PF&R To Honor Memory Of Those Lost On The 25th Anniversary Of The 9/11 Attacks. (Photo) - 09/08/26

Media Invite and 9/11Ceremony Information

PF&R to Honor Memory of Those Lost on the 25^th anniversary of the 9/11 Attacks.

• Friday September 11, 2026
• 0659 and 0728 at all Portland Fire & Rescue Stations – a moment of silence
• 10AM Ceremony – Waterfront Park across from Portland Fire & Rescue Station 1 – 55 SW Ash St.
• Red Cross Blood Drive 8AM – 2PM – PFR Station 1 – 55 SW Ash St.
• 9/11 Memorial Soccer Match – Providence Park – Gates at 6PM with Kickoff at 7PM

Portland Fire & Rescue will honor the memory of those lost on the 25^th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with moments of silence at PF&R stations city-wide, along with a ceremony to share in the remembrance of this significant event that affected the lives of many across our nation and the world.

To mark the falling of each tower of the World Trade Center, where 343 members of the FDNY lost their lives along with countless civilians, each Portland Fire Station will bring their fire apparatus out onto the aprons of the stations and stand at attention to honor those lost twenty-five years ago with a moment of silence. At 6:59 AM PST and 7:28 AM PST, the times, respectively, when the South and North Towers collapsed. We share this information as this is the time many are commuting along our roadways and will see these moments of silence occurring as they take place.

At 10 AM, Portland Fire & Rescue would like to invite the media, and all interested community members to attend a solemn remembrance ceremony to be held in Waterfront Park across the street from Portland Fire & Rescue Station 1 – located at 55 SW Ash St. The ceremony will include speakers from Portland Fire & Rescue along with the Portland Firefighters Association IAFF – Local 43, and the Mayor’s Office. The ceremony will include the PF&R-PFFA Pipes and Drums Band, the PF&R Honor Guard, and a fire boat water display in the Willamette River adjacent to the ceremony.

In addition to the ceremonial events above, Portland Fire & Rescue will be hosting a blood drive at Station 1 for the twelfth year in a row. The blood drive begins at 8 AM and runs until 2 PM. Walk in blood donors are welcome but to ensure your time is well spent, online registration is available at www.RedCrossBlood.org – be certain to use the sponsor code PortlandFire when registering.

Lastly, Portland Fire will play in the 9/11 Memorial Soccer Match against Portland Police at Providence Park on Friday evening. Gates open at 6PM with kickoff scheduled for 7PM. Entry into the facility is a toy to benefit the PF&R Toy n Joy Makers or a few cans of non-perishable food to benefit PPB’s Sunshine Pantry Division. GO FIRE!

PF&R Responds To Early Morning Industrial Fire In NW PDX (Photo) - 08/27/26

PF&R Responds to early morning industrial fire in NW PDX

At just after 5 AM this morning PF&R Crews were dispatched to a possible commercial fire in the NW Industrial District near the intersection of NW Nicolai and NW 30^th Avenue. A second alarm was requested early on with the large volume of fire and the potential to spread to multiple industrial buildings. The bulk of the fire was extinguished before the second alarm assignment had arrived with most turned back to their home stations without any active assignment on the incident. There were no reported injuries, and this fire is currently under investigation.

Crews arrived at a multi-building industrial shop to find heavy fire on the exterior of a warehouse building all enclosed by 8’ tall cyclone fencing capped with rows of barbed wire. The flames were impinging upon and crawling up the exterior wall of a 40’ by 60’ warehouse building that was attached to a large, multi-space shop filled with industrial lathes, saws, and presses used by the company to fabricate wooden and metal casts used in forming tools. Crews made an interior push into the warehouse building affected by fire with a significant body of fire in the attic space overhead traveling toward the shop building. Crews on the roof performed a trench cut to access the flames running the roof structure toward the shop and put a stop to the advancing fire at the connecting point of the warehouse and shop space. Interior crews extinguished the flames from below while roof companies opened sections to apply water and stop the fire from traveling in the connected breezeway roof between the buildings. The fire was nearly extinguished within 15 minutes of arrival. Command requested a truck and engine crew from base on the second alarm to continue fire suppression activities while releasing all others to return to their home stations.

The PF&R Fire Investigation Team is on scene combing through the area of origin and interviewing personnel to determine cause. There were no reports of injuries from either firefighters or civilians on this incident. PF&R would like to thank the dispatchers along with PPB and PGE for their assistance on this incident.

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PFR Responds To 3 Wildland Fires In A 6-hour Period (Photo) - 08/26/26

PFR Responds to 3 Wildland Fires in a 6-hour period      

Portland Fire responded to 3 different vegetation fires of significance over a 6-hour period in NE and North Portland. The first was a series of grass fires along Marine Drive with an associated vehicle fire, the second was a large log along the banks of the Willamette River in North Portland, and the third was along I84 near NE 82^nd that was elevated to a second alarm.

