CheckbookVendor

What has the City paid Western Extrication Specialists Inc.?

$1.7M in City payments across 374 checks, from March 19, 2020 to September 2, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: WESTERN EXTRICATION SPECIALISTS INC.

Recorded under 2 spellings

The Controller records vendor names as free text, so this firm appears under 2 different spellings. They are added together here, and listed in full so the arithmetic is checkable:

  • WESTERN EXTRICATION SPECIALISTS INC
  • WESTERN EXTRICATION SPECIALISTS INC.
$1.7MTotal paid
374Payments
$4,545Average payment
FY2025-26Peak full year · $641K

By fiscal year

FY2019-20
$36K
FY2020-21
$388K
FY2021-22
$23K
FY2022-23
$152K
FY2023-24
$195K
FY2024-25
$251K
FY2025-26
$641K
FY2026-27 *
$14K

Who pays them

Fire$1.1M
Mayor$620K

What for

Operating Supplies$952K

259 payments

LAFD Grant Allocation$611K

44 payments

FEMA Usr 2022$46K

4 payments

FEMA Usr 2019$43K

4 payments

Field Equipment Expense$38K

57 payments

LAPD$10K

2 payments

Water Control Devices$839

4 payments

* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $14K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $2K.

Most recent payments

The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.

DateBudget linePurposeAmount
September 2, 2026Operating SuppliesFire5250 SPREADER YOKE # 150.005.626$2,326
September 2, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSP5250 ARM # 150.014.468$997
September 2, 2026Operating SuppliesFireDISASSEMBLE SP5250 FROM # HU00056926 AND REASSEMLBE$209
September 2, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET SP5240-50 HINGE BOLT SET # 150.014.460$198
September 2, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET PROTECTION HOOD SP5250$143
September 2, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSHIPPING CHARGES$35
July 22, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET CU 5050 BLADES$7,510
July 22, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET HANDLE CARRYING CU 5050$1,476
July 22, 2026Operating SuppliesFireCAP BREATHER HYDRAULIC W/SPLASH GUARD$702
July 22, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET SAFETY RELIEF VALVE$225
July 22, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSHIPPING CHARGES ARE SUJECT TO CHANGE$50
June 16, 2026Operating SuppliesFireRING SEAL 18.7*14*1.5 # 180.000.356$313
June 16, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICES SHIPPING$18
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET COUPLER CORE MALE$8,028
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET TR5340/50/70 CARRYING HANDLE$6,329
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSERVICE SET CU 5050 BLADES$2,503
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSTRAP HOSE CORE HOLMATRO$1,293
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireCAP BREATHER HYDRAULIC W-SPLASH GUARD # 150.003.240$626
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSCREW LOCKING HEAD CROSS 5K RAM # 150.006.587$250
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireCOVER HANDLE CONTROL W/DECAL$156
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireO-RING 100 * 16$104
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireBOLT BUTTON HD ALLEN M8*14 CLEAR ZINC$83
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireBOLT BUTTON HD ALLEN M8*16 CLEAR ZINC$63
June 5, 2026Operating SuppliesFireSHIPPING CHARGES$25
May 22, 2026LAPDMayorCCU10 MINICUTTER INCL. 2 BATTERIES$9,371

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.