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  • 604 Pine Ave, CLB - 2nd alarm fire called for old Press Telegram building. 1 week ago
  • 20th St-E7 and LBFD units on scene of a garage fire communicated to house. Entry complicated by downed power lines. 2 weeks ago
  • NB 405 to NB 710 large container tractor-trailer on side, trapped driver ALOC being extricated. T7, E9, R13, E13, BLS 11, BC 3 handling. 2010-08-05
  • Crown Fire, LBFD S. T. 1321A on fire line 7/30, structure protection. Now assigned to the Verde Structure Protection Group, dayshift. All OK 2010-07-31
  • Crown Fire, Mutual Aid Strike Team in route to Palmdale. Sinsley is S.T. Leader. Ast. is Espino. 2010-07-29
  • Long Beach Strike Team 1321A requested for structure protection to the Crown Fire in Palmdale. E2 E7 E10 E12 E13 are responding. 2010-07-29
  • Long Beach Blvd. 2 pts transported. 6 addl pts on train req med help being extricated and transported by BLS units. 2010-07-07
  • PD officer has been extricated and R1 is transporting. 2010-07-07
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Overturned SUV on Spring and Orange

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010

Just after 6 a.m. on the morning of August 28, 2010, units from the Long Beach Fire Department responded to the corner of Orange Ave. and Spring St. to a report of an overturned vehicle with one person trapped.  Truck 7 was first to arrive on scene and found the driver of a small SUV [...]

LBFD Hazardous Materials Task Force on Overturned Tanker Video

Monday, August 30th, 2010

A little after 4pm on 5/4/10, the LBFD was dispatched out to reports of an overturned tanker truck at Paramount Blvd. and the on-ramp to the Westbound 91 Frwy. First arriving units on scene noticed the tanker trailer was on it’s side and leaking a fair amount of fuel. It was estimated later, at a [...]

Crane Operator Trapped When A Compressed Cylinder Explodes

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Just after 11:30 a.m. this morning, units from the Long Beach Fire Department responded to Pacific Coast Recycling located at 482 Pier T Ave to a report of a crane operator who had been trapped inside of his crane due to an explosion.  The crane operator, who appeared to be in his 60’s, was moving [...]

Recent Crown Fire Video

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

On the evening of July 29, 2010, a strike team from the Long Beach Fire Department was deployed to the fast moving Crown Brush Fire.  Units operated for three days on the fire line protecting structures and stemming the tide of destruction wrought by this blaze.
Video footage by Howard Raishbrook
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Fatality Motorcycle vs. Vehicle Collision

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

Just after 7:00 PM on the evening of August 4, 2010, units from the Long Beach Fire Department responded to the intersection of Columbia and Santa Fe to a report of a vehicle vs. a motorcycle.  Once on scene, Engine 13 crewmembers determined that they actually had multiple patients injured in the collision.  Sadly, the [...]

Big Rig Overturns And Traps Driver On The 710

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

At 10:30 this morning, units from the Long Beach Fire Department were dispatched to the transition road from the north bound 405 to the south bound 710 freeway to a report of an overturned big rig with a trapped patient.  Engine 9 arrived on scene and found a tractor-trailer carrying a load of scrap metal [...]

Late Night Arson Fire Nearly Turns Deadly

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Just after 11:00 PM last night, Long Beach Fire Department units responded to 1821 E. 68th Street to a report of a structure fire.  Engine 12 arrived on scene and reported a large volume of fire showing from an apartment on the first floor of a two story garden style apartment building.
 Units began an aggressive [...]

Top Loader On Fire In The Port Of Long Beach

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

At 2:47 PM on the afternoon of July 20, 2010.  Long Beach Fire Depart units responded to a report of a vehicle fire at Stevedoring Services located at 700 Pier A Plaza.  Upon arrival Engine 24 found a large forklift-like vehicle, known as a top loader fully involved in fire.  A top loader weighs roughly [...]

Top Loader Fire Video

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

Tires exploding during top loader fire in the Port of Long Beach on 07-20-10. Long Beach Engine 24, Engine 3 and BC1 responded.  This video was shot by an amateur photographer who was positioned some distance away from firefighters operating on scene.  It shows the extreme amount of energy that can be released when a tire fails on one [...]

Traffic Snarled By Fire On The 710 Freeway

Monday, July 19th, 2010

This afternoon at 2:04 PM a 30′ crane and trailer, owned by an Edison subcontractor, rolled over and caught on fire on the eastbound 91 transition to the southbound 710. The vehicle rolled onto the guardrail of the off ramp and removed about 30 feet of it as well as one light pole. It continued [...]

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