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Unattended Burner = Fire

TVF&R firefighters were dispatched at 10:24 on 11/27 to a residential fire at 29384 Yosemite Street in Wilsonville. The first arriving crew reported an active kitchen fire.  As firefighters initiated an aggressive fire attack, another crew searched the home and determined that all occupants were out. The blaze was reported as completely extinguished at 10:39 [...]

Partnership with Valley Catholic School Promotes Hands-only CPR

On Monday, November 21 Fire Chief Mike Duyck and firefighters from Beaverton Station 67 kicked off a campaign to promote hands-only CPR. More than 100 CPR kits were distributed to the school’s 8th grade students  who will teach the life-saving skill to over 500 family, friends, and community members  over the Thanksgiving weekend. The students also plan to continue teaching [...]

Be Careful Cooking this Thanksgiving!

The turkey fryer pictured above was too full when it was used. The ensuing fire almost destroyed an Aloha family's home in March 2011.

Earlier this year, a man using a turkey fryer (pictured above)  in Aloha nearly burned down his home after over-filling a turkey fryer on his back deck. Cooking fires are [...]

Plans to Rebuild TVF&R Fire Station Temporarily On Hold

Last summer, Washington County approved TVF&R’s land use application to rebuild Fire Station 68 at 13545 NW Evergreen Street in the Oak Hills area. That application is temporarily on hold following an Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) ruling. The construction project was appealed to LUBA by a citizen who disagreed with Washington [...]