08/12/2026
Residents of the Town of Long Beach,
As you all know, Northern Indiana was recently hit by a very severe storm, resulting in widespread damage of trees down and downed power lines. We here at the Long Beach Fire Department and Long Beach Police Department are always here to lend a helping hand to all in need.
With that being said, the Long Beach Fire Department is enacting the “We Care Program.” This program is made up so the residents of Long Beach know they can reach out to the Long Beach Fire and Long Beach Police Departments for any needs you may have. Here in Long Beach, there is a good amount of power outage, and downed power lines. There is no word yet as to when NIPSCO will have the power back up and running in our area, however there are about 300,000 people without power in the NIPSCO area, so it may be a few days before we here in Long Beach get power back. We wish we could give everyone an exact answer of when the power will be back on, unfortunately we just don’t know at this time.
If you, or anyone you know in your neighborhoods do not have power, have medical issues, need phones or lanterns charged or changed, or any other needs, there is a list of names of Long Beach Fire personnel, and Long Beach PD phones numbers you can call and get ahold of. At this moment, there is power at the Long Beach Town Hall, and the Long Beach Public Safety Building. If you need anything, call any of the numbers below, and advise what you will need, and we can try and make it happen. If you need phones charged, please provide us with the phone charger, and we can plug them in.
Below are names, and phone numbers to call:
La Porte County Dispatch Emergency Number 911
La Porte County Non-Emergency Number 219-879-6700
Long Beach PD Front Desk 219-874-4243 (automatically transferred to La Porte County non-emergency dispatch after hours)
LBFD Dave Albers 219-898-6495
LBFD Alex Lopez 219-380-4715
LBFD Mike Bardol 219-877-8792
LBFD Alex Po***ck 219-861-3893
