Montford Avenue “Fire Department” Organized in Asheville, 1907
Here’s some amusing fire history, from a friend, from the Asheville Citizen, February 10, 1907. Read closely. Click to enlarge:
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Ladies Auxiliary Scrapbooks… Digitized!
The Raleigh Fire Museum has partnered with DigitalNC to present scrapbooks as created by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Raleigh Fire Fighters Association. The books were photographed and indexed last month at Wilson Library at UNC. They’re now available for digital viewing. The auxiliary was formed in 1952, by wives of Raleigh firefighters. They created …
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Vintage Photo of Wilkinson Boulevard Ambulance, 1976
Found this in the November-December 1976 issue of Hose & Nozzle magazine. Ambulance operated by Wilkinson Boulevard Fire Department in Mecklenburg County. [ Was that typical or atypical of Meck departments at the time? Operating squads? ] WBFD was one of the first rural fire departments in North Carolina. They operated from 1943 to 1984, when they …
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Durham Receives New Rescue Truck, 1973
From the July-August 1973 issue of Hose & Nozzle. Memo to self, update my blog history of Durham city/county rescue services.
Chapel Hill Town Minutes – 1896 to 1922
Presenting a deep-dive into Chapel Hill FD history, via a transcription of town minutes excerpts [both exact and paraphrased]**, originally recorded in typewritten form. Date of original unknown. Likely compiling all references to fires and fire protection, from the first decades of the town’s governance. Photographed from a copy in the CHFD archives, with optical character …
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Chapel Hill Airport Burns – January 11, 1941
From the Daily Tar Heel, January 12, 1941, via Digital NC / North Carolina Newspapers: Airport Burns; Seven CAA Planes Destroyed Defective Wiring Attributed Cause By Bucky Harward All ten airplanes and the hangar at the University airport were completely demolished last night between 7 and 8 o’clock by a fire which resulted from a …
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Contract for New Chapel Hill Fire House – August 1921
From excerpts of town minutes, as recorded as a nine-page typed document for the fire department. Aug. 9, 1921 – P.154 Contract for new Fire House with J. T. Squires for $3,988. 18 X 40 ft. inside. Wall foundation to be 21″ thick; 1st story 13″ thick; 2nd story 8″ thick. 1st floor to be 4″ …
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Remembering the Raleigh Riots, April 1968
This month marks a grim anniversary–fifty years since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. He was shot at a motel in Memphis and pronounced dead at 6:05 p.m. EST. Riots soon erupted across the state* and nation**. It was the greatest wave of social unrest in the United States …
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Mystery Rigs
From somewhere around here. Can you name the department and the make, model, and year? Or join the conversation over at Legeros Fire Line on Facebook. Click to enlarge:
Vintage Photo of Greensboro Civil Defense Rescue Squad
Found for sale on eBay, vintage photo of Greensboro’s 1967 International/Boyertown Civil Defense rescue squad. Model year is more likely 1962, as cited on this page of history about Guilford County Fire Services. It was delivered in the fall of 1962 and operated as city-county rescue unit. That said, other sources have cited the vehicle …
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