Here’s a montage of Wake County rescue squad ambulances, staged at Carter-Finley Stadium in the fall of 1986 and 1987. Larger versions of each have been posted to the History of EMS in Wake County page on Facebook. Look in the photo albums. Top to bottom, left to right are trucks from Cary, Knightdale, Six …
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From the US National Weather Service Raleigh NC on Facebook: The smoke plume from the fire at Pinnacle Apartments at Crabtree in North Raleigh Saturday afternoon was evident in radar imagery from both the National Weather Service Weather Surveillance Radar in Clayton (KRAX) and the FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar near RDU (TRDU). The radar …
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On Monday night, April 4, 2016, on the eve of a certain championship basketball game, the Chapel Hill Fire Department faced a formidable challenge. How to prepare for tens of thousands of people possibly swarming onto Franklin Street, and potentially starting fires or needing medical assistance? And while providing fire protection to the rest of …
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Here’s your Monday morning treat. Vintage photos of public safety vehicles at North Carolina State University. They were taken by David Raynor in the 1980s. He’s a blog reader, fire buff, and former law officer who lived in Raleigh and Greensboro in his day. We’ve shared some of his vintage pictures before, and will have …
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Acknowledgements: Thanks to a bunch of folks, who helped me gather information as this incident was unfolding yesterday. It takes the proverbial village. Two alarms were struck and many additional units were dispatched at an apartment fire early Saturday evening, located behind Crabtree Valley Mall. And alarming quite a few folks who saw the column …
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Press release. Beginning April 13, the City of Raleigh Fire Department will temporarily close Fire Station 5 for renovations. It is anticipated the work will be completed in six months. Fire Station Five, located at 300 Oberlin Road, was opened in 1961. While the work is being done, Engine 5 will be housed at Station …
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The Concord Fire Department will display a restored hand-drawn ladder wagon this weekend, at the Pennzoil Charlotte AutoFair at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. As this Independent Tribute story (thanks Josh!) by Erin Kidd reports, the 129-year-old wagon was used by the Concord Hook and Ladder Company in 1887. That was a company of black firefighters …
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In December, we blogged about construction starting on Apex Public Safety 5, along with a few other AFD project plans. Located at 2050 Kelly Road, the 16,500 square-foot facility will house twelve firefighters, two paramedics, and the Community Services division of the police department. It’s planned for completion in late summer. Here’s a drawing of …
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Factory photo of Chapel Hill’s new Engine 31, 2016 Pierce Arrow XT pumper, 1500/500. See larger versions via Pierce on Flickr. This only the second Pierce for the college town, after a 2012 Pierce Arrow XT, 1500/500, which is Engine 33. Who has built the rest of their fire apparatus over the years and decades. …
As photographed by Lee Wilson, the Fuquay-Varina Fire Department received their new rescue on Tuesday. Their new Rescue 1 is a 2016 Spartan MetroStar. It replaces a 1995 Freightliner/S&S, which will be sold. See more photos from Lee. How many custom-cab rescues does that make in Wake County, these days? Here’s the list: Apex, Cary …