The 1970s

B.C. Slonecker was appointed Fire Chief on June 14, 1973, and Station 3 was relocated to its new quarters on 182nd Street. The department took delivery of a 1971 Mack in February of 1972, and two Crown engines, one delivered in December 1973 and one in March 1974.

Continuing to grow, The Torrance Fire Department put it's first Paramedic unit into service in 1972. By December 1973 Paramedic calls accounted for 75% of all calls. By June 1974, the department added a second rescue. A third paramedic rescue unit was added in 1978. Also in 1978, the department received a 100' aerial ladder from American LaFrance and an engine from Crown.

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