It’s an exciting day in the Bolton Neighborhood in West Linn as a new fire station rises from the ground. After years of planning and months of prep work, crews are raising the first walls at TVF&R’s Station 58. Work at the Bolton Station has been underway for nearly a year as crews moved homes [...]
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It’s almost time to change your clock for daylight-saving time, and normally fire departments across the nation remind the public to “Change your clock, change your battery.” This year it’s a little different. Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue would like to encourage the public at this time to – Change your clock – change your smoke [...] The above video was produced by TVF&R’s Community Services department. It’s designed to show members of the community an example of one of our SKID (Stop Kids Intoxicated Driving) demonstrations that we perform across the fire district. TVF&R’s latest SKID demonstration took place at Beaverton High School earlier this month. To learn more about [...] More than fifty apartment managers spent the day Tuesday learning from fire prevention experts about how to protect their tenants. TVF&R’s award-winning apartment manager training is in its fourth year. The program is a day long series of lectures and hands-on learning experiences that help managers better understand how to protect their tenants and property. Apartment managers visit [...] Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue successfully battled a fast moving brush fire that started in blackberry bushes in the Bethany area. The fire started just before 4:30 p.m. in Bethany Meadows Park in Washington County. The first arriving fire crews found flames torching through large blackberry brambles and moving towards a neighborhood. Firefighters called for [...]
TVF&R Firefighters responded to a residential fire in the Durham area Sunday morning. When crews arrived at 17011 SW Rivendell, they found a home’s roof fully involved in flames. Crews from Engines 34 and 35 along with Truck 51 worked quickly to extinguish the flames before they spread to [...] The Willamette Station viewed from the front. West Linn’s new Willamette Station (Station 59) is now completely framed and workers are beginning to lay bricks on the exterior of the building. Crews have installed windows and it’s starting to become obvious how well the new station will blend in to West Linn’s Willamette Falls Drive. [...] An exchange student from Japan tries her hand at the fire hose. 47 students from Japan stopped by TVF&R’s Station 51 in Tigard this week to meet firefighters and learn more about TVF&R’s mission. The students are part of an exchange program at a nearby high school. Each student had a chance to tour the [...] Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue firefighters responded to one of the first chimney fires of the season today. Residents of the home at 14335 SW 125TH AV in Tigard called 9-1-1 reporting that smoke was in the house and they were evacuating. Luckily for the family who lives in the home, firefighters were able to [...]
The kitchen in the above picture burned because of a malfunctioning toaster. The fire caused $150,000 in damage. For the past several years, one-third of the fires TVF&R responded to began in the kitchen. National Fire Prevention Week is October 4-11th and this year Oregon is focusing on cooking fires. TVF&R [...] |
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