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It whitethorn beryllium a erstwhile successful a vocation situation, but section nationalist information officials privation their firefighters to ever beryllium prepared.
Los Angeles City and Long Beach occurrence departments and the United States Coast Guard commandeered a vas successful the Port of Los Angeles connected Tuesday morning, Oct. 12, to execute maritime exigency preparedness exercises. The drills were meant to show to firefighters the skillset required for shipboard firefighting.
The simulation occurred aboard 1 of the Maritime Administration’s ships, the SS Cape Isabel, a conveyance and cargo transport vessel assigned to the MARAD Ready Reserve Force, a subset of vessels meant for accelerated worldwide deployment.
A $240,000 assistance from the US Coast Guard paid for the grooming session, allowing the occurrence departments 3 days aboard the vas to signifier successful astir 8 antithetic scenarios. Different firefighting teams volition enactment the adjacent 2 days.
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The Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Long Beach Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard participated successful a maritime exigency preparedness exercise. The lawsuit gave unit the accidental to signifier unsocial skills required for shipboard firefighting oregon land-based companies, successful bid to guarantee accordant and effectual exigency operations successful Long Beach connected Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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The Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Long Beach Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard participated successful a maritime exigency preparedness exercise. The lawsuit gave unit the accidental to signifier unsocial skills required for shipboard firefighting oregon land-based companies, successful bid to guarantee accordant and effectual exigency operations successful Long Beach connected Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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The Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Long Beach Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard participated successful a maritime exigency preparedness exercise. The lawsuit gave unit the accidental to signifier unsocial skills required for shipboard firefighting oregon land-based companies, successful bid to guarantee accordant and effectual exigency operations successful Long Beach connected Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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Captain Jack Crabtree, LBFD Public Information Officer speaks to the media arsenic Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Long Beach Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard participated successful a maritime exigency preparedness exercise. The lawsuit gave unit the accidental to signifier unsocial skills required for shipboard firefighting oregon land-based companies, successful bid to guarantee accordant and effectual exigency operations successful Long Beach connected Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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Captain Jack Crabtree, LBFD Public Information Officer speaks to the media arsenic Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Long Beach Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard participated successful a maritime exigency preparedness exercise. The lawsuit gave unit the accidental to signifier unsocial skills required for shipboard firefighting oregon land-based companies, successful bid to guarantee accordant and effectual exigency operations successful Long Beach connected Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
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The Los Angeles City Fire Department, the Long Beach Fire Department and the United States Coast Guard talk with the media earlier participating successful a maritime exigency preparedness exercise. The lawsuit gave unit the accidental to signifier unsocial skills required for shipboard firefighting oregon land-based companies, successful bid to guarantee accordant and effectual exigency operations successful Long Beach connected Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)
The Long Beach Fire Department besides joined the grooming due to the fact that the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are adjacent to 1 another.
“If we person a large incidental successful the port,” said the Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson David Ortiz, “we privation to marque definite our neighboring bureau is besides equipped to grip it.
“Maritime warring is unique,” Ortiz said. “Land-based firefighters, which is our Battalion 6, don’t’ get to bash this each day.”
On Tuesday, 15 Los Angeles and 15 Long Beach firefighters trained successful a scope of scenarios, including a full vessel blackout that requires firefighters to navigate to the motor country successful full darkness, with fume machines and simulated occurrence screens. Teams of 30 firefighters, arsenic divided betwixt LA and Long Beach, volition bid aboard the vessel Wednesday and Thursday arsenic well.
The lone happening missing, said Los Angeles firefighter Ralph Enderle, was the vigor of a existent blaze.
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