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Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue crews extinguished a fire at a 500,000 square foot warehouse in Wilsonville this afternoon. Someone called 9-1-1 at 1:17pm reporting a large column of smoke coming from a warehouse just west of I-5 at 27255 SW 95th Avenue in Wilsonville. Responding fire crews could see the smoke from their fire stations [...] TVF&R is taking part in the Boy Scouts of America Scouting for Food drive this holiday season. The drive is recognized as the last major food drive of the year for northwest Oregon and southwest Washington area emergency food agencies. It is anticipated that 10,000 local Scouts will go door-to-door to collect an estimated 500,000 pounds of [...] For many people the Thanksgiving dinner and heartburn go hand-in-hand. But how do you know that your chest pain is heartburn and not a heart attack? Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue responds to hundreds of heart-related calls each year. Many of these incidents involve patients who believed they were simply suffering severe heartburn. Being uncertain if [...] The building's two upper units suffered the worst fire and smoke damage Firefighters from TVF&R and Portland Fire and Rescue were able to stop a 2 alarm fire and limit the damage in an apartment complex this morning at 4804 SW Oleson Road in the Raleigh Hills area. Several residents called 911 just before 4:00 a.m. [...] During a demonstration at TVF&R's North Training Center, a firefighter shows how an over-filled turkey frier can easily cause a large fire TVF&R advises individuals planning to use a turkey fryer to use extreme caution. Nationwide, since 1998 there have been approximately 100 incidents involving these appliances. Turkey fryers should always be used on a flat, [...] Morgan Bleak and his family pose with part of the crew from Station 69 October 31st was looking to be a very bad day for Morgan Bleak. Lucky for Mr. Bleak, that Engine 69 was just around the corner. Mr. Bleak’s heart was failing and his wife was on the phone with 9-1-1. As dispatchers tapped-out a Beaverton [...] On Thursday, November 12th, at 4:33 pm, TVF&R firefighters were called to a house fire at 14425 SW 87th Court, Tigard. While enroute, firefighters were told by 9-1-1 dispatchers that neighbors were indicating there may still be a young man inside the home. First-arriving firefighters forced the front door and encountered heavy black smoke on both [...] A windy storm that blew through Oregon Monday night kept some of TVF&R’s firefighters awake for most of the night. Wind gusts knocked down trees and branches and caused power lines to drop onto several roads. In the past 24 hours, TVF&R crews have responded to seven calls for wires down and three reports of [...] Station 53, one of TVF&R’s three fire stations under construction right now, is beginning to take shape. Crews are framing the building’s roof and people driving or walking by are getting a good idea of how the station will look when it’s finished. The old station was demolished to make way for the new one, but its [...] Seven people are looking for a new place to live this weekend after a kitchen fire destroyed their apartment in Tigard. A resident called 911 just after 7pm on Saturday night to report flames coming from a stove in an apartment complex located at 10650 SW 121st Avenue. As TVF&R crews responded to the scene, residents [...] |
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