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Firefighters volunteered their off-duty time to stand on street corners for the past two weekends raising money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and it paid off. Thanks to the generous donations of hundreds of area residents, TVF&R’s firefighters and volunteers were able to raise more than $52,800. Their goal was $45,000. There [...]
With temperatures in the 80s and little rainfall, wildland fire season has arrived in the Northwest. TVF&R has identified more than 12,000 tax lots in our service area that are at risk from wildfire. Here are some steps you can take to protect your home. Create Survivable Space “Survivable Space” is a [...] The Washington County Fire Defense Board, in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Forestry, has enacted a burn ban within Washington County, effective Saturday, August 20, 2011. Following that decision, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue will also ban all outdoor open burning within its jurisdiction, including areas served in Multnomah and Clackamas County, effective 1:00 [...]
Several dozen firefighters and firefighter recruits from Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue spent a day this week training while helping Clean Water Services burn non-native vegetation from a parcel of property owned by Clean Water Services just east of Cook Park. The intentionally set brush fires allowed the firefighters to hone their [...] Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue will be partnering with Clean Water Services on Wednesday, August 17th to clear non-native vegetation from a parcel of property owned by Clean Water Services just east of Cook Park. Clean Water Services wants to restore the area to an oak savannah and TVF&R will assist them by setting small brush fires to [...] On the next two Fridays and Saturdays, off-duty firefighters and family members from Tualatin Valley Firefighters Union (Local 1660) will be asking motorists to “Fill the Boot” for Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). These volunteers will be posted at several locations in TVF&R’s service area, asking motorists to donate cash into their firefighter boots. This year’s [...]
A fire in a barbecue caused a fast moving house fire in West Linn Wednesday night. A resident of the home at 17725 Hillside Drive called 911 at 8:07 p.m. reporting that his barbecue grill was on fire. Within minutes, he reported that the fire had spread to the side of his [...] |
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