Vintage Wilmington Brush Truck
For your Thursday enjoyment, here’s a new-old photo of a Wilmington brush truck, 1967 Kaiser Jeep. No specs. Scanned from 35mm slide, undated. Photo credit TBD. She’s a beauty!
Archive of entries posted by Mike Legeros
Wake County Fire Commission Virtual Meeting – Thursday, May 21, 2020
The Wake County Fire Commission will hold a virtual version of its regular scheduled meeting on Thursday, May 21, 2020. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. The agenda and meeting documents are below. Information on submitting public comments and access for viewing/listening are posted on the Wake County Public Meetings Calendar. Agenda Meeting Called to …
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Cancelled Due to War Conditions – NCSFA Event Histories
Note: This posting is also available as a PDF document. Download. (2.4M) Introduction On May 6, 2020, during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, the North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association (NCSFA) announced the cancellation of their annual conference. The South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo was scheduled to take place in Raleigh on August 12-15, …
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Looking Back at North Carolina Fallen Firefighters – May 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020, was the planned date for the 15th Annual North Carolina Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. Due to the coronavirus, the event was postponed to August, to be co-located with the South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo. On Friday, the postponed NCFFF events were announced as cancelled. This year’s addition to the memorial will …
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2020 South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo Cancelled
The following announcement was posted on Wednesday, May 6, 2020: The North Carolina State Firefighters’ Association Executive Board has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 South Atlantic FIRE RESCUE Expo, along with the Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service, the Annual Banquet, the Golf Tournament and all associated conference activities, scheduled for August 12-15 in …
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Cary, Apex, Morrisville, Western Wake Family Tree
April 2020 This family tree has been expanded to include Apex and Morrisville, which joined in operational consolidation with the Cary Fire Department in 2019. The new chart reflects the change and the past history of both AFD and MFD. View as jpg | View as pdf (2.1M) October 2016 How about a visual history …
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Virtual Wake County Fire Commission Meeting – Tuesday, April 28
April 29 Here’s the agenda packet, with the slides shown at Monday’s meeting. Download from www.legeros.com/blog/docs/wcfc/2020-04. Here’s the direct link (mp4, 128MB) to the WebEx recording. Or navigate to the file from www.wakegov.com/fire/commission/minutes. April 26 The Wake County Fire Commission meets this week. They’ll hold a special-called meeting, and their first-ever virtual meeting, on Tuesday, …
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Rolesville Planning Future Fire Stations
April 25, 2020 Project update. Signs have been added to the three future fire station sites. Some land has also been cleared. Mike Legeros photos October 7, 2018 Rolesville Rural Fire Department celebrated their 60th anniversary today, with a reception and open house. (Pictures coming!) Displayed was this Davis/Kane drawing and site design of a …
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Umstead Park Plane Crash, October 2019 – Incident Notes
On October 20, 2019, starting at 7:25 p.m., fire and EMS units were dispatched to a reported plane crash at Umstead State Park, which borders Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The dispatched address was the intersection of Ebenezer Church Road and Graylyn Drive. The airport control tower reported loss of radar contact with a light plane, later …
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Apex Adds Second Ladder, Staffed Rescue
News from Apex. They’ve added a second, fully-staffed ladder company, effective April 6. On that date, Ladder 34 (at Station 4) and Ladder 35 (at Station 5) were both in service. This followed the graduation of a recruit academy, which added sixteen firefighters to the full-time ranks. The backstory on the second ladder company is …
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