We recently paid a visit to the Charlotte Fire Department’s new headquarters. Opened last year, the two-story, 36,000 square-foot facility is located at 500 Dalton Avenue. That’s just north of uptown, on a prominent parcel between Statesville Avenue and North Graham Street. The triangular, ten-acre site was last occupied by a Sealtest plant and office …
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Looking for major fires in North Carolina fire stations over the years and decades (and centuries). 2014, June 22 – North River-Laurel Road FD at 839 Merrimon Road in Carteret County – Fire started in apparatus bay and destroyed all three trucks and equipment. Believed to have started by 1991 Mack/Ward LaFrance (correct?) pumper/tanker. Bay …
January 8 Fleet listing added. January 7 Here’s a picture of Cary Engine 9, a 2003 Pierce Dash 1250/500. The town’s ninth engine company was placed in service on December 14, when Engine 2 and Rescue 2 relocated from their prior quarters 875 S.E. Maynard Road at to a new station at 601 E. Chatham …
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Cary opened their ninth fire station late last month. Where does that place them in department rankings by station count, across North Carolina? Here’s the current data. Advise corrections. 42 – Charlotte28 – Raleigh25 – Greensboro19 – Winston-Salem17 – Fayetteville16 – Durham14 – High Point12 – Asheville11 – Concord10 – Camp Lejeune10 – Wilmington9 – …
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The opening of Cary’s new fire station this week gets me thinking. How many newly constructed fire stations have opened in Raleigh and Wake County? Let’s take a look… Criteria: Purpose-built as a fire station, or Purpose-built to house a fire department. Thus can include town hall buildings or other combination structures Answer: At least …
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