Northern Wake Fire Department Ceremony Videos – July 23, 2017

Posted by Mike Legeros on 12 August 2017, 10:28 pm

Here’s raw video footage from the ceremonies at Northern Wake Fire Department Station 1 on Sunday, July 23, 2017. The event celebrated the joining of Bay Leaf and Stony Hill fire departments, as well as a dedication of their new Rescue 35. We previously posted two short excerpts: the coupling ceremony and the housing ceremony. Here’s the full footage from the …

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B-17 Bomber Crashes in Garner, May 9, 1944

Posted by Mike Legeros on 12 August 2017, 7:38 pm

The News & Observer this week published an excellent retrospective of the B-17 bomber crash[1] in Garner on May 9, 1944. The Flying Fortress crashed into a wooded area around 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Garner and Vandora Springs Roads. [1] Link from the Internet Archive, https://web.archive.org/web/20170813152122/http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/counties/wake-county/article166514322.html Two crew members were killed, and six others parachuted …

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Carolina Beach Expands Fire Station, Plus Some History, 2013

Posted by Mike Legeros on 11 August 2017, 8:41 pm

This is a re-posting of a Legeros Blog Archives posting from June 29, 2013, that’s no longer available on the old site, due to technical problems. Here’s a neat story [link broken] from the Island Gazette about the expansion of the Carolina Beach Fire Department at 9 South Dow Road. They’re expanding their station with a …

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Moving Rex Hospital, 1980

Posted by Mike Legeros on 11 August 2017, 8:21 pm

This is a re-posting of a Legeros Blog Archives posting from December 7, 2009, that’s no longer available on the old site, due to technical problems. On Sunday, September 28, 1980, fifteen ambulances assisted with moving 170 patients from Rex Hospital on St. Mary’s Street to their new location on Lake Boone Trail.1 Teams of …

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North Asheboro Fire Department, Looking Back

Posted by Mike Legeros on 7 August 2017, 9:42 pm

Posting updated July 4, 2023, with the Greensboro Daily News story that accompanied this photo. See bottom of posting. Also incorporated new information from the story. We’ve blogged about this former fire department before, back in 2009. Here’s some more information, lately uncovered, and beginning with this vintage photograph. Source is the vertical files in the …

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The Zoo, Their First Fire Truck, And Some Questions

Posted by Mike Legeros on 6 August 2017, 1:00 pm

August 5, 2017 After a visit to the Asheboro public library, and the local history room, I’ve updated this posting with more information. See the Courier-Tribune citations below. March 24, 2016 Did you know that the North Carolina Zoo had a fire truck? And that the truck originally served in Wake County? As the story goes, the …

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Blog Archives Now Searchable

Posted by Mike Legeros on 6 August 2017, 9:19 am

Trying to find an old blog posting of mine and Big Google isn’t helpful? The Legeros Fire Blog Archives (2006-2015) are now searchable. We added Little Google searches a few months ago. http://legeros.com/ralwake/photos/weblog/ I’ve updated the home page with a prominent banner and a wider search box. Lots of content on the old/original blog. Including so many great …

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Charlotte Fire Department Rules & Regulations, 1940

Posted by Mike Legeros on 5 August 2017, 3:39 pm

This is a re-posting of a 2009 blog post, from our blogs archive site. It was originally posted http://legeros.com/ralwake/photos/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=2582 at on September 12, 2009. For your Saturday evening enjoyment, here’s a small booklet bought on eBay of Charlotte Fire Department rules and regulations from 1940. The contents includes duties for all ranks and roles, directives …

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Early History of Greensboro-High Point Airport Fire Department

Posted by Mike Legeros on 4 August 2017, 7:34 am

For your weekend reading, let’s tool over to the Triad, for an early history of the Greensboro-High Point airport fire department. And an early history of Guilford County Fire Services, which provided the “crash crew” staffing starting in 1966. The story starts in 1962, with the deadly crash of a military transport and the resulting criticism …

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