Fleet Facility Tour: City of Long Beach, Calif.
The city operates seven satelite garages like this one to handle routine maintenance of police vehicles.
The satelite garages show work flow
The city's fluid dispensing system is always within reach of the technicians.
The city has its own decal shop that's set up for graphic design.
The city maintains 25 BMW police motorcycles.
One section of the garage is dedicated to setting up pursuit vehicles with police equipment. A typical police upfit takes about 50 hours.
Shelves are set up for technicians who request parts that must be ordered.
Maintenance jobs are tracked via a vehicle work order.
Richard Luna (right), a mechanical stock clerk II, fields requests at the parts room counter.
The city stores several hundred tires of various sizes at all times.
A special section of the main garage handles ambulance upfitting.
This smaller automated side-loading refuse truck with a Freightliner M2 chassis can more easily maneuver around corners.
The City of Long Beach's vehicles head to the main maintenance garage for service.
The city operates a fleet of 20 Elgin Pelican sweepers that have been modified to run on LNG.
Lesser-demanded parts are catalogued in the parts room.
Dan Berlenbach talks with John Seevers, superintendent of maintenance.
A typical upfit for a fire truck takes about six months.
The keys to city motor pool vehicles are stored in cabinet in the maintenance garage's office.
The city's main garage is set up with lifts that can handle light-duty and heavier-duty vehicles.