PFD Alarms

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Portland Fire Rescue usually sends 4 Engines, 2 Trucks, and 2 Battalion Chiefs on a reported fire in a residential home or commercial building for a first alarm response. A medic is added if people are inside or injured. High rise buildings, high occupancy apartment complexes, commercial buildings with known hazards could get a different assignment at dispatch.

If you look at this link - you can see what apparatus was sent on the large 5 Alarm fire on Monday 3/12 by each alarm as it was dispatched.

https://www.portlandoregon.gov/fire/news/read.cfm?id=128952











Hi Gang:

For Portland Fire, what do alarms signify? What is the unit response? e.g. 2 Alarm, 4 Alarm, etc.

Thanks!
 
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