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Wednesday, September 1st, 2010Just 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, 2010A 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, 2010Just 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, 2010On 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, 2010Just 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, 2010At 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, 2010Just 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, 2010At 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, 2010Tires 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, 2010This 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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