Was thinking about this last week. There’s lots that goes into a WOW drone photo[1]. It’s an iceberg, of sorts. With many things that you don’t easily or ever see. Just a rough sketch. The stuff under the water could be re-ordered. Or expanded. But you get the idea. Click to enlarge: [1] Or at least …
Here are the run numbers for the Raleigh Fire Department for 2017. Total calls: 42,207Total runs: 59,334 Busiest engines: E3 – 2,695 E12 – 2,542 E11 – 2,535 E15 – 2,429 E19 – 2,414 Busiest ladders: L4 – 2,216 L2 – 2,080 L3 – 1,074 Busiest battalion chief: Bat 5 – 821 Run Numbers
Whoops, this planned posting didn’t get posted during Christmas week! Raleigh-Durham International Airport has received their second Striker! This 2017 Oshkosh Global Striker 6×6, 1250/3000/420/450# was delivered on Sunday, December 14, 2017. Click to enlarge: Pictures are screen grabs from this nifty short video from RDU, featuring Captain Will Patterson: Specifications include: Oshkosh Global …
The Winston-Salem Fire Department has a new gold leaf design, as reported in this Winston-Salem Journal story. The design is similar to others seen around our state. Recognize these? Join the conversation on Facebook.
As featured in this WNCN story, this five-page brochure was produced for the recruitment of a new Charlotte Fire Chief. It was produced by recruiter Ralph Andersen and Associates and lists the many qualifications needed for the position: executive fire command experience, a bachelor’s degree, certifications, etc. Former Fire Chief Jon Hannan retired in August. …
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Morning After This was solved within about twenty minutes on the Facebook side. Ex-Durham FD, former Rescue 1, later renamed Squad 1. Picture from the late 1990s or early 2000s, by Legeros: Night Before From a reader, this former “Squad 1” was seen in Garner, near the Quarry. Looks like a 1990s International. Someone will …
Found these in this /r/firefighting thread. Super-cool (and newly posted) dash cam videos of Chicago Fire Department crash trucks in action at O’Hare International Airport on October 28, 2016. The lengthy clips were filmed as crews responded to, attacked, extinguished, and returned from an uncontrolled engine failure and fire on a Boeing 767. Talk about a …
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Knightdale’s new 2017 Spartan/Custom Fire rescue pumper, 1250/750/25, is almost ready. These production photos were posted today on the East Coast Fire Apparatus Facebook page. Looking good! New Engine 131 It’s lettered for Engine 131 and should be delivered at the end of the month. And includes a Roto-Ray! Here’s the PDF drawings, from the ECFA …
Found in the files of the Raleigh Fire Museum, a News and Observer profile of incoming Raleigh Fire Chief Clarence Puryear. He was named their Tar Heel of the Week in the Sunday, January 14, 1973, issue. Clarence Rudy Puryear Sr., born in 1919 in Virginia, entered the department in February 1941. After military leave …
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On Monday, October 23, Engine 2 relocated to their newly renovated Raleigh fire station. The 1969 engine house underwent a $1.5 million overhaul that stripped the station down to its exterior walls. It’s the second in a series of planned major renovations that started with Station 5 in 2016. The Pecan Road fire station also …
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