Last updated March 19, 2024
Here’s a master list of all motorized tractor-drawn aerial ladders (tillers) (plus one tiller rescue) past ‘n’ present ‘n’ future in North Carolina. Will update going forward, with newer deliveries. May expand with models and other details:
| Asheville | 1923 American LaFrance Type 17-6, 75-foot | |
| Asheville | 2018 KME, 101-foot | |
| Asheville | Ordered in 2021, KME rescue tiller | |
| Beaufort | 1997 Seagrave, 100-foot |
Acquired 2017, ex-Hillandale VFD in Montgomery County, MD. Disposed 2021 to Coatesville, PA |
| Boone | 1942 Seagrave, 100-foot | Acquired 1976, ex-Easton, PA. Used until 1981-82. |
| Cary | 2019 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 1500/200/107-foot – 1 of 2 | |
| Cary | 2019 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 1500/200/107-foot – 2 of 2 | |
| Cary | 2020 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 1500/200/107-foot | |
| Charlotte | 1917 American LaFrance Type 17-6, 75-foot | |
| Charlotte | 1974 Ward LaFrance Diplomat/LTI, 100-foot | |
| Charlotte | 2005 Pierce Arrow XT, 105-foot – #1 of 2 | Acquired 2022 for driver training. Ex-Montgomery County, MD |
| Charlotte | 2005 Pierce Arrow XT, 105-foot – #2 of 2 | Acquired 2022 for driver training. Ex-Montgomery County, MD |
| Charlotte | Ordered in 2022, Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 2000/200/107-foot | |
| Civietown (Brunswick Co.) |
1979 Mack/1958 American LaFrance |
Acquired 2006, ex-Raleigh, ex-Wendell. Sold 2007? |
| Concord | 2024 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 2000/200/107-foot | |
| Concord | Ordered – Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 2000/200/107-foot | Second tiller |
| Concord | Ordered – Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 2000/200/107-foot | Third tiller |
| Cornelius-Lemley (Meck. Co.) |
1989 Seagrave, 100-foot | Acquired 1999, ex-Richmond, ex-Bedford, VA |
| Cornelius-Lemley (Meck. Co.) |
2016 Seagrave, 100-foot | |
| Durham | 1926 American LaFrance Type 17-6, 75-foot | |
| Greensboro | 1920 American LaFrance Type 17-6, 75-foot | |
| Greenville | 2021 Pierce Velocity Ascendant, 1500/200/107-foot | |
| High Point | 1924 American LaFrance Type 17-6, 75-foot | |
| High Point | 1967 Seagrave KT, 100-foot | |
| High Point | 2004 Pierce Dash, 1500/200/100-foot | Placed in reserve in 2019 |
| High Point | 2019 Pierce Arrow XT, 107-foot | |
| Holly Springs (Wake Co) |
2021 Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 1500/300/107-foot | |
| Knightdale (Wake Co) |
Ordered in 2023, Pierce Enforcer, 1500/200/107-foot | |
| Leland (Brunswick Co) | Ordered in 2022, KME. | |
| Mount Holly (Gaston Co) | Ordered in 2022, Pierce Enforcer Ascendant, 1500/300/107-foot | |
| Providence (Union Co) | 1953 Pirsch, 100-foot | Acquired in TBD, ex-Oakland, CA |
| Raleigh | 1916 American LaFrance Type 17-6, 75-foot | |
| Raleigh | 1939 American LaFrance 500 Series tractor, for above | |
| Raleigh | 1958 American LaFrance 700 Series, 100-foot | |
| Raleigh | 1979 Mack MC tractor, for above | |
| Raleigh | 2004 Pierce Arrow XT, 1500/300/100-foot | Retired after rollover accident in 2009. Sold for scrap. |
| Raleigh | 2010 Pierce Arrow XT, 1500/300/100-foot | |
| Raleigh | 2015 Pierce Arrow XT, 1500/200/100-foot | |
| Raleigh | 2017 Pierce Arrow XT, 1500/200/100-foot | |
| Raleigh | 2018 Pierce Arrow XT, 1500/200/107-foot | |
| Rocky Mount | 1919 American LaFrance Type 17-6, 65-foot | |
| Rocky Mount | 1956 American LaFrance 700 Series, 85-foot | |
| Swansboro | Ordered in 2024, KME | |
| Wake Forest | 2007 Crimson/Spartan, 103-feet | Acquired 2019, for training, ex-Boise, ID |
| Wake Forest | 2021 Spartan Gladiator, 1500/200/105-foot | |
| Wendell | 1979 Mack/1958 American LaFrance |
Acquired 1999, ex-Raleigh. Disposed 2006 to Civietown FD |
| Wilmington | 1917 American LaFrance Type 17-4, 75-foot | |
| Wilmington | 1938 American LaFrance Series 500 tractor for above | |
| Wilmington | 1963 Seagrave | |
| Wilmington | 2014 Pierce Velocity PUC, 1500/300/100-foot | |
| Winston-Salem | 1937 Pirsch, 85-foot | Delivered May 25, 1937. Senior Aerial, Pirsch #975, Hoist #H-20. Two-section, wooden aerial. |
| Winston-Salem | 1955 Seagrave | |
| Winston-Salem | 2018 KME, 2000/0/101-foot | |
| Winston-Salem | Ordered in 2020, KME |
Plus a couple horse-drawn tillers, way back when…
Big thanks to Andrew Messer, for his western/central NC apparatus data.
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