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Cooking fires are one of the leading causes of home fires. With families now making plans for their holiday turkey and trimmings, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue is reminding the public to use extra caution around the kitchen this year. If you’re planning to use a turkey fryer, you should know there [...] A reserve apparatus is chained at this fire station. The crew has the option of selecting the chained apparatus or an engine that does not have chains, depending on where they're dispatched. Firefighters from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue have spent the past 24 hours responding to numerous incidents related to ice and slick [...] Smoke pours from the garage of a home in West Linn Sunday Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue firefighters fought four working structure fires in a span of 28 hours this weekend. The weekend’s first fire occured in Aloha at 9:44 am on the second floor of a home. 47 year old Brenda Ann [...]
A space heater placed too close to a bed caused Saturday’s fatal house fire in Aloha. Despite a fast response from the firefighters who located and rescued 47 year old Brenda Ann Mocaer, she died after being rushed to Providence St. Vincent Hospital. “Our hearts and thoughts are with Ms. Mocaer’s family,” [...]
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue is saddened to report that a woman rescued from a burning home in Aloha Saturday morning has passed away. Brenda Ann Mocaer was 47 years old and lived in the home. “Our hearts and thoughts go out to Ms. Mocaer’s family,” says TVF&R Public Information Officer Brian [...] A train owned by Portland and Western Railroad struck a tractor trailer truck that had become stuck on railroad track near Wilsonville this morning. No-one was injured. TVF&R firefighters were dispatched to 11220 SW Tonquin Road at 1:43 a.m. after a neighbor reported hearing the crash. Firefighters from TVF&R’s Wilsonville Station 56 [...]
A Tualatin man is recovering from burns this evening after a fire broke out in his garage while he worked on his pickup truck. Someone called 9-1-1 at 4:26 pm reporting that a garage was on fire atthe Rolling Hills Apartments located at 19355 SW 65th Avenue in Tualatin.
A fast moving fire raced through a Beaverton home this afternoon, injuring a woman and toddler who were home at the time of the fire. A neighbor called 9-1-1 at 2:35 pm reporting flames coming from the windows of a home located at 6860 SW 169th Place in Beaverton. Firefighters from TVF&R’s [...]
On Saturday, November 6th, the firefighters at Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue’s Bolton Fire Station in West Linn officially opened their doors to show the new facility to neighbors in West Linn. Families were able to learn about the daily lives of firefighters, see fire apparatus and learn about home fire escape planning. [...]
TVF&R would like to remind you to check your smoke alarm this weekend when you set your clock back. “Smoke alarms won’t prevent fires, but they will increase your chances of getting out and calling the fire department,” says TVF&R Communications Officer Brian Barker, “working smoke alarms more than double your chance of [...] |
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