North Carolina State Fireman's Association				North Carolina Colored Volunteer Fireman's Association
Year	#	Date	City	Notes		Date	City	Notes
1888	1	Aug 8	Greensboro
1889	2	Aug 13	Raleigh	North Carolina Fireman's Association chartered on March 11, 1889.
1890	3	May 21	Charlotte		1	?	?
1891	4	Aug 25	Durham		2	Jul 15	Wilmington	Cities that sent delegates included Charlotte, Durham, Henderson, Salisbury, and Winston-Salem.
1892	5	July	Asheville		3	Aug 9	Raleigh	Hosted by the Victor Fire Company, the visiting companies included the Cape Fear Steam Fire Company of Wilmington, the Excelsior Hose Company No. 2 of Greensboro, the Enterprise Hose Company of Henderson, the Eclipse Hose Company of Greensboro, and the Dread Not Hose Company of Charlotte.
1893	6	Jul 26	Wilmington	The annual tournament was not held, however, as the hosting fire department found it "quite impossible" to raise the necessary funds. The first day was devoted "entirely to the business of the association." On the second day, the Wilmington Fire Department took their visitors on a excursion to Carolina Beach.	4	August	Charlotte
1894	7	Aug 29	Winston	The tournament opened at 3:30 p.m. on Aug 30 with a steamer contest entered by Greensboro, New Berne, Salem, Wilmington, and Winston No. 1 and Winston No. 2.	5	Aug 14	Durham	Attending companies include Raleigh companies; the Cape Fear and Phoenix companies of Wilmington; hook and ladder companies from Charlotte, New Bern, Monroe, and Wilson; and hose and reel companies from Concord, Henderson, Salisbury, and Washington.
1895	8	Aug 7	New Bern	Firefighters from Greensboro, Salisbury, and Winston arrived with bruises and a few more serious injuries after their train rear-ended a slower-moving freight on a sharp curve at Haw River. The collision occurred on 10:00 a.m. on Aug 6. Two of the three occupants of the freight train's caboose were seriously injured, one with life-threatening injuries.	6	Aug 13	Henderson
1896	9		Salisbury		7	Aug 11	Wilson	Fire companies attend from Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Greensboro, Henderson, Monroe, New Bern, Raleigh, Salisbury, Warrenton, Washington, Wilson, and Winston.
1897	10	Aug 4	Fayetteville		8	Aug 11	Winston	Fire companies attend from Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Greensboro, Henderson, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Salisbury, Statesville, Washington, Wilson, and Wilmington.
1898	11	Jul 27	Goldsboro	Among the activities including passing of a resolution thanking the Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line railroads for free transportation of apparatus and denouncing the Southern Railway for refusing free transportation. The Jul 29 edition of the News & Observer noted "several members of the association were outspoken" in this matter.	9		Charlotte?
1899	12	Aug 2	Greensboro	Participants included companies from Asheville, Concord, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Henderson, New Bern, Raleigh, Wilmington, Wilson, and Winston.	10	Aug 9	Washington
1900	13	Jul 11	Wilmington		11	Sep 11	Salisbury
1901	14	Jul 24	Charlotte		12	Aug 3	Monroe	Nineteen companies were represented.
1902	15	Jul 23	Raleigh	Over thirty-two fire companies participated in the tournament, from cities and towns including Burlington, Charlotte, Concord, Durham, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Greensboro, Henderson, High Point, New Bern, Rocky Mount, Salisbury, Salem, Southern Pines, Spencer, Washington, Wilson, and Winston.	13	Aug 26	Raleigh	The fire companies parading were Warrenton Plummer Engine Company No. 2, Winston Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, Rocky Mount Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company, Concord Hook and Ladder Company, Fulton Hook and Ladder Company of Tarboro, Athletic Hose Reel Company of Salisbury, Enterprise Hose Reel Company of Henderson, Winston Hose Reel Company of Winston, Red Hot Hose Reel company of Wilson, Salamander Hose Reel Company of Washington, Dibble Hose Company of Washington, Statesville Hose Reel Company, Henderson Hook and Ladder Company, and Raleigh's Victor Hose Wagon Company.
1903	16	Aug 12	Durham		14	Aug 19	Warrenton
1904	17	Aug 2	Salisbury	The Association's Statistician presented the first-ever compiled summary of companies belonging to the organization: Total white companies 67 Total colored 13 Total white firemen 1,022 Total steam fire engines 18 Total horse hook and ladder trucks 17 Total hand hook and ladder trucks 10 Total hand hose reels 58 Total horse hose wagons 42 Total chemical engines in use 4 Total feet of hose in use 67,850 Total value of real estate and apparatus used for fire purposes $391,811 All cities and towns presented by association have water works, except Kinston, where one is being constructed. Water pressure in the state ranges from 35 to 150 pounds.	15	Aug 10	Wilson	Five-hundred firefighters attended the event, which opened with a parade featuring the Red Hots Fire Company of Wilson, Victor Company of Raleigh, Athletes Hose Reel No. 4 of Salisbury, a Winston hose reel, Fultons Fire Company from Tarboro, Warrenton Hand Engines No. 1 and No 2., Salamanders Fire Company No. 1 from Washington, Excelsior Fire Company from Rocky Mount, Enterprise Fire Company reel team from Henderson, and carriages containing officers.
1905	18	Jul 19	Winston	The association's membership consisted of 56 fire companies from 26 cities and towns. On	16	Aug 9	Washington
1906	19	Jul 10	Asheville		17		Winston
1907	20	Aug 6	Wilmington		18	Aug 14	Durham
1908	21	Jun 17	Wilmington		19	Aug 11	Rocky Mount
1909	22	Jul  7	Asheville	Between 1,000 and 1,500 firemen and convention visitors attended.	20	Aug 17	New Bern	Firefighters from 26 cities attended, with an estimated 3,000 visitors to the eastern North Carolina city. Twenty-five fire companies participated in the opening day parade.
1910	23	Jul 28	New Bern		21	Sep 6	Winston
1911	24	May 16	Charlotte		22
1912	25	Jul 23	Fayetteville		23
1913	26		Wilmington		24
1914	27		Winston-Salem		25
1915	28		New Bern		26
1916	29		Raleigh		27
1917	30		Morehead City		28
1918	31		Wrightsville Beach		29
1919	32		Asheville		30
1920	33		Fayetteville		31
1921	34	Aug 21	Gastonia		32
1922	35		Morehead City		33
1923	36		Durham		34
1924	37		High Point		35
1925	38		Asheville		36
1926	39		Morehead City		37
1927	40		Greensboro		38
1928	41		New Bern		39
1929	42		Hendersonville		40
1930	43		Morehead City		41
1931	44		Statesville		42
1932	45		Hamlet		43
1933	46		Salisbury		44
1934	47		Charlotte		45
1935	48		Wilmington		46
1936	49		Raleigh		47
1937	50		Greensboro		48
1938	51		New Bern		49
1939	52		Carolina Beach		50
1940	53		Salisbury		51
1941	54		Asheville		52
1942	55		Greensboro		53
1943	56		Cancelled		54
1944	57		Charlotte		55
1945	58		Cancelled		56
1946	59		?		57
1947	60		Morehead City		58
1948	61		Fayetteville		59
1949	62		Carolina Beach		60
1950	63		Hendersonville		61
1951	64		Carolina Beach		62
1952	65		Greensboro		63
1953	66		Carolina Beach		64
1954	67		Durham		65
1955	68		New Bern		66
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