TVF&R Firefighter—and chef extraordinaire—Don Schulte has been selected by Live with Regis and Kelly as one of four finalists in the Coast-to-Coast Firehouse Cook-off. To see his dish “Cinnamon Chicken with Ancho Chile Hot Sauce” and vote for Firefighter Schulte, visit the Live with Regis and Kelly website this Friday (7/31) through Sunday (8/2). The [...]
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TVF&R's landlord training provides an opportunity to learn about safely operating a fire extinguisher Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue is working with dozens of landlords and apartment complex managers today to prevent some of the most dangerous fires we encounter in our fire district: apartment fires. The District conducts this training quarterly [...] Investigator Jeremy Foster has determined the most probable cause of a fire which started just after midnight on the campus of Tigard High School. Based on the examination of physical evidence combined with interviews of school district staff and first-arriving firefighters, it is believed that oil-soaked rags are to blame for the small fire.
An [...] Just after 10 p.m. last night, firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue and Hillsboro Fire Department responded to reports of a fire and sounds of explosions at Aloha Garbage Company in the 20000 block of SW Blanton Street.
Within four minutes of being dispatched, firefighters arrived. After some initial challenges to gain entry into [...] On Thursday, July 15th, the Washington County Fire Defense Board will enact a Burn Ban for Washington County. Effective tomorrow, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) has instituted a Burn Ban for its entire service area including all nine cities and unincorporated areas within Washington, Clackamas, and Multnomah County. The Burn Ban includes the following [...]
100 years after it sounded its first alarm, the historic West Linn fire bell has been installed at Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue’s new Bolton Fire Station 58. The bell, cast in the McShane Bell Foundry in Baltimore, Maryland in 1910, has been refurbished after hanging on every fire station in the Bolton Neighborhood. [...] Dave Kolander thought it was odd how a delivery truck pulled over in front of his home just prior to 1:30 PM today. When he stepped out to see what the driver was up to, he noticed smoke coming from his neighbor’s house. That wasn’t unusual as the occupant, an elderly gentleman, often used his [...] Fire sprinklers kept a fire in the attic of a large assisted care facility in-check on July 4th, allowing firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue to extinguish the fire and care for more than 80 residents who had to be evacuated from the building. “Given what we know about attic fires, there is little [...] Firefighters practice wildland fire skills during a training burn in Tigard last year Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue are taking special precautions today to prepare for high temperatures and the increasing fire danger. To ensure an even quicker response to fires today, TVF&R will suspend attendance at some community events [...] Firefighters from Sherwood's Station 33 work to prevent a restart A three acre hay field, scheduled to be baled tomorrow, burned this afternoon in the summer’s first significant grass fire for Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. The fire occurred at 2133 SW Lebeau Road, a rural area south of Sherwood. Temperatures in [...] |
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