Last updated May 20, 2024. How many Aerialscopes served in North Carolina, over the decades? Here’s a montage plus list. Avery County 1976 Mack CF/Baker – 0/0/75′ – Lee Wilson photo Ex-Cherry Hill Twp, NJ. Sold to Blackstone, VA, in 2003. Boone 1987 Mack/Baker – 0/0/85′ – Lee Wilson photo Ex-demo unit? Chassis #CF688, FAPS-1161 …
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)
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 …
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).
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 …
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 …
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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Updated December 2022 with content from archive blog postings, replacing links to pages no longer available. Back in 2009, we published a series of blog postings, listing vintage fire cause reports from around North Carolina from the late 1940s through the late 1950s, as (a.) reported to the State Insurance Commissioner’s office, (b.) compiled by …
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Updated on December 11, 2022. Chart has been pushed to production, version 1.0. Here’s a draft of a Durham fire history chart, created in early 2020 during a run on DFD research. Let’s revisit and push the thing to production, shall we? View as JPG | View as PDF | Or via this Google Drive See …
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New infographic. North Carolina fire apparatus colors. See originating Facebook posting from August 2021. See PDF version.