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Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue outlines staffing, wildfire deployments and station rebuilds in annual update to Beaverton council
Summary
Deputy Chief Patrick Fayle told the Beaverton City Council that TVF&R sent 31 personnel to statewide wildfire deployments in 2024, voters approved a local option levy to hire 36 staff over five years, and the district plans several station rebuilds including Station 67 in Beaverton.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R) presented its 2024-25 “State of the District” update to the Beaverton City Council on June 3, outlining wildfire deployments, an expanded emergency medical response strategy, a local levy-funded hiring plan and upcoming capital projects.
Deputy Chief Patrick Fayle said 31 TVF&R personnel were deployed in Oregon wildfire operations in 2024 and that Oregon also mobilized 370 firefighters statewide for California responses; TVF&R sent 14 personnel as part of a county strike team. “2024 was a record-breaking year,” Fayle said, summarizing large-scale wildfire deployments and mutual-aid commitments.
Fayle highlighted changes in emergency medical services: a community paramedic program for frequent 9-1-1 users, an Advanced Resource Medic (ARM) two-year state-funded pilot that pairs a physician assistant or nurse practitioner with a paramedic to treat residents at licensed care facilities on-site, and a nurse-navigation program that routes low-acuity callers to alternative care. He said roughly 60,000 incident responses occur annually across the district and that about 42,000 of those calls are medical in nature, increasing pressure to develop alternatives to costly ambulance responses.
TVF&R’s May 2024 local option levy, Fayle told council, will fund hiring 36 firefighters and paramedics over five years. The current levy of $0.45 per $1,000 assessed value will be replaced July 1 by a levy at $0.69 per $1,000. Fayle said the district hopes the levy will sustain staffing for many years and avoid frequent renewals.
On capital projects, Fayle described a slate of station rebuilds funded by a 2021 general obligation bond. Rebuilds and relocations include Station 62 in Aloha (relocation), a full teardown and rebuild of Station 67 in Beaverton (the district is issuing an RFP), and other station improvements with modern amenities such as private bunks, wellness space and decontamination zones. Fayle noted construction costs have risen: a fire station that cost about $8–$9 million five years ago now costs roughly $14–$15 million.
Fayle closed by thanking the council and city staff for close interagency work and said the district welcomes partnership on temporary station site needs while Station 67 is rebuilt.
The presentation did not require council action but underscored mutual-aid roles, EMS innovation and planned capital work that will affect response patterns in Beaverton.
