La Mirada Celebrates Golden Anniversary

The City of La Mirada will celebrate 50 years of incorporation and also its membership in the Consolidated Fire Protection District on March 23. City officials say that their golden anniversary theme will be highlighted during events throughout the year by using a timeline display and other marketing tools. The timeline will be unveiled at the City Council meeting on March 22, and will also be shown at some of La Mirada’s most popular annual events, including the La Mirada Easter Event April 3 at La Mirada Regional Park. This year’s La Mirada Concert Series, to be held at Neff Park on July 22, will be upgraded to include food vendors, games and arts and crafts to help celebrate this important milestone. The history of their local fire service started prior to 1960 with its membership in the Mira Monte-Florence-Graham District. After La Mirada’s incorporation as a City and into the District in 1960, our Department completed construction of a new fire station, Fire Station 49, in 1967 during an era of fast-paced growth. Prior to that time, La Mirada residents were served by the firefighters of Engine 49 and Fire Station 9, which served as their second engine. In 1981, Fire Station 49 took delivery of a brand new American La France pumper as part of a large order by our Department, for a total of 22 across the District. A snorkel (an apparatus with a large aerial platform on the end of an articulating boom with a full complement of ladders on board) was added to the station during the late 1960s.