Diagram of the first original locations of the Six Forks Fire Department. They were organized in 1956, and incorporated on June 5. 

Their first fire engine was a 1956 Ford/American/Barton pumper housed in a converted barn behind Howell’s Store at 4129 Six Forks Road. The structure was begin used as such by September 1956.

Their second fire station was a tin structure in the 4400 block of Six Forks Road, about mid-block. It housed the 1956 pumper and a military surplus 6×6 tanker. The fire station was erected by March 1959.

Read more about the history of the Six Forks Fire Department.

Below is a modern GIS map and a March 1959 aerial photo. The GIS map is annotated based on the aerial photo.

The aerial photo is cropped from a larger version that was annotated by Ron Jones on the Facebook group You knew you grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, when…

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