There were 2 separate vegetation fires dispatched at 10:55 AM with the locations close to one another but in distinctly different locations (multiple incidents along Marine Drive near the east end of the airport and one at the intersecction of NE 33rd and Marnie Drive) leading the BOEC dispatchers to create 2 separate calls with multiple stations responding to the area in question. Engine 14 out of the Vernon Neighborhood accessed NE 33^rd to address the grass fire called in at the intersection of NE 33^rd and NE Marine Drive. As they were ¼ south of Marine Drive they came across a vehicle in tow that was completely engulfed in flames. They redirected their efforts away from the grass fire and extinguished this vehicle in tow while crews from PF&R Station 2 (the training station), PF&R Station 30, and Port of Portland Fire addressed the multiple grass fires a called in by many in the dry grass along Marine Drive adjacent the airport. The grass that was burning was on the north side of the road between the bike path and Marine Drive. Port of Portland Fire used a crash truck initially to use their large capacity nozzle to flow water from airport property over the top of Marine Drive and landing a large volume of water on one of the patches of vegetation on fire. PF&R Crews drove along Marine Drive stopping at each fire to reduce all the flames and stop the fire from growing until moving to the next fire. In total there were 3 smaller fires and a larger area of grass that burned. It was discovered that the vehicle in tow had entered westbound Marine at 122^nd and began driving to NE 33^rd and turned south. It was not immediately clear to the driver pulling the car that the vehicle in tow was on fire and flammable material was actively floating off this mobile torch to the side of the road starting multiple spot fires in the dry grasses. The driver stopped once the fire was large enough for the driver to recognize the vehicle in tow was in fact completely consumed with flames.  These fires were all addressed within 30 minutes of being dispatched with no reports of any injuries. Traffic was rerouted off this section of road while firefighters were working along the roadway.

The second of three unique vegetation fires was dispatched to Station 22 at 2:28 PM with reports of a significant smoke column near 6620 N. Richmond alongside the Willamette River. Brush Unit 22 and the ATV’s assigned to the Shirley Ann out of Station 22 responded to the area of the smoke column.With many roads leading to impassable trails in the area, accessing the location of the fire was a challenge. After a few minutes of investigation, it was discovered a large log along the banks of Willamette was on fire. The command officer decided the best mechanism for extinguishing was to call out a fire boat to lob water onto the log from the river using one of the mounted deck turrets. The crew from Station 22 worked the area with their hand tools stopping the growth of the fire and providing more access to the flames within the large tree while Fire Boat 6 pulled water from the river and dropped it into the area affected by fire. Once the fire boat arrived, the fire was completely extinguished within 10 minutes with the fire boat motoring back to quarters and the Station 22 members returning to St. John’s to be ready for their next emergency.

The third significant wildland or vegetation fire that was dispatched in this 6-hour period landed at 4:30 PM and was in the heavy brush and trees alongside I84 near NE 80^th in the Madison South Neighborhood. With significant flames showing visible from the freeway during rush hour traffic, the dispatch center had multiple calls regarding this emergency. Rescue 19 with a small pump and tank and Squad 12 arrived to begin putting water on the flames. Access was difficult with thick blackberry brambles at the end of the street forcing crews to use a chain saw to cut a pathway to the fire on the other side of the brush. Squad 12 was connected to a hydrant and then pumped into Rescue 19 that had multiple hoses extending off to firefighters cooling and extinguishing flames on the other side of the thick band of bushes located at the end of the street. With the flames extending into the tree canopy and showing 30’ flame lengths, the command officer called for a second alarm as this vegetation fire was in proximity to multiple homes. If this fire extended to any structure, there would be a need for more personnel on scene to address the volume of fire. Fortunately, the crews on scene were able to reduce the body of fire well before any home was threatened and most 2^nd alarm companies never made it to the incident.

Portland Fire would like to thank the Port of Portland Fire for their assistance on the Marine Drive Incident, Port of Portland Police and PPB for providing traffic control on Marine Drive as crews worked along the roadway, and to thank the dispatchers at BOEC for their assistance on all three larger wildland vegetation fires. It should be noted that PF&R responded to well over 15 other smaller vegetation fires throughout the day as we are entering the second half of wildfire season with much of the fuels having dried up.

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Portland Firefighter Injured During House Fire On N Missouri Avenue (Photo) - 08/22/26

Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded at 7:03 p.m. to a residential structure fire on N Missouri Avenue. A Portland Fire & Rescue firefighter was transported to a nearby hospital with minor burn injuries sustained while battling the fire.

The firefighter was a member of an interior crew conducting fire attack when a window failed, resulting in a flashover-type event inside the home. The interior crew withdrew from the structure and conducted an accountability survey before re-entering the residence to successfully conduct fire suppression operations.

The injured firefighter was evaluated at the hospital and has since been released.

There were no civilian victims reported as a result of the fire and the homeowner is receiving assistance from the American Red Cross.

Responding units included Engines 24, 14, 13 and 1; Trucks 8, 13 and 2; and Squad 1.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.