Incidents
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008On the morning of July 15th at 4:34am a call came in for possible garage fire on the 1900 block of Myrtle Ave. in Mid-town Long Beach. Engine 7 was the first unit on scene and noticed flames coming from a dumpster in the alley rear of the apartment complex. They made and aggressive fire attack from the […]
Boat Rescue
Sunday, July 13th, 2008On the afternoon of Saturday, July 12, Rescue Boat 2, 4 and Boat 15 responded to the Long Beach Light for reports of two sailboats that had crashed into each other. The two vessels had been sailing with each other, and during a turn, impacted. the impact caused one of the boats to lose its […]
Galaxy Towers High Rise Fire
Monday, July 7th, 2008On Saturday, July 5th at 12:09 P.M. a call came in for a structure fire at 2999 E Ocean (The Galaxy Towers). Engine 4 was first on scene within 2 minutes and initially reported nothing showing, but then noticed light smoke from an open window. They went into high-rise mode right away and made their […]
Long Beach Fire Department Strike Team Fights Wildland Fires in Butte County
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008A Strike Team from the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) is actively fighting the wild land fires in Northern California, in Butte County. As quoted in the Sacramento Bee News Paper, Captain Jim Underwood describes the current situation and the demands of fighting a wild land fire. He stated that, “If there is an active fire, […]
Arson Fires Investigation Continues
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Attached below is a link to a news story covered on the Channel 9 News on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 covering the on-going investigation of the multiple arson fires that were recently set on the West side of Long Beach. http://www.cbs2.com/video/?id=70712@kcbs.dayport.com
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