Media Invitation - Video & Interview Opportunity (Photo) - 10/21/21

Event:  Truck Ventilation Training 
Date:  Friday, October 22, 2021
Time: 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.  
Location:  12250 SW Moffit Drive, Wilsonville, OR 97070
Contact:  Heather Carpenter, Public Information Officer, 971-268-4545 or Heather.Carpenter@tvfr.com

Please join us Friday, October 22, between 9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. to observe a training opportunity for the TVF&R truck program. The truck companies will be practicing roof ventilation skills using chainsaws and other tools on multiple structures donated for training use prior to demolition by a developer. This valuable training will provide a realistic setting for firefighters to hone their skills. 

During a fire, TVF&R’s truck companies use ventilation methods to remove heat, smoke, and volatile gases from the structure. This process improves visibility for firefighters and allows quicker access to the fire. Well-coordinated ventilation allows interior firefighters to move faster, see hazards sooner, and search for occupants quicker. Most importantly, it can improve firefighter safety in the hot and toxic interior of a structure. 

This training will also allow the crews to get more familiar with the newly acquired Scott 3X Pro self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) and air cylinders deployed in July of this year from a FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant. The new SCBAs have enhanced communication and amplification, which is critical to ensuring efficient firefighter efforts and overall safety for responders. Firefighters will practice communicating face to face, over the radio, and using hand signals during times when equipment is running and hearing is impaired.

The use of face masks will be required and physical distancing will be implemented when at all possible.