House Fire in Portland 12-27-13

[jbryson]

 

Portland Engine 31 is right on the city line and a lot of their runs are in Gresham.

Rather than close the station, Gresham agreed to MAN it on B shift while

we MAN it on A and C shifts. Since there are no females assigned to Engine 31,

it is MANNED. ! 

Prior to this being Portland Station 31 is it was Fire District 10, Station 45.  When Portland and Gresham began annexing unincorporated Multnomah County in the 80's and 90's the station landed on the Portland side of the city line.  Many of Portland stations on the east side are old District 10 stations (7, 2, 29, 31) were all numbered station 4X in the Dist 10 days.  Gresham got stations 44, now 74, 49 now 75 and 47 now 76 from District 10.    District 10 used to run Fire Dispatch for all of East Multnomah County out of the old station 45.  They dispatched for District 10, Gresham, and District 14 (Corbett Rural), essentially everything east of 82nd Ave to the Hood River County line.