This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting. Research alert. New findings about 1840s and 1850s hand engines in Edenton, Greenville, Greensboro (posted earlier), and Raleigh. The clippings (3 of 4) are from “Baltimore Builders of Fire Apparatus, 1823-1964” by the Fire Museum of Maryland, second edition, researched and written by Stephen Heaver, …
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This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting. Random Raleigh history. How many battalion chiefs have served the department, since the position was created (as District Chief) in 1971? By my count, the total is 92. < And expands to 93 this month, with the promotion of D. M. Ali. 1 – H. …
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This is a blog version of an earlier Facebook posting. Random Raleigh history. What are the shortest and longest durations of station closures, between the time that an active engine house was closed and its permanent replacement (either same site or new site) was opened? Believe there are just six such instances, Stations 1, 2, …
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This is a version of an earlier Facebook posting. View photos by Legeros Scenes from a community meeting at New Hope Baptist Church on Monday night, May 9, 2022, to inform and answer questions about a new city-county partnership. On July 1, 2022, the city of Raleigh will begin covering the response district of Wake …
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As we celebrate the centennial anniversary of the Cary Fire Department this year, let’s look at the many connections between CFD and other career departments around Wake County and else in North Carolina. Here’s a new infographic: View JPG | View as PDF
Belated blog posting of prior Facebook posting. Run numbers for Raleigh FD in 2021, unit runs and total calls [incidents]. See prior years, from 1993 forward, in this PDF document. 47,943 – Total Calls 70,684 – Total Runs Unit Runs E1 – 1,728 E2 – 2,162 E3 – 2,508 E4 – 1,385 E5 – 1,358 …
New/improved history charts about Charlotte. Early History – jpg | pdf Early Engine Houses – jpg | pdf See more charts. Learn more about Charlotte fire history.
New history chart. Mecklenburg County fire departments, past ‘n’ present. View as JPG (3.3M) or PDF. See also other charts. Sources: Facebook thread on Legeros Fire Line, 2/24/22. Google drive of over 200 news clippings. Legeros research, including his former fire departments database.
This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from January 24, 2022. Terrible news in Baltimore today, January 24, 2022. Three firefighters dead and fourth in critical condition after the partial collapse at a three-story row house, about 6:00 a.m. Killed were Lt. Paul Butrim, Firefighter/Paramedic Kelsey Sadler, and EMT/Firefighter Kenny Lacayo. Hospitalized and …
This is the time of year that attentions turn to diversity and inclusion. And an occasional question to Mr. History is “who were the first X, Y, Z” in the history of the Raleigh Fire Department. Let’s dig into those old (and newer) milestones, and build a list accordingly. Here we go. Inputs welcome, notably …