Second Alarm Fire At Jopp Wood Recycling — Quick Response Prevents Spread (Photo)
- 10/27/25
Just after 1:55 PM, 9-1-1 received a call to an industrial area of the St John’s Neighborhood in North Portland. Initial reports from the caller stated that a large pile of wood products was on fire and that no homes or structures were threatened.
The first arriving Engine and Truck Companies from St John’s arrived within minutes of being dispatched. The Engine officer took command of the incident and reported a large pile of pallets and wood debris with smoke throughout the pile. Crews are aware of this location as over the past couple years, similar fires have been extinguished here. With this prior knowledge and experience, the first due Truck immediately set up its aerial ladder for an elevated master stream. This elevated master stream allows firefighters to reach deep-seated fire within the pile.
As additional units arrived, the first Chief Officer took Command. Incident Command then assigned the on-scene resources to the following tasks: establish a water supply, recon the area to ensure no exposures were present, confirm the best access to the different areas of the wood pile, and set up for additional aerial master streams.
As this fire came in in the early hours of the morning, fire crews initially applied water from these elevated master streams. As site personnel returned to the site, they worked with firefigheters to spread out the wood pile and extinguish any hot spots. This was accomplished with the use of some heavy machinery and excavators that were already on site and were operated by the location’s employees. Four engines and three trucks remain on the scene this morning after the incident was recalled to ensure extinguishment. There were no injuries reported during this incident and no residents were displaced.
Portland Fire & Rescue would like to thank our partners with the Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC), Portland Water Bureau, and Port of Portland Terminal 4.
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Second Alarm Fire At Jopp Wood Recycling — Quick Response Prevents Spread (Photo)
- 10/27/25
Just after 1:55 PM, 9-1-1 received a call to an industrial area of the St John’s Neighborhood in North Portland. Initial reports from the caller stated that a large pile of wood products was on fire and that no homes or structures were threatened.
The first arriving Engine and Truck Companies from St John’s arrived within minutes of being dispatched. The Engine officer took command of the incident and reported a large pile of pallets and wood debris with smoke throughout the pile. Crews are aware of this location as over the past couple years, similar fires have been extinguished here. With this prior knowledge and experience, the first due Truck immediately set up its aerial ladder for an elevated master stream. This elevated master stream allows firefighters to reach deep-seated fire within the pile.
As additional units arrived, the first Chief Officer took Command. Incident Command then assigned the on-scene resources to the following tasks: establish a water supply, recon the area to ensure no exposures were present, confirm the best access to the different areas of the wood pile, and set up for additional aerial master streams.
As this fire came in in the early hours of the morning, fire crews initially applied water from these elevated master streams. As site personnel returned to the site, they worked with firefigheters to spread out the wood pile and extinguish any hot spots. This was accomplished with the use of some heavy machinery and excavators that were already on site and were operated by the location’s employees. Four engines and three trucks remain on the scene this morning after the incident was recalled to ensure extinguishment. There were no injuries reported during this incident and no residents were displaced.
Portland Fire & Rescue would like to thank our partners with the Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC), Portland Water Bureau, and Port of Portland Terminal 4.
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