This is the third in a series of blog postings about Wake County EMS, and their celebration this year of their 40th anniversary. Read the first posting and second posting. Wake County EMS – Then & Now Comparing the trucks, the equipment, the medics, the call volume, the response areas, and more. View the chart (PDF).
The South Atlantic FIRE RESCUE Expo moves to Charlotte this year (and next year). The annual golf tournament will be held on Monday, August 8, and Tuesday, August 9, at the Verdict Ridge Golf & Country Club in Denver, NC. Shotgun start at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, and 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Plus practice rounds …
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The Raleigh Fire Department Golf Committee has announced their hosting of the 10th Annual Golf Tournament and Fundraiser to support the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF). The tournament will be held on Monday, June 20, 2016, at Bentwinds Golf and Country Club in Fuquay-Varina. See this registration information. And new this year, you can donate …
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From a blog reader (thanks Greg), High Shoals Fire Department in Gaston County changed their name last year to North Gaston Fire Department. They are Station 21 in the county system. HSFD was incorporated as High Shoals Volunteer Fire Department Inc. on June 9, 1960. They changed their name to High Shoals Volunteer Fire and …
Our friends at the Cary Fire Department share these drawings of their new Engine 5, a 2016 Pierce Enforcer, 1500/500, that’s due in late summer. Features include: New York-style hose bed Lowered cross lays Ladders stored with the 24-foot to the outside High-rise pack storage on the passenger side New York hooks mounted to the …
Here’s a montage of Wake County rescue squad ambulances, staged at Carter-Finley Stadium in the fall of 1986 and 1987. Larger versions of each have been posted to the History of EMS in Wake County page on Facebook. Look in the photo albums. Top to bottom, left to right are trucks from Cary, Knightdale, Six …
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From the US National Weather Service Raleigh NC on Facebook: The smoke plume from the fire at Pinnacle Apartments at Crabtree in North Raleigh Saturday afternoon was evident in radar imagery from both the National Weather Service Weather Surveillance Radar in Clayton (KRAX) and the FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar near RDU (TRDU). The radar …
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On Monday night, April 4, 2016, on the eve of a certain championship basketball game, the Chapel Hill Fire Department faced a formidable challenge. How to prepare for tens of thousands of people possibly swarming onto Franklin Street, and potentially starting fires or needing medical assistance? And while providing fire protection to the rest of …
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Here’s your Monday morning treat. Vintage photos of public safety vehicles at North Carolina State University. They were taken by David Raynor in the 1980s. He’s a blog reader, fire buff, and former law officer who lived in Raleigh and Greensboro in his day. We’ve shared some of his vintage pictures before, and will have …
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Acknowledgements: Thanks to a bunch of folks, who helped me gather information as this incident was unfolding yesterday. It takes the proverbial village. Two alarms were struck and many additional units were dispatched at an apartment fire early Saturday evening, located behind Crabtree Valley Mall. And alarming quite a few folks who saw the column …
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