LBFD Changing With The Times
By Admin | August 6, 2010
Some of the latest video footage and photography of the Long Beach Fire Department.
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Big Rig Overturns And Traps Driver On The 710
By Jackawa Jackson | August 5, 2010
At 10:30 this morning, units from the Long Beach Fire Department were dispatched to the transition road from the north bound 405 to the south bound 710 freeway to a report of an overturned big rig with a trapped patient. Engine 9 arrived on scene and found a tractor-trailer carrying a load of scrap metal had, in fact, overturned trapping the male driver in the wreckage. The force of the impact also ruptured at least one of the truck’s saddle tanks sending a torrent of diesel fuel across the roadway. It took crewmembers from Truck 7 roughly 10 minutes to cut the driver, who appeared to be in his 30’s, from his vehicle. He was transported by LBFD rescue 13 to a local trauma center in moderate distress. Fortunately, there were no other vehicles involved and no other injuries reported. The transition road remained closed for several hours to facilitate clean up. The cause of this accident is under investigation. A total of 22 fire department personnel responded to this incident.
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Late Night Arson Fire Nearly Turns Deadly
By Jackawa Jackson | August 1, 2010
Just after 11:00 PM last night, Long Beach Fire Department units responded to 1821 E. 68th Street to a report of a structure fire. Engine 12 arrived on scene and reported a large volume of fire showing from an apartment on the first floor of a two story garden style apartment building.
Units began an aggressive interior attack to knockdown the fire and contain the fire to the unit of origin. The fire was knocked down with no extension of fire to adjacent units. A thorough search of the involved apartment was conducted by fire crews. Fortunately all occupants of that unit made it out safely.
Prior to fire department arrival, two occupants of an upstairs apartment were forced to leap from a second story window to escape the fire that was rapidly spreading and exposing their apartment. A 37 year old male was transported to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries. The other occupant that leapt from the upstairs unit was not injured and did not require medical evaluation.
Four families were displaced from four different apartments, their ages ranging from 6 years to 47 years old. The Red Cross was requested to provide shelter for these individuals.
This is considered an arson fire. Long Beach Fire Department arson investigators ask that anyone with any information regarding this fire contact them on the arson tip hotline. (562)570-2582.
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Top Loader On Fire In The Port Of Long Beach
By Jackawa Jackson | July 23, 2010
At 2:47 PM on the afternoon of July 20, 2010. Long Beach Fire Depart units responded to a report of a vehicle fire at Stevedoring Services located at 700 Pier A Plaza. Upon arrival Engine 24 found a large forklift-like vehicle, known as a top loader fully involved in fire. A top loader weighs roughly 75 tons and has a lifting capacity of 40 tons. The lifting platform was fully extended at the time of the fire and there was a hydraulic fluid leak that left the heavy lifting apparatus dangling precariously atop a stack of 5 cargo shipping containers. Due to the large collapse hazard, and potential for catastrophic failure of the tires of the vehicle, fire crews fought the fire from a safe distance using large hand lines. During the course of the firefight, the 2 front left tires of the top lift exploded due to the intense heat of the fire. The blast was so powerful that it ripped a hole in the side of one of the shipping containers and the shock wave shattered the windshield of Engine 24, which was parked some distance away. Had fire crews been in close proximity to the tires when this occurred, they would have been seriously injured or killed. After the main fire was knocked down, smaller hand lines were brought in for final extinguishment. Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control within a matter of minutes. The driver of the loader, who complained of minor smoke inhalation, was treated by firefighters on scene and released. The cause of this fire is under investigation. A total of 9 firefighters responded to this incident, which occurred in city council district 2.
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Top Loader Fire Video
By frhayes | July 23, 2010
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