Archive of posts filed under the EMS category.

Fairview Fire Starts First Responder – Carolina Rural Firemen, April 1982

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Vintage article from a publication called Carolina Rural Fireman, in April 1982. Thanks to our friend Joseph Zalkin for finding in his archives. About the first county fire department First Responder program implemented by the Fairview Fire Department. Other early implementations included the City of Raleigh (1977, first field use; 1980, city-wide), Raleigh-Durham Airport (1978), …

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Vintage Film – A Will and a Way, 1975 – The Story of the NC EMS System

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From his archives of retired Wake County EMS veteran Joseph Zalkin comes this 19-minute short film, A Will and a Way – The Story of Emergency Medical Services in North Carolina.  Produced by the North State Office of EMS with a grant from the North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents, it describes the evolution of the …

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Run Card For Reported Shooting at Crabtree Valley Mall

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See photos by Mike Legeros Here’s a run card and narrative about yesterday’s reported shooting at Crabtree Valley Mall. Gunshots were reported on the second floor, near the food court, just after 2:30 p.m. The mall was placed on lockdown, and then evacuated as law officers secured each location. The mall occupants (employees, shoppers) were …

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Celebrate Forty Years of Wake EMS on Thursday, August 4

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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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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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Wake County EMS Unveils Commemorative Ambulance

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This is the second in a series of blog postings about Wake County EMS, and their celebration this year of their 40th anniversary. Read the first posting. Update: See third posting. Wake County EMS last week unveiled a special “retro ambulance,” with green over white colors and vintage graphics to commemorate their 40th anniversary. The …

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A Brief History of Wake County EMS

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This is the first in a series of blog postings about Wake County EMS, and their celebration this year of their 40th anniversary. More coming soon, including a new ambulance revealed this week with retro green-over-white markings! Update: See second posting. See third posting. Meet Russell Capps Let’s begin with a three-minute video featuring original …

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