News Release Archives: 2007 2006 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 2005 NEWS RELEASES January Fatal Apartment Fire Claims One Life in Willamette Neighborhood of West Linn (1/13) Fire Investigation Concludes for West Linn Fatal Fire (1/14) Fire District Recognizes Citizen’s Action at Fire (1/25) February New Urban Search and Rescue Trailers (2/9) TVF&R Firefighters Prepare for Seattle Stair Climb; Media Invited to Practice (2/14) Couple Displaced by 2-Alarm Fire (2/21) TVF&R Honors Female Rescuers (2/21) Tigard Resident Succumbs to Fire Injuries (2/26) March Fire Breaks Out in Former Sherwood Tannery Building (3/24) Controlled Burn Proves Effective Tactic; Fire Investigation Underway (3/25) Fire at Former Tannery Remains Under Investigation (3/25) April Occupant Escapes Burning Home Thanks to Smoke Alarm (4/7) Garage Fire Damages Home (4/7) Sherwood Community Services Fair (4/7) Welding Sparks Blamed for Residential Fire (4/8) Free CPR Class (4/8) Smoke Alarm Save; TVF&R Receives National Awards for Smoke Alarm PSAs (4/14) Two Alarm Apartment Fire Injures One, Displaces Tenants (4/29) May 2-Alarm Fire Damages Tigard Storage Business (5/11) Fire Damages Tigard Condo (5/12) Update Semi-Tractor Trailer Fire Results in Hazardous Materials Team Response (5/16) Proposed Budget Goes to Board and Budget Committee (5/17) Family Safety Plan Put Into Practice (5/20) Escape Plan Worksheet Cigarette Disposal Cause of Storage Business Fire (5/20) Partnership Between Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue And Hemcon Inc. Provides Cutting-Edge Medical Technology To Local Community (5/23) Firefighters to Help Train Firefighters from Guadalajara (5/24) Tualatin Business Suffers Early Morning Fire (5/27) Tualatin Business Fire Cause (5/27) Exercise Safety When Barbecuing (5/27) West Linn Couple Displaced by Fire (5/31) June Stand Down for Firefighter Safety (6/20) Heather Place Apartment Fire (6/28) Heather Place Apartment Fire Investigation (6/29) Heather Place Apartment Fire Cause (6/30) July Burger King Motor Vehicle Accident (7/1) Beaverton Apartment Fire Seriously Injures Female Resident (7/15) Cigarette Believed to be Cause of Beaverton apartment Fire (7/15) Sixty Local Landlords Commit to Attending TVF&R Apartment Landlord Training (7/18) Firefighters Contend with High Temperatures While Combating Apartment Fire (7/18) Candle Believed to be Cause of Tualatin Apartment Fire (7/18) Three Alarm Fire Destroys West Linn Home (7/22) Smokers - Use an Ashtray, Not the Roadway! (7/27) August Extreme Heat Prompts Staffing Changes and Health Advisory (8/4) Fire District Reminds Public - Wildfire Can Happen Here! (8/4) Deck Collapse Injures Ten People (8/7) Arson Suspected in Aloha Fire (8/25) (Photos included) Firefighters to "Fill the Boot" for Muscular Dystrophy Association (8/30) September Six More Firefighters to Join Katrina Relief Effort (9/5) Firefighters Raise More Than $36,000 for Muscular Dystrophy (9/8) Cooler Temperatures Bring Heating Equipment Fire Concerns (9/19) Washington Square Emergency Services Fair (9/22) TVF&R Paramedics Assist in Area Threatened by Hurricane Rita (9/23) Residential Fire Damages Home and Claims Two Pets (9/26) Emergency Crews Respond to I-5 Motor Vehicle Collision; Motorists Encouraged to Drive Safely (9/30) October Fire District Kicks-Off Pilot Program in Hopes of Reducing the Severity of Kitchen Fires (10/4) November Higher Heating Costs Cause Concern about Heating Equipment Fires (11/1) Fire District to Warn Students about Seriousness of Fire Play at School (11/10) Media Event to Highlight Holiday Cooking Fire Hazards and Safety Tips (11/22) 'Tis the Season To Be Safe - Keep Your Holiday Tree Green (11/29) December Heating Equipment/Extension Cord Fires (12/1) Target Stores to Help Firefighters Help Less-Fortunate Families (12/13) Tenants Treated for Smoke Inhalation Following Kitchen Fire (12/13) Fire Damages Furniture Business (12/14) Jesuit High School’s AED and TVF&R’s New Cardiac Monitors Prove Defibrillation is a Life-Saver (12/15) Holiday Shopping Not Impacted as Firefighters Quickly Extinguish a Fire at Washington Square Mall (12/21) Fire Sprinkler Saves Tigard Apartment (12/27)
