Quito Fire Station
18870 Saratoga/Los Gatos Rd
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Built: 1948
Quito Station (pronounced "KEY-toe") covers parts of Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and Saratoga. The station is responsible for maintaining and updating the department's digital maps.
Engine 8 is a 2003 KME with a 1250gpm (4740 l/m) pump. Because it operates in areas where trucks have a hard time accessing, it carries a 35' (10.6M) 3-section ladder instead of the standard 24' (7.3M) 2-section. It has a 1500gpm (5685 l/m) pump and a 700 gallon (2650 l) tank.
The former Engine 8 is a 1991 KME/Renegade with a 1500gpm (5685 l/m) pump. It is now serving as reserve Engine 116.
Engine 2 was a 1948 FMC/International KBS-7, with 250 (950 l/m) gpm pump, a 60gpm (230 l/m) high-pressure pump, and a 400 gallon (1520 l) tank. Left photo date unknown. In the right photo (left to right), FF Chet McCaw, FF Ferris "Slim" Bartlett, and an unidentified firefighter in front of engine 2 sometime in 1949.
This 1948 Autocar 501 COE ran as tanker 4 out of Quito station. It had a 100gpm (380 l/m) pump and a 1000 gallon (3800 l) tank. It was originally an Associated Oil Company tanker.
On the left, pickup 3 parked outside Quito station. This photo was taken in 1952. The right shot was taken 1965 or later. Note added parking on left.
Photo on left pre-1958 but otherwise undated undated.
Engine 8 at Quito, shown next to tanker 4. Photo is pre-1958, but exact date is unknown.
Tanker 4, a 1961 International/Van Pelt, had a 1250 gallon (4750 l) tank and a 250gpm (950 l/m) pump. It served from Quito station. Right photo December 1968.
Engine 18 was a 1969 gas powered International/Van Pelt reserve rig. It had a 750gpm (2850 l/m) pump and an 800 gal (3040 l) tank. It formerly served as engine 1 out of Cupertino.
Two shots of Quito station. Taken 1971. From left to right: 1960 Ford battalion chief's pickup truck; B/C Hugh Turner; truck 4, a 1961 International/Van Pelt; Engineer Bill Roberts; engine 18, a 1953 GMC/Van Pelt; Engineer Les Burta and engine 8, a 1953 Dodge/Van Pelt. The shot on the right from the 1980s shows the hazmat van and engine 8. Note how the trees have grown.
Engine 8 served at Quito station. It was a 1965 International/Van Pelt. The bottom photos shows it parked in front of the Paul Masson Winery, which used to be on Saratoga Avenue, but which is now gone. Top right photo December 1968, bottom photos 1965. In the 1965 SCCCFPD annual report, this is how this new engine was described:
"This Pumper, specially designed by Chief Luhring for the Saratoga, Monte Sereno and Los Gatos foothill areas, was placed in service in October, 1965. The short wheel base makes it ideal for the long narrow driveways and roads found in the areas it serves. Outstanding features of this apparatus are FTV 549 Engine; 750 GPM Class A Pump, 1200 ft. of 2-1/2" hose in a divided bed; 700 gallon booster tank; Electric rewind reels; 3000 Watt Electric generator. Chassis is International Tilt Cab."
Another photo of Quito station, circa 1980.
Engine 18 shown with an unidentified captain, and being checked out by it's crew, July 1981.
This Ford cube van was the Hazardous Materials Response Unit until the purchase of the current, much larger, hazmat response unit.
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