This is part two of a multi-part series about fireworks incidents and disasters in North Carolina. Read others: Part 1 | Part 3 Part 2 – Asheville Fireworks Store Explosion – December 24, 1936 See source materials in this Google Drive folder. Asheville Fireworks Store Explosion December 24, 1936 On Christmas Eve, 1936, around 10:13 p.m., …
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This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from July 28, 2026. See the source posting for many reader memories. Evening history. More Topsail Island. Let’s go back to Thursday, May 17, 1984, and the fire that destroyed Paradise Pier on West Onslow Beach. Built in [goes here], the 650-foot long pier was a …
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Presenting a history of fire and rescue services on Topsail Island as well as selected nearby fire and rescue departments in Pender and Onslow counties. View visual history: JPG | PDF Read research notes (PDF) View various newspaper clippings in this Google Drive folder. Web page home page Social Postings Legeros Fire Line on Facebook – Search …
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Presenting a visual history of all Raleigh Fire Department fire station relocations. Sources: Base map, legeros.com/ralwake/gallery/maps/raleigh-map.jpg Interactive map, https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1OKMbXpQTvpGWLkEboh3NeKt81W9ByZSk&usp=sharing Source data, https://legeros.com/ralwake/raleigh/stations/
Remembering the major wildland fire in May 1986, that burned some 73,000 acres in the Holly Shelter area of Pender county, and during a period of severe drought. One of North Carolina’s largest wildfires of the decade, it threatened numerous homes and closed portions of U.S. 17 and N.C. 210. It required extensive use of …
This is part one of a multi-part series about fireworks incidents and disasters in North Carolina. Read others: Part 2 | Part 3 Part 1 – Dixie Fireworks Company Explosion – Zebulon, NC – October 26, 1939 See source materials in this Google Drive folder. Background On October 12, 1937, the Zebulon Record ran a front-page …
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Presenting research notes and more on the history of rescue services and EMS in Brunswick County. Resources View family tree graphic: JPG | PDF Read research notes (PDF) View various newspaper clippings in Google Drive folder. See more Legeros EMS histories. Related Social Postings Legeros Fire Line on Facebook – Search For “Brunswick” Examples: Oak Island EMS – Old …
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This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from September 10, 2022. Early history of Long Beach Rescue Squad on Oak Island. From Wolfgang Furstenau’s 1995 book “Long Beach – A North Carolina Town: Its Origin and History,” from a copy in the collection of the North Carolina Heritage and Government Library in Raleigh. …
Presenting research notes on the history of Coastline Volunteer Rescue Squad in Brunswick County. Check back, as we’re still updating. Last updated July 13, 2026. Contents Timeline November 2019 – County Commissioners Meeting Minutes June 2020 – County Commissioners Meeting Minutes Timeline 1976 – Rescue squad organized “after a resident in Holden Beach pleaded for …
Effective July 5, 2026, Pender EMS & Fire and Penderlea VFD are merging with Pender County. Details to come on deployment of new Pender County Fire Services equipment and facilities. Pender County Fire Stations # Agency Address Historical Changes 1 Pender EMS & Fire (HQ) 805 Ridgewood Ave., Burgaw Merge to county 9 …