On January 6, 2018, the Raleigh Fire Department activated a fifth haz-mat station. On that date, personnel and equipment were transferred to Station 18 at 8200 Morgan’s Way. Haz-Mat 5 and the foam trailer were moved there. They are a 2002 International/SVI medium-duty rescue truck re-purposed as a spill control unit, and a 2012 Combat Support …
News from Asheville. They’re getting a tiller! KME won the bid, over Smeal and Seagrave. 101-foot, stick only. No pump, no tank. Due for delivery this year. It’ll be Asheville’s first tiller since 1923, which was its first motorized TDA. Click to enlarge this proposal drawing: Current Tiller Count What’s the current tiller count, statewide? Asheville – …
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Found this the other week: Western Wake Fire Station #2 – Evaluation and Application of Fire Commission’s Closure Criteria. From 2008 or abouts. (It’s undated.) View the document (22MB, PDF). The document detailed the recommendation to close Western Wake Fire Station #2, to reduce cost and improve service through contracted fire protection with the town of …
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This afternoon, the Wake County Board of Commissioners approved the design for the Wendell Falls Fire/EMS Station. These four documents (PDF) were part of the presentation: Project Cost Summary Programmatic Space Summary Presentation Slides Agenda Item The joint facility will be located on 2.76 acres on Taylor Road, about 500 feet from Wendell Falls Parkway. This …
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From the Jacksonville Daily News on February 21, three fire departments in Jones and Onslow County are planning a merger. They began discussions in December, with a merger plan presented at a February 20 meeting. The merger is expected to take effect on July 1. Details on each department: Maysville Fire & EMS, Inc.Jones County404 Main …
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July 1 At midnight, Stony Hill Fire Chief A.C. Rich gave the final broadcast of the Stony Hill Rural Fire Department, as they signed off effect at 00:00 hours, and began operation as part of the new Northern Wake Fire Department. Listen to that radio traffic. June 30 Northern Wake Fire Department begins operation on …
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This is a blog archives posting from October 24, 2013, and re-posted here as the original is unavailable due to technical issues. October 24 Effective this month, the Surf City Volunteer Fire Department has merged with the recently created Pender Fire and EMS. As earlier parts of this posting note (click READ MORE), the private …
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Proposed budgets for FY18 have been announced of late, for local cities and counties. Here’s what’s happening on the fire department and fire service fronts, in those proposed budgets released thus far: Raleigh Salary range adjustments for firefighters, part of changes to compensation system for fire and police. Includes such adjustments as:Starting pay will increase to …
The City of Durham opened a new fire station this week, Station 9 relocated to Midland Terrace. Watch this space for that story. Meanwhile, let’s look at drawings of Station 17, planned for 5503 Leesville Road. That’ll add a third fire station to Leesville Road, after Durham County Station 84 at 7305 Leesville Road, and Raleigh Station 29 …
Diagram of the first original locations of the Six Forks Fire Department. They were organized in 1956, and incorporated on June 5. Their first fire engine was a 1956 Ford/American/Barton pumper housed in a converted barn behind Howell’s Store at 4129 Six Forks Road. The structure was begin used as such by September 1956. Their …
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