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Overheated Air Filter Fills Home with Smoke

The charred air filter.

A resident called 9-1-1 at 8:24 this morning to report her single-wide mobile home filling with smoke.  Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue’s Beaverton Station 67 arrived four minutes later at the Pioneer Mobile Park at 13820 SW Electric Street in Beaverton to find the resident [...]

TVF&R Responds to Two House Fires in Three Hours

TVF&R firefighters in Beaverton and Tigard were busy this morning responding to two house fires in three hours.  The first fire occured at 11865 SW 5th Avenue in Beaverton.  A neighbor called 911 at 8:42 a.m. reporting smoke coming from her neighbor’s duplex unit.  She said that her lights were flickering and she [...]

TVF&R Responds to Dozens of Car Crashes Sunday

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue crews responded to over 20 motor vehicle collisions Sunday. The most serious incident occurred at 12:06 pm (pictured above) and involved a two car collision at Hwy 99W at SW Chapman Road in Sherwood. TVF&R units from Sherwood, King City and Tigard responded to administer [...]

2 People Injured as Car Rolls Over for 100 Yards

Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue’s Wilsonville Station 56 and Station 52 responded to a serious injury motor vehicle crash Wednesday night.  A citizen called 911 just after 11:00 p.m. reporting that two people were injured after a car left the roadway and rolled for a significant distance.  Firefighters from Station [...]

Girl Scouts Raise Money to Donate Smoke Alarms to TVF&R

Kristen Kepner (on left) and Daisy Berg hold the smoke alarms that TVF&R purchased with their donated money

Two Girl Scouts from Beaverton stopped by TVF&R’s Beaverton Station 67 Tuesday to drop off more than $100 that they had raised to purchase smoke alarms for people who need them.  [...]

Dress Your Child as a Firefighter? Share it on Facebook!

Do you have kids or grandkids? Are they planning to dress up like firefighters for Halloween?  If they are, we’d love to see a picture!  When kids become interested in firefighting, they often learn important safety information about fire safety. Here at Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue, we to encourage [...]

Seat-belt Saves Driver of Garbage Truck from Serious Injuries

The garbage truck (right, in the ravine) came to rest on its side.

A seat-belt likely saved the life of a garbage truck driver after a Subaru collided with him on Highway 26, causing his 25 ton truck to skid off of the highway and down a 20 foot embankment.  The truck landed on [...]

TVF&R Responds to Serious Injury Crash in Beaverton

Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue responded to a serious T-bone motor vehicle crash before noon today in Beaverton.  Firefighters from TVF&R’s Stations 61 and 66 were called to the intersection of NW 158th Avenue and Schendel Road at approximately 11:20 am.  When firefighters arrived they found a large utility truck [...]