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Monday, November 10th, 2008The History of the Long Beach Vietnam Veterans Day Parade Twelve years ago , the city councilman for the ninth district, city of Long Beach formed a committee and launched the now Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade. Each year, on the Saturday just prior to Veterans Day, Atlantic Blvd, is the site where you […]
LBFD visits local cub scout troop for Fire Safety Presentation
Monday, November 10th, 2008On Thursday, November 6th LBFD units visited a local cub scout troop to teach them about Fire safety and explain to them what the job of a Firefighter is all about. Engine 7, Truck 7, Engine 9, Rescue 9, and Engine 24 went to a local church where the troop meets and gave the kids a tour of the fire apparatus and answered […]
LBFD Conducts Earthquake Drill
Thursday, November 6th, 2008On the morning of October 30th, LBFD conducted a large scale earthquake drill as part of this months COCEP training. The drill began at 10:00am with a simulated 7.8 earthquake and the implementation of our earthquake policy. Initial command and control functions were carried out from the back of the BC vehicles. Soon after, the DOC […]
LBFD Kids Halloween visit at Miller Children’s Hospital
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008On Friday October 31, 2008, on and off duty members of the Long Beach Fire Department met at Miller Children’s Hospital to celebrate LBFD Kid’s annual Halloween Trick or Treat day. Children from the hospital, as well as a couple of firefighters, dressed up in their scariest or funniest apparel for the event. The […]
Earthquake Preparedness Drill
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster and Fire Chief David Ellis encourage all city employees, residents, businesses, and schools to participate in the “Great Southern California Shakeout”. This event will be the largest earthquake drill ever planned and simulated in Southern California, and aims to be the nations largest public earthquake preparedness activity ever conducted. At […]
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