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Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue reports surge in wildfire deployments, pilots new community paramedicine and nurse navigation programs
Summary
Fire Chief Derek Weiss told council TVF&R crews responded to major 2024 wildfires and to Southern California, that EMS comprises roughly 75% of calls, and that new programs aim to reduce 911 dispatches; voters approved a five‑year levy in 2024 to hire 36 firefighters.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) Chief Derek Weiss delivered the department’s state‑of‑district update to the Wilsonville City Council on April 21, describing last year’s wildfire deployments, emergency medical service demand in Wilsonville and districtwide innovation aimed at reducing unnecessary 9‑1‑1 dispatches.
Weiss said Oregon experienced an unprecedented wildfire year in 2024 with roughly 1.9 million acres burned statewide. TVF&R deployed wildland personnel to multiple incidents and sent 14 wildland firefighters to Southern California as part of a statewide mobilization; one of the district’s battalion chiefs supervised 370 Oregon personnel on the California deployment. Weiss said all personnel…
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