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The city announced that it intends to hire eight paramedics to operate the primary ambulance, currently run by the career firefighters.
South Nassau to run additional ambulance in L.B.
As part of its effort to restructure emergency medical services in Long Beach, the city announced this week that it has partnered with South Nassau Communities Hospital to operate an additional … more
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Police closed Long Beach Road and Park Avenue on Friday after a man was shot in the chest. The suspected gunman, Long Beach resident LaChance Bryant, was arrested on Sunday.
Long Beach man charged with attempted murder
A Long Beach man was arrested on Sunday and charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting two days earlier in which another man was seriously injured, but fled his attacker and managed … more
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Long Beach police officer Brian Eidens headed off an unconscious motorist who jumped the Park Avenue median and into oncoming traffic last Sunday, before the driver could collide with other vehicles.
LBPD officer heads off unconscious motorist
Long Beach police officer Brian Eidens headed east on West Park Avenue at about 7:40 p.m. on Sunday, when he heard a loud bang as he pulled up to the light at Lafayette Boulevard. “I thought … more
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Small blaze the result of exploding transformers
A blown transformer resulted in a power surge and small fire at Chem-Rx on Park Place on Wednesday night. The Long Beach Fire Department responded to a 911 call from an employee of the pharmacy who observed smoke in the building. more
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
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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