emergency 51

[@jeffskene42]

nice tour of the shop in shop mode now that the mane events centres open ...ever concidered showing "OTIS" the origional building in southgate ...Id love a virtual tour of it and the pieces not yet on the rebuild docket

[@daviemccallum7759]

Nice

[@JarrettD12]

Did I fall asleep or did you skip squad 51

[@Paleo-y1y]

I wonder if they'll ever put one of these back in service. The Seattle Police Department put a restored 1970s patrol car on patrol and it was a big hit, even the criminals loved it.

[@tonydeleo3642]

Are your museum crew members still active firefighters?

[@williamschlenger1518]

Whoo does your lettering & gold leaf? I did it for years until computers wiped it out.

[@kaylakain6039]

Man I miss Randolph Mantooth we’re he when I need him

[@jeffhensley9988]

Engine 51 😊👍

[@lonely-WOLF62]

8:04 is this the famous engine 51 from the tv show, who served a few years in Yosemite National Park in the Y.C.S Fire Department ? Engine 51 should have come to the museum in 2008 and been restored in 2011 - this video is from 2020 - can that be?

[@kaylakain6039]

Yep and Randolph Mantooth is so going to talk about the Coronavirus

[@Kewrock]

When did the museum acquire the closed cab Engine 51? I'm almost certain I remember reading or seeing an article a few years back, saying it was in mothballs at some ski resort after a ridiculously long service life.

[@Heart723NTDV]

The Ward LaFrance once done with filming Emergency! became a working engine and after it was retired by LA County it was a engine with the Fire Protection District up in Yosemite National Park. The museum received the Ward in the early 2010s.

[@Kewrock]

@@Heart723NTDV Ahh. National park. I just remember it was something mountainous and rural.

[@paulchudigian6480]

I read that Engine 51 Ward LaFrance was built to be a prop more than an actual fire engine. It doesn't hold as much water as a production engine does and the pump motor(s?) is/are not as powerful as those used on a regular engine.

[@Oldmedik10]

Would love to hear the other guy, you can hear the camera guy fine, but only the other one when he is close to the camera guy.

[@jeffskene42]

if the athrens fox was partialy built in Canada at Bickle then it was likly Woodstock Ontario at RS Bicke company

[@ismaelsantanajr8532]

The ALF from Englewood is a 700 series not a 900 series

[@ameliadiaz8040]

There was one thing FF/PM John Roderick (Johnny) Gage hated very much: RATTLESNAKES!

[@heatherwheeler828]

were is hanks cap

[@tonydeleo3642]

Wasn't the original engine 51 from the show an open cab?

[@crushingvanessa3277]

There were two trucks, this is the later one. I think the first or first couple of episodes had the other truck. There's a blog or video online somewhere.

[@wwetnabamafan194]

The Crown open cab fire engine was in seasons 1 & 2, later replaced by a Ward LaFrance closed cab in season 3.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

They actually had open cab fire engines in real life? I thought that was just a prop or something. What did they do when it rained? Were the gauges waterproof?

[@15Med3]

what happens....they get wet but yes they existed

[@jimlytle3086]

Most Southern California departments had open cabs until sometime in the 70's and 80's. Remember, we don't get that much rain here. The cabs were built to get wet, from either the weather or from water spray at a fire. I got hired in 82 and we still had a few open cabs. I spent some cold nights responding in an open cab rig. (OK, socal cold, not Midwest cold, it's all relative, lol. ) I remember the complaining and push back from the old salts when they started to put roofs on the rigs, mainly too confining, and poor visibility when arriving at a fire. Thanks for the video, I just came across it today.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

@@jimlytle3086 Thanx for the info.

[@williamschlenger1518]

Most of them could still put out a fire.

[@harriettedaisy2233]

Audio is horrible.

[@farmcentralohio]

It's 2021, you would think people would have figured out how to record a video by now. Be nice if you could hear what the other guy is saying.