Portland Fire & Rescue

When there is 4 hours left in a 30-year career and a ripping multiple alarm fire hits, you hop into your rig, light it up, and get to scene and fill in everywhere that is needed. Chief Aimee Rooney did just that early Friday morning.

With a greater alarm fire hitting at 4:00AM and your shift is over at 8 AM as the On-Duty Deputy Chief, you spend the last 4 hours of your career just like the previous 30 years....saving structures and supporting your peers.

Chief Rooney....your presence will be missed and all of that shared that incident with you feel lucky to be a part of your "last one".

All the best Chief...Don't be a stranger!

Maintaining a high level of fitness is critical to every career firefighter. Here are the 26-01 and 26-02 recruit classes after a group fitness effort at the training campus. We begin this regular fitness interactions from day 1 in the academy and throughout time in the fire stations.

We use the training tower along with many other fitness devices (weights-cardio machines-elastic bands-turnout gear) as part of the design to have the capacity to climb stairs weighted down and perform work at any time as there is no excuse for "being tired" as one of .

In an effort at making room for the newest recruits and having more time to run and ski, FFE Bret Kimple is heading off into the sunset as well. Having worked all over the city and assigned to many different stations, Bret was a known figure throughout PF&R. You knew that if you worked a shift with him that the steady thump of his feet on the treadmill would certainly fill the air for a few hours and that if you wanted any of the leftovers in the fridge, you would be best served to get to those while he was putting the miles in!

As his cake says, he now will be unencumbered on getting more time on the trails...both running and skiig! All the best Bret as you move into the next chapter of life!