Quick Fire Attack Limits Damage In Residential 2nd Floor Fire (Photo) - 07/09/26

Beaverton, Ore. — Late Wednesday evening, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue responded to reports of a residential structure fire in the area of SW 149th Avenue after multiple callers reported smoke and flames coming from a home.

While en route, dispatchers received updates that black smoke was coming from the windows above the garage with flames visible through the second-story windows and extending above the roof. The first report was that the home's occupant had safely evacuated.

The first arriving engine found heavy fire involving the second-story and attic spaces and immediately initiated an aggressive interior fire attack. Incident command was established, while additional crews established a water supply, searched the structure, and coordinated ventilation operations.

A primary search confirmed the home had been evacuated. During suppression efforts, firefighters received information suggesting a possible additional occupant, prompting an immediate secondary search. That search also confirmed no one remained inside the structure.

Firefighters quickly brought the fire under control, preventing further extension throughout the home. Crews remained on scene conducting overhaul, salvage operations, and assisting fire investigators.

No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

TVF&R Invites Media To Tualatin Valley Fire Camp (Photo) - 06/25/26

Media Invitation - Video & Interview Opportunity 

Event:  2026 Tualatin Valley Fire Camp 
Date:  Saturday, June 27, 2026 
Time:  9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. 
Location:  TVF&R Training Center, 12400 SW Tonquin Road, Sherwood, 97140 
RSVP To: Stefan Myers, Public Information Officer, pio@tvfr.com            
 
Please join us Saturday, June 27, anytime between 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to see professional female firefighters coaching young women on what it takes to be in the fire service.  This is the first year that Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue will independently host a camp at its Training Center in Sherwood.

Interview opportunities with a career firefighter will be available at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.  

TVF&R will be hosting the Tualatin Valley Fire Camp starting Friday, June 26, through Sunday, June 28. The camp is organized by TVF&R female firefighters and paramedics and led entirely by professional female firefighters from multiple agencies across the region. The camp’s mission is to recruit and support women considering a rewarding fire service career. There will be 24 young women between the ages of 16 to 22 participating this year. 

The free camp is designed to instill confidence and build teamwork skills through hands-on firefighter training. The camp itinerary consists of various stations and scenarios each day such as taking hydrants, hose practices, controlling nozzles, standpipe evolutions, rope operations, ladders, search and rescue, vehicle extrication, forcible entry, emergency medical skills, nutrition, physical fitness, confidence course, and interview techniques.  

For questions day of, please call 503-259-1111 or email pio@tvfr.com. Please park in the lot directly to the left of the entrance gate.  

Photos from the 2025 Metro Fire Camp available for media use. 

One Fatality Following Aircraft Crash At Twin Oaks Airpark (Photo) - 06/12/26

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hillsboro, Ore. — Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue crews responded today alongside Hillsboro Fire & Rescue and the Washington County Sheriff's Office to reports of an aircraft crash at Twin Oaks Airpark.

Initial reports from witnesses were that a small aircraft had crashed during takeoff into a grassy field near the airpark. Callers reported the aircraft was on fire and that flames were threatening to spread into the surrounding vegetation.

Hillsboro Fire & Rescue crews were the first to arrive and reported a large column of dense black smoke visible from a distance. As firefighters approached the scene, the fire had begun to diminish, producing brown smoke with small pockets of active flame remaining in the wreckage.

Firefighters initiated a quick and aggressive fire attack, rapidly extinguishing the fire before it could spread beyond the aircraft and into nearby vegetation. The aircraft's sole occupant was located and was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is coordinating the investigation in conjunction with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue Enacts Burn Ban, Increases Staffing (Photo) - 06/12/26

Beginning June 13 at 12:01 a.m., Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) will enact a High-Fire Danger Burn Ban. Outdoor burning will be banned throughout TVFR’s jurisdiction, which includes portions of Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas and Yamhill counties.

In preparation for the hot weather this weekend, TVF&R will staff additional wildland response units to increase fire response capabilities.

The High-Fire Danger Burn Ban is coordinated with the Washington County Fire Defense Board and Oregon Department of Forestry. Burning restrictions are authorized under Oregon Revised Statute 478.960 and Oregon Fire Code 307.

The Burn Ban prohibits all of the following:

1. All backyard or open burning (of branches, yard debris, etc.).
2. All agricultural burning (agricultural waste, crops, field burning, etc.).
3. All other land clearing, slash, stump, waste, debris or controlled burning.

The Burn Ban does not prohibit:

1. Small outdoor cooking, warming or recreational fires. These include portable or permanent fire pits, fire tables, and campfires, with a maximum fuel area of three feet in diameter and two feet in height in a safe location away from combustibles or vegetation and are fully extinguished after use.
2. Barbeque grills, smokers and similar cooking appliances with clean, dry firewood, briquettes, wood chips, pellets, propane, natural gas, or similar fuels.

More restrictive fire safety rules may exist on and within 1/8 mile of Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF)-protected land throughout much of rural Washington County. ODF restrictions may include prohibitions on campfires, smoking, target shooting, powered equipment, motorized vehicles, and other public/private landowner and industrial fire restrictions. More details about ODF fire restrictions are available at https://gisapps.odf.oregon.gov/firerestrictions/PFR.html.

Outdoor fires started in violation of this burn ban may be immediately extinguished. If a fire agency responds to a fire started in willful violation of this burn ban, the person responsible may be liable for all costs incurred, as well as legal fees per ORS 478.965.

TVF&R urges residents to use extreme caution with smoking materials, barbecues, and other open flames. Visit www.tvfr.com for more tips, including how to protect a home located in a wildland urban interface, from a potential wildfire.

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