Watch Video From Tuesday | Watch Video From Monday Listen to Audio From Tuesday | Listen to Audio From Monday Two alarms were struck in east Raleigh on Tuesday morning, July 16, 2024, at 409 Donald Ross Drive, at the site of a building that burned on Monday evening. One-story residential structure converted to storage …
Morning history. This week we’re digging into the history of Winston-Salem’s engine houses, both older and newer. Found some neat notes about the old Station 2 at 301 S. Liberty Street, which everyone knows as the old Salem Town Hall. It became a Winston-Salem fire station when the cities merged in 1913. Learned that the …
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Presenting a map and infographic about early engine houses in Winston and Salem. View as JPG | PDF View selected source materials via Google Drive. Learn more about Winston-Salem fire history by Legeros.
In February 2014, Raleigh Fire Captain Nick Murray recounted the following stories of his father, retired Raleigh Fire Captain Mike Hurry and longtime Raleigh Fire Department friend Col. Bob Biggs, retired USAF, and their work restoring numerous antique fire trucks, including Raleigh’s 1926 American LaFrance pumper. Here’s the original blog archives posting: Jay Leno and …
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Notes on Wilmington’s temporary fire department headquarters at 3 South 2nd Street, just south of Market Street, a leased building that was occupied from 1954 to 1956 during the construction of a new Station 1 at the corner of 4th and Dock streets. The construction bid for the new Station 1 was awarded in September …
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