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Is Your Home Safe from Wildfire?
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Portland Fire & Rescue extinguishes a 2013 wildfire in Northwest Portland. |
Action Steps for around your home:
- Clear leaves and other vegetative debris from roofs, gutters, porches and decks. This helps prevent embers from igniting your home.
- Remove dead vegetation and other items from under your deck or porch, and within 10 feet of the house.
- Screen in areas below patios and decks with wire mesh to prevent debris and combustible materials from accumulating.
- Remove flammable materials (wood piles, propane tanks) within 30 feet of your home's foundation and outbuildings, including garages and sheds. If it can catch fire, don't let it touch your house, deck or porch.
- Wildfire can spread to tree tops. Prune trees so that the lowest branches are 6 to 10 feet from the ground.
- Keep your lawn hydrated and maintained. If it is brown, cut it down to reduce fire intensity. Dry grass and shrubs are fuel for wildfire.
- Don't let debris and lawn cuttings linger. Dispose of these items quickly to reduce fuel for fire.
- Inspect shingles or roof tiles. Replace or repair the shingles that are loose or missing to prevent ember penetration.
- Cover exterior attic vents with metal wire mesh no larger than 1/8 inch to prevent sparks from entering the home.
- Enclose eaves and screen soffit vents using 1/8 mesh metal screening to prevent ember entry.
Visit www.portlandoregon.gov/fire, www.fireadapted.org and www.firewise.org for more information on how you can protect your community from wildfire.
(Source: National Fire Protection Assosciation) |
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New Bike Medics
PF&R is proud to introduce our newest public safety team, the bike medics. Our bike medic team is utilized for large-scale public events such as parades and races where crowds and road closures make accessing incidents harder with motorized vehicles.
Composed of 20 firefighters equipped with medical supplies, the bike team's best asset is how nimble they are and their ability to get to patients quickly. Say hi if you see us: we'll be in our bike medic uniform of red polo shirts and black bike shorts and we'll be riding black bikes. |
Sharp Drop in Local
Blood Donations
The American Red Cross is facing a looming blood shortage, leading to an urgent need for donors of all blood types to roll up a sleeve and give.
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About Us
Portland's fire service history began in the spring of 1851, with the founding of the Pioneer Engine Company, the same year the City of Portland was officially incorporated. No more than a bucket brigade, it was a volunteer force of 37 fire fighters wearing red shirts with a single hand pump.
Today, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) is the largest fire and emergency services provider in the State of Oregon with 725 employees and serves a population of 588,000. In 2013, PF&R responded to 70,386 emergency incidents.
Portland Fire & Rescue
55 SW Ash St
Portland, Oregon 97204
503-823-3700
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Child Passenger Safety Week
Portland Fire & Rescue would like to remind all parents and caregivers that September 14-20th is Child Passenger Safety Week.
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Support the Portland Firefighter Stairclimb Against Cystic Fibrosis
Join hundreds of firefighters from across the country and around the world on September 21, 2014 for the 6th Annual Portland Firefighter Stairclimb.
The challenge is a competitive race up 40 floors and 800 steps of the U.S. Bancorp Tower. Firefighters will be outfitted in over 70 lbs. of full "Combat Gear" including self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) commonly used in the line of duty. Racers compete for individual titles in both men and women categories.
The opportunities are endless to get involved. Whether through sponsorship, donation, or volunteering - support the Portland Firefighters Stairclimb Challenge against Cystic Fibrosis. |
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