Archive of entries posted by Mike Legeros

Comparing Numbers of Minority Firefighters in North Carolina’s Largest Cities

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The Fayetteville Observer today includes this story by Andrew Barksdale about the Fayetteville Fire Department’s efforts to improve the number of minority firefighters. Solid story, though invoking quite a few negative reactions among readers, at least on the paper’s Facebook posting of the story. (Yeah, yeah, never read the comments after a story. It’ll just …

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Articulated All-Terrain Aerial Platform Fire Truck From South Africa

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Lee Wilson found this one, and shared on social media. Would you believe a converted Caterpillar 740B articulated all-terrain construction vehicle converted into a heavy-duty fire truck complete with aerial platform? Cobra Petro Projects built the thing which is believed to be a world’s first. (At least with the aerial platform added. We’ve seen similar …

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Cary Fire Chief Changes in 1966 & 1967

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Found a pair of Hose & Nozzle magazine issues from early 1967, that tell about the fire chief changes in Cary during the time. Editorial notes are interspersed: March-April 1967: Matthews Named Chief at Cary Retired RALEIGH Fire Captain [wrong, was Asst. Chief, see below] Lee Matthews has been named acting chief of the Cary …

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Raleigh & Wake County Fire Station News & Updates

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What s happening with fire station construction and/or planning around Raleigh and Wake County? Here’s your spring 2016 update, for both municipal and county departments. Sources are direct queries to nearly every Fire Chief in the county, or their staff. Plus sundry budget documents or news stories. Thanks all for answering my questions. Signed, Planning …

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Remembering the Fire Station at Memorial Auditorium

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Did you know that Memorial Auditorium once contained a fire station? The performance hall that’s today called the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts was dedicated in August 1932 as “War Memorial Auditorium.” It was named as it was a memorial to the solders that died in World War I, and replaced the earlier …

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Two Alarms on Pumpkin Ridge Way on Saturday

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Two alarms were struck in northeast Raleigh late Saturday afternoon, with two duplexes damaged after an accidental outdoor fire started. Engine 21 was dispatched to 2420 Pumpkin Ridge Way at 5:21 p.m. for an outside fire. Within a minute it was upgraded with a structure fire response dispatched at 5:22 p.m. and adding E27, E11, …

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Old Fire Protection Systems at Old Hillsborough Mill

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See prior posting about the fire. On Friday, May 20, a historic mill building burned in Hillsborough. Eight fire departments battled the late afternoon blaze. The “weaving room” was destroyed on the former site of Bellevue Manufacturing Company, an industrial property built beginning in the 1900s-1920s. It was last occupied in 2000. The site was …

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Durham City, County – Proposed Budgets for FY17

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Here are the notable fire and EMS items in the recently announced budgets for the City of Durham and Durham County. Durham City – Add two fire inspector positions – Completion of construction of replacement Fire Station 9 – Planning for 30 firefighters in FY18, to staff new Station 17 (Leesville Road) – Planning for …

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Cary’s Proposed Budget and a Bunch of Planned Fire Stations

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The Town of Cary the other week announced their proposed budget for FY17. Notable items for the fire department are: Fire Station 9 on Walnut Street New ladder company with thirteen positions for northwest side of town (probably Station 7) New ladder truck, for above new company Replacement pumper. Recall this recent Cary News story[*]  …

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Historic Mill Building Burns in Hillsborough – Recap, Run Card, etc.

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Updates: See later posting about site – See site photos from February – Video clip added: View on YouTube Apologies for belated posting! Fire destroyed a portion of a historic mill building in Hillsborough on Friday evening. Orange Rural Fire Department, which protects the town, was dispatched along with mutual aid at 4:54 p.m. Location …

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