Presenting a new history of New Hanover County International Airport’s fire department. See also this posting about the airport’s fire apparatus. Last updated September 26, 2026. 1920s to 1949 1927 – First landing at airport. 1928, May 30 – Airfield named Bluethenthal Field in memory of Arthur Bluethenthal, first person from Wilmington and the second from …
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The Wake County Fire Commission will hold their regular meeting on Thursday, June 2, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., at the Wake County Emergency Services Education Center, 221 S. Rogers Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610. However, the meeting may be moved to virtual or postponed, due to some COVID issues within the office and departments. The agenda …
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The Wake County Fire Commission will hold a special-called meeting on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at 7:00 p.m., at the Wake County Emergency Services Education Center, 221 S. Rogers Lane, Raleigh, NC 27610 . The purpose of the meeting is to receive and approve the proposed FY23 budget, at which point it will become part …
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Random research notes on the history of the Kinston Fire Department. Pre-History 1878 – Lenoir County Court House destroyed by fire. 1880 – Temporary courthouse burns. 1885 – Population 3,000. No fire apparatus. Source: Sanborn. 1891 – Population 2,000. No fire apparatus. Source: Sanborn. 1895 to 1899 1895 – Great fire, destroys two blocks of …
Photo credits, left to right, top to bottom: Shane Nantz, Andrew Messer Collection, Andrew Messer, Mike Legeros, Wikipedia Commons, SVI Trucks. Introduction Research notes on the history of Charlotte FD rescue services (and squad companies), based on a Facebook posting from December 2020. 1949 to 1979 1949 – Charlotte Life Saving Crew organized. [ More history …
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This is a blog version of this Facebook posting. For your Friday reading pleasure, here’s a digitized version of the Rocky Mount Fire Department’s centennial history book. It was published in 1996 and is one of a handful of early NC FD history books.[1] It was scanned from a copy at Wilson Library at the University …
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Celebrating International Women’s Day in March 2019. Top montage created in 2019, bottom three created in 2017. Compiled from a decade-plus of fire photography by Legeros, of women in emergency services around Raleigh, Wake County, Durham, Chapel Hill, and more.
Random historical image. Winston-Salem’s “short” snorkel in action. Was a 75-foot FWD/Baker/Pittman, model year 1964. List of NC snorkels here: https://legeros.com/blog/snorkels-in-north-carolina/ From Hose & Nozzle magazine, March-April 1976.
This is a re-posting of a Blog Archives posting that is no longer available. It was originally posted on June 15, 2010. Contents Introduction Reader Comments Postscript, 2018 – Kidd Brewer Kidnapped Introduction Question from a reader. While walking through the Blue Ridge Road area, he came across Homewood Banks Drive. There, he saw a …
A new firefighting academy for high school students was announced by the town of Chapel Hill on Monday. The town is contributing a fire truck, one of their two 2000 or 2001 International/KME pumpers, which will be dedicated in a ceremony at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Below is their press release. See also this Chapel Hill …
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