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Negotiating Skills Not Required For Paramedics, But Certainly Useful!

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

On 4/5/09 at around 9:30am, the LBFD was called out to the Westin hotel located in downtown Long Beach at 333 E. Ocean, for reports of a possible suicide attempt from the roof of the hotel. Engine 1 along with Rescue 2 reported that there was a distraught male up on the 16th floor, actually standing […]

Dryer Fire Causes Heavy Smoke Damage

Sunday, April 5th, 2009

                                             On the morning of April 3rd, 2009 at 9:56am, Long Beach Fire Department units were dispatched to the 2100 block of Lomina Ave. for reports of a structure fire. The first arriving Engine Co. gave a size up of the fire as a single story, single family dwelling with heavy smoke showing. The fire […]

Long Beach Fire Department Responds To Large Sunken Catamaran

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

At 7:15 am  on March 31st,  Long Beach Fire Boat 15 and Rescue Boat 2 were dispatched to a sinking vessel at Pier C Berth 57.  When units arrived on scene, they located a 115 foot Catamaran that had sunk at its berth and  was lying on it’s side in Channel 3 of the Port of Long […]

LBFD Firefighter Performs Rescue to Protect the Community

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

On Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at 8:00 A.M. Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) units Engine 12, Engine11, Rescue 12, BLS16, Truck 11, and Battalion Chief 3 responded to a reported overturned vehicle On the North Bound 710 Freeway, At the transition to the West Bound 91 Freeway, in LONG BEACH, CA 90805. Upon arrival Engine […]

LBFD Rescue Boat Comes To The Aid Of A Stranded Trawler

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

On Tuesday March 17, Long Beach Fire Marine Operations received a distress call from the Skipper of a 70 foot 90 ton trawler with two people on board. The skipper reported that he had lost all power and was in danger of going aground in Alamitos Bay Marina. LBFD Rescue Boat 3 quickly responded to […]

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