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TVF&R: large wildfire deployments, rising EMS demand and pilot programs for care alternatives
Summary
Division Chief James Somario briefed the council on TVF&R's 2024 activity: statewide wildland deployments, 60,592 total incidents last year with 42,774 EMS calls, new local-option levy hires, and pilot community paramedic and nurse-navigation programs to reduce unnecessary emergency transports.
James Somario, division chief of EMS for Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue (TVF&R), told the City Council on April 28 that the organization responded to extensive wildland deployments in 2024 and continues to see a high volume of emergency medical calls in the Tualatin area.
Somario said Oregon’s 2024 wildland season burned roughly 1.9 million acres and that TVF&R sent 31 members to statewide deployments; Oregon also…
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