This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from August 2025. Not an old engine house. Located behind the Quorum Center on West Jones Street, this old building in downtown Raleigh is not a former fire station. However, that’s the story that some Raleigh-ites have heard over the years and decades. That’s also what …
Chart updated October 15, 2025. Posting created August 23, 2023. This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting. Presenting a new infographic, a high-level history of fire service governance in Wake County. Source is this research on the history of Wake County fire protection and fire service governance. See also this history chart …
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Comparing maps that appeared in a City of Raleigh fire protection planning document in 1970 with other map data: Raleigh projected growth + later/current fire stations (PDF) Wake County rural fire districts + Raleigh annexation history (PDF) Wake County rural fire districts + current fire insurance districts (PDF) Wake County rural fire districts + current …
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Research notes on the deadliest mass shootings in North Carolina history, expanded from this Facebook posting on September 28, 2025. These notes are still undergoing review and revisions. Supplement to Mike Legeros deadliest disaster database. Abbreviations: SP (Single Perpetrator) MP (Multiple Perpetrators) Type Incident Date / Location Killed Wounded Total Casualties Source SP Carthage Nursing …
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Here’s the fire station location analysis for Burlington, NC, that was recently received by city council. See presentation slides + report. (PDF, 40MB)
This is an ongoing blog posting about relocating Raleigh Fire Station 15. Contents September 2025 – Project Schedule June 2025 – Call for Artists for Public Art / Conceptual Designs Unveiled July 2024 – Contract Awarded for Design Services January 2024 – Construction Bids Solicited May 2023 – Replacement Project Budgeted March 2022 – New …
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View clippings and other documents Introduction On Saturday, September 26, 1969, a methane explosion and flash fire at the National Guard Armory on Silas Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem injured 25 members of the North Carolina National Guard. Seven of the most seriously injured were flown to an Army burn center in Texas. Three later died. …
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It’s the season of engine swaps in Raleigh, with four new Pierce Sabers and four new Pierce Enforcers delivered this summer. The four Sabers were recently placed in service as Engines 21 26 27 28. The older pumpers assigned to each company have been reassigned to other companies. Here’s a tracking chart of these and …
Screen grabs from Ian Cross footage via WECT. Last updated: August 29, 2025 Introduction On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, in Wilmington, NC, an impaired drive struck and damaged a gas meter and high-pressure line beside a commercial building that was being renovated for veterinary hospital. The vehicle left the scene. The hospital was planning to …
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Last updated August 17, 2025. This is an updated blog version of a Facebook posting from 2009. Research notes on civilian fatalities in fire apparatus accidents in North Carolina. Contents 2025 – Durham – Quint 19 / motorcycle, 1 fatality 2023 – Charlotte – Ladder 24 / motorcycle, 1 fatality 2019 – Kannapolis – …
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