Media Invited To Metro Fire Camp At TVF&R Training Center (Photo) -07/14/23
Media Invitation - Video & Interview Opportunity
Event: 2023 Metro Fire Camp
Date: Saturday, July 22, 2023
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Location: TVF&R Training Center, 12400 SW Tonquin Road, Sherwood, 97140
RSVP To: Corrine Haning, Public Information Officer, Corrine.Haning@tvfr.com
Please join us Saturday, July 22, 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. Interview opportunities with one of the professional firefighters will be at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m.
In partnership with Portland Fire & Rescue, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue will be hosting the Metro Fire Camp starting Friday, July 21, through Sunday, July 23. The camp is organized and led entirely by professional female firefighters from multiple agencies across the west coast. The camp’s mission is to recruit and support women in considering a rewarding fire service career. There will be 47 young women between the ages of 16 to 22 participating this year.
This is the 15th year that Portland Fire & Rescue has hosted the annual Portland Metro Fire Camp and the 5th year that Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue has hosted a camp at our Training Center in Sherwood, Oregon.
The free camp is designed to instill confidence and build teamwork skills in those who identify as female 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.
Please RSVP to Corrine Haning if your outlet plans to attend. For questions the day of the event, you may call or text 971-387-6976. Please park in the lot directly to the left of the entrance gate (see attached map).
Photos from the 2022 Metro Fire Camp are attached and available for media use.
