July 17 Our friends at North Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue have provided extensive additional details about their new truck, as well as photos and a historical perspective. The new Truck 714 is a 2016 Pierce Arrow XT mid-mount platform, 95-foot. It features a 2000 GPM Hale pump, a 300 gallon poly tank, a 500HP Detroit …
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Here's take one of a list of the water rescues in Raleigh and Wake County, from Saturday morning through early Sunday morning. Awaiting data from Cary. Another post coming about the two rescues of rescuers, on Old Stage Road and Rose Lane. Address Units Time Notes Southgate & Proctor E3, L4, R1, M2, B5, B2 ...
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The New Hope Fire Department in Wayne County has posted these pictures of their Engine 1, which was rear-ended yesterday while responding to a call. It was struck by a tractor-drawn gasoline tanker on Highway 70 Bypass near mile marker 336, at the emergency turnaround. There were no injuries, nor was there any leak from …
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Who wants to watch some videos? The Raleigh Fire Museum has digitized a few more videos of Raleigh Fire Department recruit academies, from selected years between 1996 and 2002. The converted videotape recordings have been added to our YouTube channel, and are also listed on our web site, along with other academy videos, and historic …
July 10 Answers are… Charlotte Decon 1, GMC step van – October 1996 Durham rescue, red car, and small truck – March 1986 Greensboro white car, 1979 Chevy Malibu – July 1985 Fort Bragg Engine 11 – June 1988 Guilford College Chemical 39 – October 1987 Raleigh Engine 3, 1986 EEI/Pemfab – 1987 Click to …
Belated news from Lenoir County. On July 1, the Kinston Department of Public Safety was split into separate fire and police departments. Local news–Kinston Free Press, WITN–have been covering same. The departments merged in 2004, when a special response unit was created of fourteen cross-trained police officers and firefighters. The split originated after the retirement …
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Found for sale on eBay is this postcard view of Henderson Engine 5, a 1970s (?) Ford/Howe pumper-tanker. The back reads “North Carolina Fire Apparatus post cards, from the collection of Tony D. Kelly. Collection consists of approximately 200 cards such as this one for trade.” And with his address of “Kinston, NC, 28501.” The …
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By George Mills, a former Chief of Bay Leaf VFD Last year Mike asked to me write a posting about antique fire trucks. Here’s that article from August 2015, where I wrote about several restored and decaying American LaFrance rigs in North Carolina. This time I’m write about my antiques. Beginning with my first, a …
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Here’s an easy means of monitoring Raleigh City Council minutes and agendas, and/or news releases for mention of your favorite topics. Say, the fire department: Sign up for the MyRaleigh Subscriptions service. Select such options as City Council, News Releases, and NewsCor. City Council minutes will arrive as email messages with links to Word documents. …
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The city has received a $151,155 grant from the federal government, to install fire sprinkler systems at Station 2 and Station 15. Both of the facilities are part of a multi-year, multi-million dollar project to update fourteen older (legacy) fire stations. See page 14 of last year’s five-year strategic planning document (PDF) for more details. …