Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
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| Operational area | |
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| Country | US |
| State | Oregon |
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Washington Clackamas Multnomah 45°26′00″N 122°44′58″W / 45.4334°N 122.7494°WCoordinates: 45°26′00″N 122°44′58″W / 45.4334°N 122.7494°W |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 1989 |
| Employees | 329 |
| Annual budget | $159 million (2013) |
| Staffing | Combination |
| Fire chief | Mike Duyck |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 22 |
| Engines | 30 |
| Trucks | 4 |
| Ambulances | 8 |
| Tenders | 16 |
| HAZMAT | 4 |
| Website | |
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Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) is a special-purpose government fire fighting and emergency services district in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon. Established in 1989 with a merger between Washington County Fire District 1 and the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District, it primarily provides fire and emergency medical services in eastern Washington County, but also provides services in neighboring Multnomah and Clackamas counties. It serves unincorporated areas along with the cities of Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin, West Linn, Wilsonville, and Sherwood, among others. With over 300 firefighters and 22 fire stations, the district is the second largest fire department in the state and has an annual budget of nearly $160 million.
Beaverton incorporated in 1893, and by 1914 had a volunteer fire department. To the south, Tualatin incorporated in 1913 and on February 2, 1935, formed the Tualatin Fire Department. Residents of unincorporated West Slope contracted with Beaverton’s fire department to have the latter provide service starting in 1941, but created their own West Slope Rural Fire Protection District in 1949.
In 1946, the Tualatin department became the Tualatin Rural Fire Protection District and opened a new station on Boones Ferry Road, and in 1948 the Stafford-Wilsonville Fire Department merged into the new rural district. Also in 1946, the Cedar Mill Rural Fire Protection District was created, followed by the Beaverton Rural Fire Protection District in 1947 that covered the Aloha area. The Beaverton Rural district contracted with Beaverton for services, with the original station on 185th at Blanton across from the post office. A second station was opened in 1965 in the Progress area, with a third opening adjacent to Tektronix on Jenkins Road in 1967.
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