Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue

Specialties

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue provides fire protection and emergency medical services to approximately 440,000 citizens in one of the fastest growing regions in Oregon. Our 210 square mile service area includes nine cities and unincorporated portions of Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington County.

Our district has 21 fire stations, a command and business operations center, a training facility, and three integrated operating centers (North, Central & South).

Citizens served by TVF&R benefit from the services of a large metropolitan fire department, while paying one of the lowest fire-​protection tax rates in the region. TVF&R receives almost its entire funding from property taxes. This funding comes through a permanent tax rate and temporary funding sources such as local option levies and general obligation bonds.

History

Established in 1996.

Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue took shape between 1972 and 1996 as a number of small fire departments consolidated to increase efficiency, lower the cost of services, and eliminate duplication. It is because of these consolidation and annexation efforts that Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue has one of the lowest tax rates in the region.