Effective immediately, the City of Lake Oswego is declaring a state of emergency due to impacts from extreme weather conditions Stay indoors and off roadways - Please reserve 9-1-1 lines for life-threatening emergencies only. Emergency crews are busy with many downed trees.
Lake Oswego Fire
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- Firefighters from the main fire station assisted with getting Samy a ten year old Great Pyrenees up from Tryon Creek Park. Rachelle, his owner said that he had wondered down and could not get back up the steep hill on his own. Samy was happy to be back at the top.
00:00 - This heat has an affect on all of us, even this dehydrated bird that we found in our apparatus bay this morning. Firefighter Cool used a syringe to give it water. Ones the bird was cooled of and hydrated, it flew away. Make sure that you drink plenty of fluids in this heat.
00:00 - Bays and canals are frozen. Stay safe and DO NOT go onto the ice. Pets are in danger of falling through as well. @LakeOswegoInfo @LOPolice
00:00 - Additional photos of the crash on Bergis Rd.
00:25Firefighters responded to a vehicle that crashed through a second story of a house of Bergis Rd. The vehicle launched from a berm in the back yard at a high rate of speed. 1 person was transported and @LOPolice is investigating. - Early this morning a resident on the lake with @LOPolice and our fire Dept. boat saved 8 people from the lake who were clinging onto a floatation device after their boat flipped and sank. Please be safe in the water during this extreme heat.
- Richard Taylor hates needles, always has. He was so pleased with his first COVID-19 vaccine experience with our Lake Oswego firefighters, he made a t-shirt to express his gratitude. #haveyoubeenvaccinated #getyourstoday
- Just about all of Lake Oswego is or has been out of power today. We are seeing an increase in carbon monoxide alarm calls. Please do not use propane heaters, BBQโs or cooktops to heat your house. CO is a #silentkiller #heatsmart #BeSafe
- Firefighters responded to a vehicle that crashed through a second story of a house of Bergis Rd. The vehicle launched from a berm in the back yard at a high rate of speed. 1 person was transported and @LOPolice is investigating.
00:00 - Congratulations to recruit academy 21-01! All 8 new firefighters graduated today from their 3-month long academy. All firefighters worked hard to get prepared to be able to respond to emergency in our community and throughout the region. #keepmovingforward
00:00- The vehicle is electric, which is very challenging to extinguish due to the heat the battery creates. Hwy 43 will be closed for extended period of time, please avoid the area and seek alternate routes. #pdxalert
- Just one location with stranded cars in LO. Here at Kruse Way Place and Boones Ferry where 12 cars slid into each other.
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