Raleigh Fire Department History

Raleigh Fire Department History

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Sanborn Hydrant Map, 1903

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Downtown Aerial Map, 1872
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12/15 - Vintage Raleigh Fire Department Rules & Regulations Booklet
12/15 - Crews of Christmas Past
11/15 - Reasons For Rejecting Apparatus Bids, Circa 1958
11/15 - Raleigh Tiller Delivered by Train, May 1958
11/15 - Bidding on Aerial Apparatus, 1960
10/15 - Raleigh Ladder Truck Sign Boards
09/15 - Raleigh Fire Department, Established When?
08/15 - Raleigh's Original American LaFrance Ladder Trucks
07/15 - Glenwood Towers First Fire Alarm Circa 1971
07/15 - Vintage Footage From 1995 - High-Level Rope Rescue
06/15 - Vintage Footage From 1992 - IGA Grocery Store Fire
06/15 - Fire Station 29 - Facts, Figures, Trivia
06/15 - Raleigh Fire Station Lot Sizes
06/15 - Engine 29 and Ladder 9
06/15 - Major Church Fires in Raleigh?
03/15 - Raleigh Fire Prevention Footage from 1990
03/15 - Suburban Fire Protection in Raleigh - Poster Concept
02/15 - Raleigh Firemen Who Lived at the Fire Station
02/15 - Vintage Photo of Raleigh's GMC Service Truck
02/15 - Old Engine 4 and Other Bungalow Fire Stations
02/15 - Raleigh Fire Company Charters, 1870s
01/15 - City Firefighters in City Directory, 1963
02/14 - Firemen Confronted with Acts of Civil Disobedience - April 1968
12/14 - Vintage Photos of Raleigh Red Cars
12/14 - Streakers Invade Lee Hall, Fire Department Called Out - March 1974
12/14 - Out of Town Firemen Man Station For Chief Lloyd's Funeral - February 1955
12/14 - Fire at Watauga Hall - January 24, 1920
11/14 - Remembering the Raleigh Tornado - November 27, 1988
11/14 - Tramp Dunn Appreciation Dinner
09/14 - Raleigh Fire Apparatus Histories as Color Charts
09/14 - Vintage Photos of Engine 10
09/14 - One-Man Rescue Squad - Harold Jones Profile, 1969
08/14 - Raleigh Ladder Truck with Shriners, Circa 1946
08/14 - Raleigh Fire History in Poster Form
07/14 - Raleigh Historical Fleet Listing
06/14 - National Board of Fire Underwriters Reports
06/14 - The Mystery of the Plaque on Old Station 4
06/14 - Vintage Rescue Boats at Station 28
05/14 - Retired Raleigh Firefighters Talking on Camera
05/14 - Raleigh Rescue Squad in 1968
04/14 - For Those Curious About Local Aircraft Accidents
04/14 - The Curious Case of the Copied Patches
04/14 - Raleigh Hose Thread History
03/14 - Vintage Raleigh Fire Department Recruitment Video (1999)
12/13 - History of the History Books
12/13 - Documents Pertaining to the History of the Raleigh Emergency Rescue Squad
12/13 - Fatal Fires in Raleigh, 1948 to 2009
12/13 - Remembering the Raleigh Tornado - Nov. 27, 1988
12/13 - Raleigh's First Portable Radios
04/13 - Station 1 Parking Diagram - 1983
03/13 - Big Red - 1956 Mack Wrecker
03/13 - American LaFrance Apparatus Shipment, 03 1961
01/13 - Raleigh Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1948
01/13 - Raleigh Fire Department Radio Records, Circa 1957
01/13 - Before They Wore Helmets
01/13 - Before The Days of Civil Service Protection
11/12 - Another Fuel Pump at a Old Station
11/12 - Memorial Auditorium as Drill Tower?
10/12 - Raleigh's Civil Defense Rescue Truck Found... and Lost
10/12 - Police Dispatcher, Not Fire Dispatcher, 1960
09/12 - Raleigh Firefighter Loses Leg, 1958
08/12 - Raleigh's 1875 Rumsey Hand Engine
08/12 - Sale of Surplus Fire Trucks, 1976
07/12 - Twenty Three Years Ago
07/12 - Blueprints of Station 7, 1958
06/12 - Engine A, Engine B, Engine C
06/12 - Vintage Bedding Chart
06/12 - The Original Truck 8
