Raleigh Fire Department – Milestones Poster
Here’s a chart of milestones of the Raleigh Fire Department, created in 2013 for the Raleigh Fire Museum. View as PDF.
Archive of posts filed under the Lists, Numbers, Data category.
Visual History of Raleigh Fire Stations
This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from April 2021. New from the Legeros History Labs. Each and every iteration of city fire stations with multiple versions. Plus the training tower and shop. Plus pics of all the one-and-done (to date) stations. View JPG | PDF See other visual histories
Comparing Charlotte’s SouthPark and Raleigh’s Metropolitan Fires
Let’s comparing and contrasting Charlotte’s SouthPark fire (May 2023) and Raleigh’s Metropolitan fire (March 2017). See our prior posting about the Charlotte fire. Charlotte SouthPark Fire May 18, 2023 7740 Liberty Row Drive Five alarms Raleigh Metropolitan Fire March 16, 2017 400 W. North Street Five alarms Building Apartments under construction Seven stories, …
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Raleigh’s Mid-Century Stations
New infographic. Raleigh’s mid-century “template” fire stations, 1959 to 1998.
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 …