Report from Pender County. On June 19, 2025, the county board of commissioners, in a 3-2 vote, approved a plan to bring EMS and fire protection services by four (or three) private agencies under county operation. Shown is the timeline in the proposed merger plan, from this document (PDF). The proposed plan will create a …
Update – March 17, 2026 The renovations were completed in late October/early November 2025. Staff started moving back into their offices on Monday, November 17, 2025. In March 2025, renovations were started at the classroom building at the Keeter Training Center in downtown Raleigh. The project was approved by city council on October 1, 2024, …
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Research notes on Camp Lejeune fire stations, plus a montage of photos created in 2015, with photos by Pete Brock and Lee Wilson (last image). Read research notes (PDF)
At last week’s Wake County Fire Commission, county staff provided information on the long-planned “northern hook” station for far northern Wake County. The site has been selected, a concept design has been created, and a project timeline has been established. Here are the details: Name – Sandy Plains Public Safety Station Agencies Using – Northern …
Remembering the Broughton Hospital Fire Brigade in Morganton. The hospital opened in 1883 as the Western North Carolina Insane Asylum. It was the state’s second psychiatric hospital, after one was established in Raleigh. The new hospital was built on a 283-acre site, just south of downtown Morganton. In 1885 and 1886, two new wings were …
With a number of new fire stations recently opened in Wake County in the last year–Apex, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, two in Knightdale, and Morrisville–let’s look at all engine houses across the county. Here’s a new infographic with their pictures. Photo credits: Google Street View and Legeros. View as JPG (3.9M) | PDF (4.3M)
News from Wayne County. Effective September 1, 2024, Polly Watson Fire Department merged into Nahunta Fire Department. There are now two NFD stations, the main station (Nahunta) on Nahunta Road and a satellite station (Polly Watson) on Highway 581. The departments share 114 years of combined history, organized in 1958 and 1976, respectively.
This is a blog version of a Facebook posting from August 20, 2024. Groundbreaking for new Rocky Mount Fire Station 2 was held on Monday, August 26, 2024. It will replace a 1977 engine house that is located on the same site, at the corner of West Raleigh Boulevard and South Grace Street. The new …
Morning history. This week we’re digging into the history of Winston-Salem’s engine houses, both older and newer. Found some neat notes about the old Station 2 at 301 S. Liberty Street, which everyone knows as the old Salem Town Hall. It became a Winston-Salem fire station when the cities merged in 1913. Learned that the …
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Presenting a map and infographic about early engine houses in Winston and Salem. View as JPG | PDF View selected source materials via Google Drive. Learn more about Winston-Salem fire history by Legeros.