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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD), off duty Firefighter Steve Wiggs is being heralded as a hero this morning after assisting his neighbors in Westminster with getting safely out of a “Fully Involved “ house fire. Local news outlets, the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA), and his neighbors all are saying that what he did helped […]
Fire Erupts On Board An Occupied 50-Foot Sailboat In Alamitos Bay
Friday, March 12th, 2010Just before 2:30 on the morning of March 12, 2010, Long Beach Fire Department units responded to reports of a boat fire in Alamitos Bay. LBFD Rescue boat 1 found a 50 foot sail boat at the end of Gangway 16 with a large volume of fire in the cabin area and on the […]
Fire Station 12 Groundbreaking Celebration
Thursday, March 11th, 2010On Saturday, March 6th, 2010 the ground was broken for the new Fire Station 12. Mayor Bob Foster, Vice Mayor Val Lerch, the Redevelopment Agency and the Long Beach Fire Department all took place in the big event. Although the rains did come and dampen the event, there was still a great turnout. Truck […]
SUV Ends Up In The LA River, Female In Critical Condition
Thursday, March 11th, 2010On Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 7:30 A.M., Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) units responded to a reported Injury Traffic, with an overturned vehicle in the Los Angeles River, off of the North bound lanes at the seventh street bridge, LONG BEACH, CA 90813. The first arriving LBFD Unit Rescue One (1), confirmed the vehicle […]
Chain Reaction Collision Snarls Traffic On The 710 Freeway
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Just after 1:00 pm on the afternoon of March 10, 2010, Long Beach Fire Department units were called to the northbound 710 freeway north of PCH to a 4-vehicle pileup. Engine 13 arrived on scene to find a Coca Cola van had impacted the rear of a Cal Trans van, which, in turn collided, with […]
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