Long Beach Fire Department

The Long Beach Fire Department is among the busiest on Long Island, responding to more than 4,000 calls annually. The LBFD headquarters are located at City Hall, at 1 West Chester Street. There are two other firehouses: Station 1 at Maple Boulevard and East Park Avenue and Station 2 at Indiana Avenue and West Park Avenue. Scott Kemins is chief of the department, which has 150 volunteer firefighters, 27 career firefighters and 23 part-time dispatchers. The department has five engine trucks, three ambulances, a 100-foot ladder tower and 95-foot ladder tower, as well as a water rescue unit with a Jet-ski, boat and pick-up truck.