• Department Histories - See below
   
• Fire Chiefs (2023)
• Historical Photos^
• Department Milestones  (2017) 

• Master Timeline of Departments
• Master Apparatus List (2023)
• Master Station List (2015)
   
• Sources

• Wake County Fire Departments
• Western Wake / Cary Fire Departments
• Northern Wake Fire Department
• RDU Airport
• See all charts

Photos - New!

• Apparatus Reference
• Historical

Governance

• History of Wake County Fire System - Governance, Milestones, etc. (2017)
   
• Fire Commission Meeting Minutes (1998-present)
• Tri-Data Studies - 1994, 2004 
• Long-Range Business Plans - 2005, 2009
   
• Closures & Mergers

Documents

• Western Wake Station 2 Closure (22MB, 109 pages, 2008) - See also blog post

Blog Posts

Search Mike's two blog sites for related postings about your favorite department:

• New Blog (2016-present)
• Old Blog (2006-2015)

Related

• Raleigh Fire Department history
• EMS & rescue history

Department Histories

Current Departments

• Apex
  
• Cary
  
• Durham Highway
  
• Fairview
  
• Forestry Service
  
• Fuquay-Varina
  
• Garner
  
• Holly Springs
  
• Hopkins
  
• Knightdale
  
• Morrisville
  
• New Hope
• Northern Wake
• Raleigh
  
• RDU Airport
• Rolesville
• Swift Creek
  
• Wake Forest
  
• Wendell
  
• Western Wake
  
• Zebulon
  

 Former Departments

• Bay Leaf (1961-2017)
• Eastern Wake (2003-2020)
• Fairgrounds (1961-1998)
  
• Falls (1970-2012)
  
• Knightdale Volunteer (1954-2003)
• Six Forks (1956-2002)
• Stony Hill (1958-2017)
• State Fair Fire Brigade
• Ten Ten (See Fairview)
  
• Wake Forest #2 (see WF)
• Western Blvd (1957-1961)
• Yrac (1961-1998)

Other

• Fire Brigades