One of the earliest “suburban” fire departments in North Carolina was Bessemer VFD in Greensboro. We’ve blogged about them before, but let’s take a deeper dive. They were organized in 1942, upon the completion of a sanitary district, which added water lines and fire hydrants. By all accounts, they were not equipped for fighting fires …
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Found on eBay, here’s a 1967 magazine advertisement from W. S. Darley & Co. with a factory photo of a Ford Super-Duty/Darley high-pressure fog pumper, from the Derita Fire Department in Mecklenburg County. They operated from 1950 to 1994-95. Click to enlarge:
Pardon our dusty content, as we occasionally re-post postings from the Legeros Blog Archives. Several dozen postings are no longer available, due to technical mysterious-ness. Some we’re digging back out, and re-posting here, or as content on the Legeros History Site, notably under www.legeros.com/history/stories. Today’s crop consist of: Fire Department Developments in Pender County, 2013 …
Yours Truly has created a new/old Facebook page for his “fire stuff,” cannily/curiously named Legeros Fire Line. (Get it?) Easy peasy web address: www.facebook.com/legerosfire. Was previously named Legeros Fire Blog and with a slightly longer web address. For years, blog postings were repeated there. And Mike’s private Facebook page did dual duty of “personal stuff” …
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Family Tree See this family tree infographic: jpg | pdf | blog posting Overview July 1 At midnight, Stony Hill Fire Chief A.C. Rich gave the final broadcast of the Stony Hill Rural Fire Department, as they signed off effect at 00:00 hours, and began operation as part of the new Northern Wake Fire Department. …
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This is a blog archives posting from October 24, 2013, and re-posted here as the original is unavailable due to technical issues. October 24 Effective this month, the Surf City Volunteer Fire Department has merged with the recently created Pender Fire and EMS. As earlier parts of this posting note (click READ MORE), the private …
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This is a blog archives posting from February 5, 2014, and re-posted here as the original is unavailable due to technical issues. February 5 Reports this Herald-Sun story[1], Durham County Commissioners will vote next week to endorse (or not) the recommendations of the recently receive fire protection study. On Monday, the Interim County Manager provided a …
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This is a blog archives posting from August 30, 2014, and re-posted here as the original is unavailable due to technical issues. On April 1, 1963, a two-year study was started of ambulance service in North Carolina. Questionnaires were mailed to 718 ambulance providers, the majority of which were funeral homes. They were asked questions in …
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This is a blog archives posting from September 5, 2014, and re-posted here as the original is unavailable due to technical issues. Here’s a treat of a treat. Abandoned bridge over Crabtree Creek, just west of Crabtree Valley Mall. Specifically opposite Morehead Drive at Glenwood Avenue. Can be accessed both from the sidewalk on Glenwood, …
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This is a blog archives posting from September 14, 2014, and re-posted here as the original is unavailable due to technical issues. Never heard of the Youngstown Fire Forums? That’s an extensive and active discussion board (or collection boards) operated by the Youngstown Fire Department in Ohio. The forum contains a lot of apparatus information, …
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