This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from December 21, 2019. Top photos from Durham Herald Company Newspaper Photograph Collection, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Bottom photos by Lee Wilson. First County Pumper – 1948 Mack Durham’s first “county fire truck” was delivered …
This content first appeared in a Facebook posting on December 13, 2019. Durham Herald Company Newspaper Photograph Collection, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Here’s a bit of hidden history of the Durham Fire Department. Below is a photo the Bull City’s first black firefighters. They …
In 1954, the Wake County Board of Commissioners created the Wake County Fire Districts Commission. This was the first group to govern the new rural-serving volunteer fire departments that were being organized in the county. Below is the resolution that created the group, from county minutes. View those minutes on this site. RESOLUTION September 7, …
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Merger alert. The Garner Fire Department and the Town of Garner are holding a pair of community information meetings this week, about a possible merger between the two organizations. They’ll be held on January 11 and January 12, see announcement below for times and locations.
The Wake County Fire Commission will hold a regular meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., at the Wake County Emergency Services Education Center, 221 S. Rogers Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610. The agenda and meeting documents are below. View Meeting Documents Recording Afterward, listen to the audio recording, as linked from this page. …
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Let’s start a list of Oren apparatus that served in North Carolina. Pictured rigs marked with (*): *Burlington – 1940 Diamond T/Oren – #RW&E-1363 – Legeros photo *Cape Fear Rural (Lee) – 1953 Ford/Oren – Engine 51 – Lee Wilson photo *Charlotte – 1953 Ford Big Job/Oren, 500/1000 – Engine 10 at Morris Field, high-pressure unit …
Here are the Raleigh run numbers for 2022. Historical numbers in this PDF document. Overall 53,238 – Total Incidents 77,425 – Total Per Unit Runs Unit Runs E1 – 1,945 E2 – 2,494 E3 – 2,943 E4 – 1,500 E5 – 1,615 E6 – 1,505 Sq7 – 3,014 E8 – 2,114 E9 – 2,088 E10 …
Morning history. Random find. Ten years ago this week, the Wake County Board of Commissioners received a presentation from county staff on the future of fire service in the Fire Tax District, which comprises the unincorporated areas of the county plus the town of Wendell. The county funds protection in those areas through contracts with …
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This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from August 23, 2017. What are some of the smallest active fire station in North Carolina, as of August 2017? 1,040 s.f. – Penderlea Station 2, 363 Watha Road. 1,700~ s.f. – Clinton Station 22. 1,786 s.f. – Durham Station 5, 2212 Chapel Hill Road. Built …
This content first appeared in the older blog on January 19, 2013. Hey Mike, do you have a master list of all Raleigh Fire Department badge numbers[1], from long ago? Negative. Haven’t come across in 20+ years of research. Some clues have presented, however. This list of names, addresses, and badge and helmet numbers was …