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TVF&R Battalion Chief Allen Kennedy prepares to race On Sunday, March 7th more than 1200 firefighters raced in full turnout gear and breathing apparatus up the 69 flights of the Columbia Center in Seattle. The goal: get to the top as quickly as possible. The Scott Firefighter Stair Climb is the largest firefighter competition [...] TVF&R is taking part in the Boy Scouts of America Scouting for Food drive this holiday season. The drive is recognized as the last major food drive of the year for northwest Oregon and southwest Washington area emergency food agencies. It is anticipated that 10,000 local Scouts will go door-to-door to collect an estimated 500,000 pounds of [...] The above video was produced by TVF&R’s Community Services department. It’s designed to show members of the community an example of one of our SKID (Stop Kids Intoxicated Driving) demonstrations that we perform across the fire district. TVF&R’s latest SKID demonstration took place at Beaverton High School earlier this month. To learn more about [...] More than fifty apartment managers spent the day Tuesday learning from fire prevention experts about how to protect their tenants. TVF&R’s award-winning apartment manager training is in its fourth year. The program is a day long series of lectures and hands-on learning experiences that help managers better understand how to protect their tenants and [...] It’s a sobering sight: two cars have smashed into each other, several people are badly injured, a bleeding teenager lays sprawled on the hood of a car, firefighters respond to the scene. It looks frighteningly real, but today it’s only a demonstration designed to show high school students what can happen if they drive while [...] Clean Water Services and Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) joined forces to clear a parcel of non-native weeds and brush on September 14. The burn went off exactly as planned and benefits park users, Clean Water Services, and 16 firefighting recruits who are studying to become firefighters. The property that was burned [...] A joint effort between Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue and the Beaverton School District to install a permanent traffic signal at the intersection of Brockman and Davies Road is expected to keep students, firefighters, local residents, and motorists safer. The site has long been a concern as Brockman Road has become a relief-valve for commuters. [...] |
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