2005 NEWS RELEASES
January
Fire Investigation Concludes for West Linn Fatal Fire (1/14)
Fire District Recognizes Citizen’s Action at Fire (1/25)
February
March
Fire Breaks Out in Former Sherwood Tannery Building (3/24)
Controlled Burn Proves Effective Tactic; Fire Investigation Underway (3/25)
Fire at Former Tannery Remains Under Investigation (3/25)
April
Occupant Escapes Burning Home Thanks to Smoke Alarm (4/7)
Garage Fire Damages Home (4/7)
Sherwood Community Services Fair (4/7)
Welding Sparks Blamed for Residential Fire (4/8)
Free CPR Class (4/8)
Smoke Alarm Save; TVF&R Receives National Awards for Smoke Alarm PSAs (4/14)
Two Alarm Apartment Fire Injures One, Displaces Tenants (4/29)
May
2-Alarm Fire Damages Tigard Storage Business (5/11)
Fire Damages Tigard Condo (5/12) Update
Semi-Tractor Trailer Fire Results in Hazardous Materials Team Response (5/16)
Proposed Budget Goes to Board and Budget Committee (5/17)
Family Safety Plan Put Into Practice (5/20) Escape Plan Worksheet
Cigarette Disposal Cause of Storage Business Fire (5/20)
Partnership Between Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue And Hemcon Inc. Provides Cutting-Edge Medical Technology To Local Community (5/23)
Firefighters to Help Train Firefighters from Guadalajara (5/24)
Tualatin Business Suffers Early Morning Fire (5/27)
Tualatin Business Fire Cause (5/27)
Exercise Safety When Barbecuing (5/27)
West Linn Couple Displaced by Fire (5/31)
June
Stand Down for Firefighter Safety (6/20)
Heather Place Apartment Fire (6/28)
Heather Place Apartment Fire Investigation (6/29)
Heather Place Apartment Fire Cause (6/30)
July
Burger King Motor Vehicle Accident (7/1)
Beaverton Apartment Fire Seriously Injures Female Resident (7/15)
Cigarette Believed to be Cause of Beaverton apartment Fire (7/15)
Sixty Local Landlords Commit to Attending TVF&R Apartment Landlord Training (7/18)
Firefighters Contend with High Temperatures While Combating Apartment Fire (7/18)
Candle Believed to be Cause of Tualatin Apartment Fire (7/18)
Three Alarm Fire Destroys West Linn Home (7/22)
Smokers - Use an Ashtray, Not the Roadway! (7/27)
August
Extreme Heat Prompts Staffing Changes and Health Advisory (8/4)
Fire District Reminds Public - Wildfire Can Happen Here! (8/4)
Deck Collapse Injures Ten People (8/7)
Arson Suspected in Aloha Fire (8/25) (Photos included)
Firefighters to "Fill the Boot" for Muscular Dystrophy Association (8/30)
September
Cooler Temperatures Bring Heating Equipment Fire Concerns (9/19)
Washington Square Emergency Services Fair (9/22)
TVF&R Paramedics Assist in Area Threatened by Hurricane Rita (9/23)
Residential Fire Damages Home and Claims Two Pets (9/26)
Emergency Crews Respond to I-5 Motor Vehicle Collision; Motorists Encouraged to Drive Safely (9/30)
October
Fire District Kicks-Off Pilot Program in Hopes of Reducing the Severity of Kitchen Fires (10/4)
November
Higher Heating Costs Cause Concern about Heating Equipment Fires (11/1)
Fire District to Warn Students about Seriousness of Fire Play at School (11/10)
Media Event to Highlight Holiday Cooking Fire Hazards and Safety Tips (11/22)
'Tis the Season To Be Safe - Keep Your Holiday Tree Green (11/29)
December
Heating Equipment/Extension Cord Fires (12/1)
Target Stores to Help Firefighters Help Less-Fortunate Families (12/13)
Tenants Treated for Smoke Inhalation Following Kitchen Fire (12/13)
Fire Damages Furniture Business (12/14)
Jesuit High School’s AED and TVF&R’s New Cardiac Monitors Prove Defibrillation is a Life-Saver (12/15)
Holiday Shopping Not Impacted as Firefighters Quickly Extinguish a Fire at Washington Square Mall (12/21)
Fire Sprinkler Saves Tigard Apartment (12/27)
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