Celebrate Forty Years of Wake EMS on Thursday, August 4

Wake County EMS will celebrate four decades of service to the community at a public event in downtown Raleigh on Thursday night, August 4, at 7:00 p.m. at Meymandi Concert Hall, at the Duke Energy for the Perform Arts. Or what we called Memorial Auditorium back in the day. They’ll be celebrating their history and …

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Kinston Public Safety Splits Into Fire, Police Departments

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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Updated – Wake County Fire Commission Meetings – May 5 & May 12, 2016

May 10, 2016 Here’s the agenda for the May 12 meeting. See accompanying agenda packet (PDF): Meeting Called to Order: Chairman Lucius Jones Invocation Roll of Members Present Public Comments Comments from the public will be received at the time appointed by the Chairman of the FireCommission for 30 minutes maximum time allotted, with a …

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Wake County Fire Commission Meeting – January 21, 2016

The next meeting of the Wake County Fire Commission is Thursday, January 21, at the Wake County EMS Training Facility, located in the basement of the Wake County Commons Building, 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 …

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Meet the New Blog

Welcome to the new version of Legeros Fire Blog. Effective January 1, 2016, the original blog site has been retired. It will remain active as an archives location. This new blog has some neat new features, including Facebook comments available per posting. Thanks your patience as deployment is concluded, and any remaining construction items are ...

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