This posting was last updated in July 2024, with added history of county rural fire protection before 1951. Introduction This posting originated as a Facebook posting in August 2020. Before 1951 – Part 1 In June 1945, county commissioners appointed George Sheek as Forsyth County Fire Chief. He was notably placed in charge of a …
The Wake County Fire Commission met on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., at the Wake County Emergency Services Education Center, 221 S. Rogers Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610. View agenda and meeting documents.
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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Recounting the story of the major waterfront fire on the Wilmington, NC, waterfront on March 9, 1953. Retrospective Read retrospective (PDF) from 2009 by Chris Nelson. Newspapers
Research resource alert. Via New Hanover Public Library, pair of National Board of Fire Underwriters reports for Wilmington in 1949 and 1958. These are highly detailed accounts of the fire department, the fire alarm and water systems, and more. Read digital versions in this library at https://legeros.com/history/library/_nbfu And drop a line of you have other …
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Found a fine reference document about all things related to the Wilmington Fire Department. Standards of Cover from September 2023. Generously informative document that includes a nice history section. There’s even a full fleet listing on page 120. Copied and stored here, read document (PDF). See also, Wilmington Fire History by Legeros.