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Sunday, June 7th, 2009With the summer months approaching, the Long Beach Fire Department and its Marine Safety Division encourages residents to practice safety in and around water to prevent drowning and injuries from occurring. Statistics show that drowning is the third leading cause of accidental death for all age groups in the United States, the second leading cause of accidental […]
Airport Earthquake Drill Video
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009Click here for the full story.
Shake Rattle and Roll – Long Beach Airport Drill
Saturday, April 25th, 2009On April 24, 2009 from 10:00 PM to 12:00 PM a full scale Airport exercise was conducted, the purpose of the drill was to provide an exercise in which airport and emergency service organizations could provide fire, rescue, emergency medical and related services to victims of a major earthquake and aircraft disaster. It also […]
Long Beach Airport’s Emergency Response Drill
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009The Long Beach Airport, along with the Long Beach Fire and Police Departments, will conduct a full-scale emergency response drill. The scenario is a 6.4 magnitude earthquake centered 2 miles north of the Airport on a Friday night at 5 p.m. “This exercise allows us to test and evaluate our internal responses during a regional […]
LBFD Urban Search and Rescue Team Conducts Joint Training Mission with Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Air Ship 5
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009On March 31, 2009 the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) team and the Los Angeles Sheriffs Department (LASD) conducted a joint training mission. The US&R team met LASD Air Ship 5 (AS-5) at the Long Beach Airport at 0900 hours for a safety briefing and conducted an inspection of […]
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