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An engine at Station 21. Portland Fire and Rescue, also known as the Portland Fire Bureau, and sometimes informally the Portland Fire Department, is the principle fire suppression, prevention, and rescue agency of the City of Portland, Oregon, United States. The department is the largest fire protection and emergency medical services provider ...
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The Portland Fire Bureau of the city of Portland, Oregon owns and operates Fireboats in Portland, Oregon . In 1973 the Fire Bureau had the responsibility for patrolling the harbor transferred to it from the Police Bureau. [1] The Karl Prehn and the L.V. Jenkins were added to the fleet at that time.
June 8, 1989. Portland Fire Station No. 7, located in southeast Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon, is a two-story structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built in 1927, it was added to the register in 1989. [2] It was the last of numerous Portland firehouses to be designed by fire chief and architect Lee Gray Holden ...
The government of Portland, Oregon is based on a city commission government system. Elected officials include the mayor, commissioners, and a city auditor. The mayor and commissioners (members of City Council) are responsible for legislative policy and oversee the various bureaus that oversee the day-to-day operation of the city. [1]
The first firefighting service was established in the early 1850s, with the volunteer Pioneer Fire Engine Company. [10] In 1854, the city council voted to form the Portland Fire Department, and following an 1857 reorganization it encompassed three engine companies and 157 volunteer firemen. [11]
The Portland volunteer fire department responded along with fire companies from Salem, Vancouver, and Oregon City. Salem's fire company came 52 miles by train within 57 minutes. [4] When the Salem department arrived seven blocks had been consumed but they were able to stop the northern progress of the fire. The wind, however, spread the fire in ...
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 ...