Raleigh’s Mid-Century Stations
New infographic. Raleigh’s mid-century “template” fire stations, 1959 to 1998.
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Raleigh Fire Department History – Charts and Data
Updated on February 24, 2023, with additional charts showing fire station growth. Updated on January 11, 2023, with additional charts: extra-alarm fires and recruit graduating class sizes. Random data play about the Raleigh Fire Department. These charts originally appeared as postings on Legeros Fire Line on Facebook. They were created using Excel. Growth Trends – Number …
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Charlotte Airport Fire History
Let’s build a history of airport fire protection in Charlotte. Update, February 24, 2023. Migrated to PDF format. See this document: https://legeros.com/history/charlotte/charlotte-airport-fire-history.pdf See also this fleet roster: https://legeros.com/history/fleets/charlotte-airport.pdf See also this infographic on early NCANG ARFF rigs: https://legeros.com/history/charts/content/ncang-crash-trucks.pdf
Aerialscopes of North Carolina
Flash montage. Aerialscopes of North Carolina. Details below. Avery County 1976 Mack CF/Baker – 0/0/75′ – Ex-???? – Lee Wilson photo Boone 1987 Mack/Baker – 0/0/85′ – Ex-demo unit? – Lee Wilson photo Civietown (Brunswick) 1971 Mack/Baker + 1991 H&W refurb – 0/0/75′ – Ex-King County, WA – Micah Bodford photo Cleveland (Rowan) 1978 Mack/Banker, …
Tractor Drawn Tankers in North Carolina
Presenting a master list of all tractor-drawn tankers that have served in North Carolina, including foam units and Air Force runway foamers. View the document (PDF)
Snorkels in North Carolina
Last updated February 6, 2023 – Content converted from web page to PDF document. This is a re-posting of a Legeros Blog Archives posting from December 21, 2013, that’s no longer available on the old site, due to technical problems. Presenting a master list of all articulating platforms, including snorkels, that have served in North …
Understanding Alarm Levels in Wake County
Presenting an explanation of fire and EMS alarm levels in Raleigh and Wake County. Compiled over the last couple weeks, for the benefit of local fire buff and scanner listeners. Raleigh Fire Cary/Apex/Morrisville (CAM) Fire Wake County Fire (General) Wake County EMS RDU Alert Levels Read document (PDF).
Oren Fire Apparatus in North Carolina
Let’s start a list of Oren apparatus that served in North Carolina. Pictured rigs marked with (*): *Burlington – 1940 Diamond T/Oren – #RW&E-1363 – Legeros photo *Cape Fear Rural (Lee) – 1953 Ford/Oren – Engine 51 – Lee Wilson photo *Charlotte – 1953 Ford Big Job/Oren, 500/1000 – Engine 10 at Morris Field, high-pressure unit …
Raleigh Run Numbers – 2022
Here are the Raleigh run numbers for 2022. Historical numbers in this PDF document. Overall 53,238 – Total Incidents 77,425 – Total Per Unit Runs Unit Runs E1 – 1,945 E2 – 2,494 E3 – 2,943 E4 – 1,500 E5 – 1,615 E6 – 1,505 Sq7 – 3,014 E8 – 2,114 E9 – 2,088 E10 …
Raleigh Fire Department Recruit Academy 48 Graduation
The Raleigh Fire Department’s largest recruit class ever graduated last night, on Wednesday, December 29, 2022. The ceremony was conducted at the Raleigh Convention Center, with retiring Division Chief of Professional Development David Whitley giving the keynote address. Three awards were given out, recognizing Joseph Harris as Valedictorian, Chase Johnson as Lt. Herman “Greg” Ellis, …
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