2002 NEWS RELEASES

January

• Localized Flooding Keeps Firefighters Busy (1/7)
• Fatal Accident Closes Road (1/25)
• Fire District Trains West Linn Employees to Use AEDs (1/30)
• Crews Respond to Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Accident (1/31)

February

• Fire Damages Garage and Three Vehicles; Occupant Treated for Burns (2/5)
• Three Children Escape Apartment Fire (2/13)
• Co-Worker Saved by CPR; Recognition Planned at Local Business (2/19)

March

• New Smoke Alarm Law Impacts Many (3/20)

April

• Put a Lid on Cooking Fires (4/10)
• Annual Sherwood Community Services Fair Moves to New Location (4/11)
• Citizens Generosity Places High-Tech Life Saving Equipment in Communities (4/11)
• Two-Alarm Fire Damages Beaverton Apartment Building (4/23)
• Fire District Hopes Sober Message Saves Lives (4/23)
• Firefighters to Graduate From Largest-Ever Academy (4/25)
• Springtime Window Falls Prompts District to Offer Tips; Zoo Event Planned (4/29)

May

• Fire District "Fired Up" to Help MDA (5/1)
• Fire Station Opens Doors for Fun and Safety (5/22)
• TVF&R Firefighters Involved in Mountain Accident (5/30)

June

• Sunday Morning Apartment Fire Displaces 10 Residents (6/2)
• Summertime Play Should Not Include Fire (6/13)
• Fire District Hosts AED Breakfast (6/17)
• TVF&R Selected as One of Oregon's "Best" (6/17)
• Fire District Will Not Pursue Oregon City Contract Extension (6/19)
• District Accepting Resumes for Civil Service Positions (6/19)
• Crews Respond to Fire Started by Illegal Fireworks (6/25)
• Fire Damages Two Houses in Aloha (6/26)
• Fire Investigation Continues in Aloha House Fire (6/27)
• Fire Destroys Historical Home in Oregon City (6/28)
• Fire Investigators Conclude Investigation in Aloha House Fire (6/28)

July

• Fire District to Participate in Wildfire Media Event (7/1)
• Outdoor Burning to be Banned (7/2)
• Tualatin Fire Blamed on Fireworks (7/3)
• Post Holiday Fire Damages Home (7/5)
• Improper Disposal of Fireworks Causes House Fire (7/5)
• Fire District Receives Grant from USFA (7/10)
• Two Alarm Blaze Destroys Oregon City Home (7/12)
• Fire Crews Quickly Extinguish Fire in West Linn's Camassia Preserve (7/23)

August

• Four Alarm Apartment Fire Injures Four and Displaces 30 Residents (8/13)
• Fire Damages Oregon City Home (8/14)
• Fire District and Local Businesses Team Up to Help Seniors (8/15)
• Investigators List Cause of Four Alarm Apartment Fire (8/16)
• Two Alarm Antique Store Fire is Suspicious (8/22)
• Beaverton Fire Sends Resident and Firefighter to Hospital (8/27)

September

• Investigators Seeking Cause of Tigard House Fire (9/2)
• Investigators Determine Cause of Two-Alarm Tigard House Fire (9/3)
• TVF&R Joins Oregon City High School in Honoring FDNY (9/11)
• Tualatin House Fire Remains Suspicious (9/16)
• Three-Alarm House Fire Displaces Two Families (9/22)
• Early Morning Fire Destroys Cedar Mill Business (9/27)
• TVF&R to Receive $1,500 Donation (9/30)
• Early Morning Blaze Destroys the Rock Creek Tavern (9/30)

October

• Washington County Emergency Agencies Focus on Safety (10/1)
• Two Alarm Blaze Claims Germantown Road Home (10/3)
• Investigation into Fatal MVA Continues; Fire Hose Examined (10/3)
• Germantown Fire Ruled Electrically Caused (10/4)
• Investigation of Rock Creek Tavern Fire Concluded (10/8)
• Early Morning Fire Damages Home (10/10)
• Toy and Joy Campaign (10/21)
• Family Loses Everything in Fire Due to Combustibles Too Close to Heater (10/30)

November

• Sherwood 7th Graders Learn CPR (11/26)

December

• Holiday Hazards Media Event (12/2)
• Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Higher This Time of Year (12/2)
• Fire District Kicks Off Toy & Joy Program for Less Fortunate Children (12/2)
• Local Students to Purchase Toys for Fire District's Toy & Joy Program (12/10)
• Early Morning Blaze Displaces Aloha Family (12/17)
• School Bus Driver Awarded for Saving Sherwood Woman (12/17)
• Toys for Older Children DESPERATELY Needed for Holiday Program (12/18)
• Twelve Escape Two Alarm Beaverton House Fire (12/27)
• Sprinkler System Knocks Out Fire in Adult Foster Care Facility (12/29)

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