It’s airport week at Blog Central! Time for some time travel… Raleigh-Durham International Airport has operated four Walter crash trucks in its day, the first being a 1959 Class 1500 that was acquired some time around 1970. Below is the closest we have to a posed photo of the thing. Click to enlarge: News & …
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The Raleigh Fire Department has started producing short informational videos, in the style of the long-running (and now discontinued) FireWatch television series, which was broadcast on the local cable channel RTN. This clip is about the rebuilding of Fire Station 6. See this playlist for all videos to date. View on YouTube
June 23, 2019 Here’s a posting about the entire painter’s log, added to my new digital history library: https://legeros.com/blog/seagrave-paint-log-1906-1951. March 20, 2016 What do the pages of the painter’s log look like? Here’s an example: And here’s a page that mentions Tarboro, North Carolina. Page 119, from 1933. The notation says something like “April 18th, …
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Wake County Fire Services has implemented a new organizational chart, with two new Deputy Director positions reporting to the Fire Service Director, a new Logistics Manager position, and a couple other changes. Let s chat with Fire Services Director Nick Campasano for a closer look. The new structure was originally conceived by [prior Fire Services …
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The next meeting of the Wake County Fire Commission is Thursday, March 17, at the Wake County EMS Training Facility, in the lower level of the Commons Building at 4011 Carya Drive in Raleigh. The meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. Agenda is below. View the meeting documents. Meeting Called to Order: Chairman Lucius Jones Invocation …
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The Redwood Fire Department in Durham County recently received this 2016 Kenworth T-800/U.S. Tanker Patriot elliptical tanker, capacity 3000 gallons, plus pump. Designated Tanker 715. See more photos from Lee Wilson.
December 7 Project updates: Station 5 re-opened on November 10. Station 5 closed on April 11. Engine 5 was relocated to Station 6, as temporary quarters. March 6 The Raleigh Public Record on Friday posted a story by James Borden, with a detailed look at the Fire Station 5 renovation project. The $950,000 renovation was …
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Found on eBay, vintage image of Greensboro’s lighting unit, which appeared in a 1954 ad for Onan. Notes the accompanying ad copy, “built to the specifications of the [department], this power unit incorporates many new ideas. Both sides of the truc, for instance, hold identical equipment. Located in the many steel compartments are four 500-watt …
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March 6 Updated with picture of Camp Lejeune Engine 3, also posted to the aforementioned Facebook group. 1973 Chevrolet/Ward LaFrance, 750/300. Photo credit again Raoul K. Denton Collection. Raoul K. Kenton Collection via Fire Trucks at War on Facebook March 4 Here’s a vintage photo of Camp Lejeune Engine 2, as posted to the excellent …