05/12 - Historical Revision - Six Alarms at Pine Knoll Townes
04/12 - Moving Rex Hospital, 1980
03/12 - Closer Look: Hose Company 3, 1920
02/12 - Very Old Raleigh Fire Helmets
02/12 - Looking Closer: Station 1, Circa 1949
01/12 - Vintage Building Permit, 1947
01/12 - Eight Years, Five Days, and One Inch Ago
01/12 - Raleigh Emergency Rescue Squad Incorporation, 1953
01/12 - CFD and RFD - The Command Connection
12/11 - General Instructions and Information Regarding Kennedy Caravan
12/11 - Fires on Christmas?
12/11 - Raleigh Mack to Burlington in 1979?
12/11 - Nine Firemen Join Force, February 1, 1949
12/11 - December 10, 1941
11/11 - Great Mistakes
11/11 - One Hundred Fires of the Raleigh Fire Department
10/11 - Rescue-Medic Rules of Conduct, 1976
09/11 - Sherwood Brockwell Plaque at McKimmon Center
09/11 - 1933 State Fireman's Association Program
08/11 - Hurricane Hazel in Raleigh, 1954
06/11 - Detailed Report of Fire
06/11 - Constitution and By-Laws of the Fire Fighters Association No. 548 of Raleigh, N.C., 1938
05/11 - More History of Raleigh Fire Department Dispatching
04/11 - Raleigh-Wake County Rescue Medic Proposal, 1976
04/11 - The Second Original Engine 9
04/11 - How Dispatching Worked at Station 1
04/11 - Truck 12 Disbanded, 1988
04/11 - North Valley Apartments, 1970
03/11 - Meet Louis Mahler, 1900
03/11 - Meet Charles Farmer, 1937
03/11 - NC Digital Collections / Inactive Haz-Mat Sites / Caraleigh Phosphate Fire 1892
03/11 - Fire Chief Chas. D. Farmer, 1916
03/11 - Raleigh's First Steamer...
03/11 - Raleigh's First Fire Hydrants
02/11 - Close View of Raleigh's 1890 Hook & Ladder Wagon Circa 1913
02/11 - Station 7 Blueprints, 1958
02/11 - Raleigh Fire Department Fleet Listing, 1970-1971
01/11 - Close View of Raleigh Fire Department Circa 1922
01/11 - Water Pump? Water Fountain? Looking Closely at Metropolitan Hall
01/11 - Fire Protection at Station College, 1914
12/10 - Carolina Country Club Fire, 1948
12/10 - Snow and Fire Alarms, 1915
12/10 - Snow and Station 3, 1915
12/10 - Raleigh's Largest Commercial and Industrial Fires of Last Decade?
11/10 - School Bus Versus Fire Truck, 1980
10/10 - Stations, Companies, and Other Bits of Raleigh History
10/10 - Raleigh Fire Department Pumping Capacities, Then and Now
09/10 - Then & Now Recruitment Ad
09/10 - Hunt General Tire Company Warehouse, 1980
09/10 - Raleigh's Macks, Where Are They Now?
09/10 - Raleigh's Ladders, Where Are They Now?
08/10 - Engine 7 at Station 3, 1957
08/10 - Big Fires, 1965-1985
08/10 - Baker Roofing Company, 1977
08/10 - Sportland Bowling center, 1968
08/10 - Mini City and Other Memories
08/10 - Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Burns, 1921
07/10 - The History of Raleigh's Tillers
07/10 - Raleigh Fire Department in 1920
07/10 - Rescuing Cats and Lunatics From Trees, 1920
07/10 - The First First Responder Calls
07/10 - Locations of Fires in Buildings, 1922
07/10 - Firefighting History Timeline, 1608-1909
06/10 - A Short History of Hose
06/10 - Firefighting Lore - Fire Marks
06/10 - Firefighting Lore - Brass Railings
06/10 - Sign in Front of Rescue House
06/10 - North Carolina Fire Horse Histories
05/10 - Fire Service Personnel Development
05/10 - Origin of Term "Service Ladder Truck"
05/10 - 1949 or 1950?
05/10 - What's the Emblem? / Another Oldie
04/10 - Yarborough Hotel
03/10 - Raleigh Fire Department Office Space - The History
02/10 - Helmets Approved in Budget, 1950
02/10 - Chief Lloyd's Budget Notes, 1948
02/10 - Fire at the County Home, 1897
02/10 - Not All Alarms Are Created Equal

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Page last updated: July 14, 2018
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