2000 NEWS RELEASES January Six Businesses Lost in Early Morning Blaze (1/3) Investigators Begin Processing Fire Scene at Barnes Road Strip Mall (1/4) Investigation Continues at Barnes-Miller Village Fire (1/6) Investigators Finish Processing Fire Scene; Investigation Remains Open (1/7) Investigators Probe Cause of Fatal Somerset Fire (1/12) Investigators Point to Area Near Furnace at Barnes-Miller Fire (1/13) Investigators Release Probable Cause of Fatal Somerset Fire (1/14) Children Playing With Fire (1/14) District Receives 1,000 Smoke Alarms; Platt Electric Instrumental in Donation (1/26) February Tualatin Valley Firefighters to Conduct "Disorientation" Drills (2/9) CPR Saves Life of Man; Reunion Planned (2/24) March Sprinkler System Extinguishes Fire in Unoccupied Apartment (2/20) Sherwood Hosts Community Services Fair (2/21) April Spring Child Safety Seat Checkpoint Scheduled (3/3) Firefighters to Hone Rescue and Extrication Skills (3/3) Fire Heavily Damages Rural Sherwood House (3/12) Two Cities Get New Fire Engines (3/19) District Tests Apparatus and Firefighters in Large Water Flow Exercise (3/24) Fire and Arson Seminar to Feature "Hands-On" Training (3/24) Beaverton Elementary School Fire Deemed Suspicious (3/24) Juveniles Believed Responsible for Beaver Acres School Fire (3/24) May Child Safety Seat Checkpoint Location Moved (5/1) TVF&R Receives Award for "Family-Friendly" Practices (5/8) District Reminds Individuals to "Give Us a Break" and "Pull to the Right" (5/11 Fire District Hopes Sober Message Saves Lives - Photo Opportunity (5/15) Investigators Probe Cause of Wilsonville Warehouse Fire (5/18) Fire District Adopts Budget; Will Issue $5 Million in Bonds (5/30) June Win-Win Solution Drives Home Sprinkler Option (6/5) Fishing Derby Open to Special Needs Kids (6/6) Local Area Not Exempt From Wildfire Threat (6/6) Summer Safety for "Stay-at-Home" Kids (6/12) Fire Destroys Home Located in Rural Clackamas County (6/12) Investigation Complete in 2-Alarm Clackamas County Fire (6/14) Speedy Call to 9-1-1 Save Lives (6/20) Aloha Fire Takes Woman's Life (6/21) July Fire District Plans Community Meeting for Aloha Neighborhood After Fire (7/5) Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Church (7/5) Church Fire Ruled Arson (7/5) Rock Quarry Diesel Spill (7/6) Summer Child Safety Seat Checkpoint Scheduled (7/12) Early Morning Apartment Fire Displaces Eight Individuals (7/12) Two-Alarm Fire Damages Apartment Building; Displaces Tenants (7/16) Japanese Youth to Tour Fire Station (7/26) August Fire District Elects New Officers (8/1) Wilsonville Community Walk Raising Money For Thermal Imaging Camera (8/2) Tigard Apartment Fire Displaces Nine Residents (8/9) Firefighters to "Fill the Boot;" Ambassadors to Lunch With Firefighters (8/17) Motor Vehicle Accident Results in Fatality and Chemical Spill (8/22) Fire District Receives Accreditation (8/25) Two-Alarm Blaze Destroys Tualatin Business (8/31) September Firefighters Plan Weekend Reunion with Baby They Helped Deliver (9/8) Flash Fire and Explosion Injure Tualatin Man (9/9) Vacated Building Gives Fire District Unique Opportunity to Train (9/15) Unique Partnership Benefits District's Technical Rescue Team (9/15) Fire District Plans Burn of Former BMC West Building (9/27) October TVF&R and Home Depot Team-Up During National Fire Prevention Week (10/2) Fire District Begins Recruitment Effort (10/3) Overturned Semi-Truck Closes Road (10/17) TVF&R's Rope Rescue Team to Hone Skills at Dammasch Hospital Site (10/19) Fire District Visited by Firefighters From Puebla, Mexico (10/26) November Heating Equipment Season is Here - Protect Yourself to Avoid a Fire (11/6) Firefighters Respond to Fatal Second-Alarm Fire in Gladstone (11/29) On-Scene Investigation of Fatal Gladstone Fire is Concluded (11/30) December Local Students to Purchase Toys for Fire District's Toy & Joy Program (12/1) Toys Desperately Needed for Toy & Joy Program (12/11) A Dry Christmas Tree Can Be Deadly (12/6) Fire District Offers Tips to Avoid Frozen Pipes (12/8) Disposed Ashes Fires, Cold Weather, Highlight Need for Precautions (12/8) Two-Alarm Fire Destroys, Damages Tigard Businesses (12/13) Fire District to Honor Platt Electric CEO Harvey Platt (12/20)
2000 NEWS RELEASES
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue | 20665 SW Blanton St. Aloha, OR 97007 | Tel. 503-649-8577 Fax. 503-642-4814
