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Busy Saturday for the LBFD
The Long Beach Fire Department responded to numerous EMS calls and motor vehicle accidents on Saturday night, including an overturned vehicle on the 200 block of East Walnut Street. more
A vehicle fell off of the Loop Parkway near Lido Boulevard on Wednesday. Courtesy Friends of Long Beach Firefighters/ Facebook
Near-miss on the Loop Parkway
A vehicle veered off of the Loop Parkway Bridge near Lido Boulevard on Wednesday around 5 p.m., stopping just feet from the water and causing traffic delays during the evening commute as the scene was cleared. more
The March 3 City Council meeting grew contentious, to say the least, as career firefighters and their supporters again locked horns with city officials over the recent layoffs of four firefighters and a plan to replace a number of union members with civilian paramedics. Former State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg also joined the debate last week. From above left were firefighters Brian Abramson, Bryan Jones, Dave Yolinsky, Joe Robson, Danny Fraser and Brian Pues.
City Council meeting gets heated
The recent layoffs of four career firefighters, and a plan to replace a number of them with paramedics at lower salaries, led to a highly charged, emotional City Council meeting last week, at which … more
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Long Beach firefighters Alex Sharpe, left, Dave Yolinsky, Greg Kavazanjian, Brian Olson, and John Innella pictured in December, when a federal grant that funded their positions expired. With the exception of Sharpe, who recently resigned to join the Nassau County Police Department, the four firefighters were given separation notices last week. The city has encouraged them to apply for new paramedic positions.
Four L.B. firefighters receive layoff notices
After more than two months of looming layoffs and heated exchanges between the firefighters’ union and the city, four career firefighters received word last week that they were being let go, but … more
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A recommendation made by ICMA calls for hiring civilian paramedics at significantly lower salaries to replace a number of career firefighters.
Long Beach looks to hire paramedics
Two weeks after union members and a number of residents criticized the city for considering a consulting firm’s recommendation to cut more than half of its career firefighters and replace them … more
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Jay Gusler, a Long Beach resident and career firefighter, pleaded not guilty to grand larceny and other charges on Friday.
L.B. firefighter charged with ‘defrauding’ city
A local firefighter was arrested on Friday for allegedly “defrauding” the city by using false information to win a bid for work at the Recreation Center two years ago. Long Beach resident … more
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Man claiming to have gun barricades himself in apartment
Long Beach police responded to West Broadway on Monday after a despondent man barricaded himself inside his apartment and threatened to shoot anyone who entered. Police Commissioner Mike Tangney … more
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A number of union members and supporters wore red in a show of solidarity at the Jan. 20 City Council meeting, where they urged officials not to cut career firefighters.
Firefighters' union, Ford rip ICMA report
A week after the city presented the findings of a comprehensive review of its emergency services, members of the local firefighters’ union, residents and County Legislator Denise Ford (R-Long … more
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City Manager Jack Schnirman and ICMA representatives presented the report to residents and encouraged them to offer input after the meeting.
Consultants call for restructuring of LBFD
Nearly a year after the city launched a comprehensive review of its emergency services in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a consulting firm released its findings at a public presentation on … more
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The city hired consultants last year to evaluate its emergency services in the wake of the hospital’s closing.
City to release report on emergency services
Nearly a year after it launched a comprehensive review of its emergency services in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the city will release the findings of a report that it says provides options for … more
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