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Did you know that February is American Heart Month? According to the Centers for Disease Control, every 25 seconds an American experiences a cardiac event. Early this afternoon, a student in a Beaverton self-defense class found himself being part of this unfortunate and frightening statistic Thanks to the quick actions of a fellow classmate and [...] Always wanted to compete against a Firefighter? Interested in helping Firefighters raise funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society? Now is your chance. This Saturday, February 26th, from 1-4 pm, TVF&R Firefighters and Big Al’s Beaverton are sponsoring a PROS vs. JOES Stairclimb Event. For a $5 donation, a ‘Regular JOE’ (public) will have the [...] Teri Smits heard the fire before she smelled or saw it. When she looked out the window of her mother’s Summerfield duplex, flames and smoke were pouring from the neighbor’s unit. It was 3 AM, Sunday morning. Smits’ call to 9-1-1 brought firefighters from King City, Tigard and Tualatin. Lt. Gary Burton and his crew from Station [...]
Today at 12:55 am, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue firefighters were called to a home in the 7500 block of SW Dunsmuir Lane in Beaverton. Numerous calls to the 9-1-1 center reported flames coming from the back of the home and roof. When crews from Station 66 arrived, they found significant fire [...] At 7:39 pm this evening Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue was called to a reported fire in an auto body shop at 16501 NW Twin Oaks Drive off Cornell Road in Beaverton. When crews arrived they found a one-story, concrete building comprised of approximately 20 individual storage units with metal roll-up doors, and heavy black [...] Firefighters from Boat 59 secure the aircraft, which had flipped upside down in the river. Firefighters from TVF&R’s Water Rescue Team, based at West Linn’s Station 59, responded to a report of a float-plane that had flipped over while landing on the Willamette River Wednesday. Citizens aboard a fishing boat rescued the pilot, who [...]
A molded, decrepit RV teeters on its side as firefighters work to stabilize it and the old 2 door sports car crushed beneath it. No-one is inside either vehicle; this is practice. The junk vehicles sit at TVF&R’s Training Center in Sherwood and today firefighters from TVF&R’s Technical Rescue Team work to [...]
Crews from King City Fire Station 35 responded to a report of a vehicle into the building at 16200 SW Pacific Hwy near the Albertson’s grocery complex today. The impact of the car broke glass and caused minor structural damage to US West Coast Taekwondo. Firefighters evaluated the building for structural stability [...]
Firefighters from TVF&R’s Station 60 helped rescue a horse that had become stuck in mud in Cedar Mill Wednesday. The horse, named Curio, was struggling to get out of a deep mud bog behind a home and eventually became so exhausted that it gave up. The owner called for help and firefighters [...] |
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