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Sunday, October 11th, 2009Fire Station 10 was originally opened October 19, 1925 as a fire station and the departments repair shop. The building was left vacant when the new 10’s opened next door on January 10, 1968 and the repair shop was integrated with the city shop in 1972. Chief Robert Leslie gave permission to Herb Bramley in […]
Fire Destroys Apartment And Displaces 9 Residents
Sunday, October 11th, 2009On 9/10/09 at 7:44 pm, a call came in to the Long Beach Fire Department for reports of fire on the 400 block of Plymouth Street. Engine 12 was the first unit on scene within 3 minutes and reported heavy fire blowing through the roof and requested a fourth Engine for manpower. The apartment fire […]
Horses Escape From Stable Fire
Sunday, October 11th, 2009The call came in to LBFD dispatch for a brush fire near the 6900 block of Atlantic Avenue and the Los Angeles river bed at about 7:45pm on 9/10/09. a couple of minutes later it was upgraded from a single response to a full structure response. The first arriving LBFD unit was Rescue 12 and the paramedic […]
Tragedy Narrowly Averted In A Downtown Apartment Fire
Thursday, October 8th, 2009At 7:24 am on October 8, 2009, Long Beach Fire Department received a call to a reported structure fire located at 555 Cherry Ave. Residents were awakened to dense smoke pouring from the first floor apartment at this address. The female resident of the involved apartment was trapped inside due to “excessive hording conditions”, […]
Long Beach Search and Rescue Recruitment Night
Sunday, September 13th, 2009The Long Beach Search & Rescue Unit will host their annual recruitment night on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 7 pm. Displays of rescue equipment and live rescue demonstrations will be presented. Young men and women between the ages of 15 and 18 who would like to explore career possibilities in the law enforcement, fire protection and emergency […]
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