The Long Beach Fire Department of the city of

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...

owns and operates Fireboats in Long Beach, providing fire protection and rescue services for the

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and the marina and beach areas of the city of Long Beach Although administered separately, the port facilities of

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and Long Beach are adjacent, and together, form one of the largest container ports in the world. The cities of Los Angeles and Long Beach have a

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arrangement where one will loan fireboats to the other in case of need. '' Workboat magazine'' reported, on June 14, 2017, that Long Beach planned to spend $100 million USD to construct two new firestations for its two new fireboats.

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*Long Beach Government in Long Beach, California {{Fleets of fireboats by city or body of water

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