Been open a week. Left to right are exits for Ladder 8, Battalion 2, and Engine 12.
Car 20, the shift commander (Division Chief), exits through rear middle.
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Here’s a clip of the doors opening as the drone pulls away. Needs trucks rolling. Next time.
Plus, as posted earlier on Twitter and Facebook, here are those amazing doors in action:
August 16, 2018
Here’s an audio recording of the work session, by Legeros. Using phone, in pocket. Apologies for quality.
Download audio. (MP3, 84 M)
Summary:
August 12, 2018
The Wake County Fire Commission meets for a work session on Thursday, August 19, 2018, at the Wake County Emergency Services Training Center, 220 S. Rogers Lane, Suite 160. Meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
There’s one topic on the agenda, continued from the July 19 meeting: the proposed closure and district realignment of Fairview Station 2.
No vote is planned. Nor will public comments be received.
Agenda
Found for sale on eBay, scans of photographs of the Frisco (Dare) and Triangle (Davidson) fire departments. Both from the 1970s, say seller notes. The Frisco picture is a grayscale scan from the seller.
July 28, 2018
Summer update on Raleigh Fire Department facility plans. Station 12 is almost ready. Station 14 has started site preparation. Station 6 has resumed work. More renovations are coming. Station 30 is now Station 13. And more.
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| Facility | Project Type | Project Location | Project Notes |
| Sta 1 | Replace | TBD | Programming complete. Site selection still underway, in area of Convention Center. Funding for multi-year project started in FY18. Renovation or rebuild on current site feasibility study. |
| Sta 3 | Replace | 900 block Rock Quarry Road | Land acquired, former state property, department of corrections. Funding to be requested in FY20. |
| Sta 6 | Rebuild | 2601 Fairview Road | Site preparation completed. Structural work started in mid-July. Footers being poured. Expected completion spring 2019. See photos. |
| Sta 10 | Renovate | 2711 Sanderford Road | RFQ (request for qualifications) to be released for design services in August 2018. |
| Sta 11 | Renovate/ Expand |
2925 Glenridge Road | Design complete. Ladder 2 relocates to Sta 15 in Aug/Sep, upon receiving new apparatus. Engine 11 to relocate to Sta 7 and construction to begin in fall 2018. |
| Sta 12 | Relocate | 807 Bus Way | Construction complete. Expected to start operation in second week of August. See photos. |
| Sta 13 | New | 1514 Ronald Drive | Land acquired. Construction funds to be requested in FY20. |
| Sta 14 | Relocate | 3510 Harden Road | Site work started in July. Expected completion in summer/fall 2019. See photos. |
| Sta 15 | Renovate | 1815 Spring Forest Road | Sprinkler system added in 2017. Design ongoing and bid to correspond with completion of Station 11 renovation/expansion project. |
| Sta 22 | Relocate | 10050 Durant Road | Relocating Engine 22 to temp facility at Falls of Neuse water plant by November 2018. Ladder 5 to relocate to Sta 25. Design process underway for new station. |
| Sta 23 | Relocate | Pinecrest & Westgate area | Land acquisition funding to be requested in future budget year. Lease renewed for five additional years with Durham Highway FD. |
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The Garner Fire Department has relocated their administrative offices. They moved into new space this month at 914 7th Avenue, a town building that previously served as a temporary town hall, while the new one was being built.
Their new HQ as built in 1997 and has 18,072 square-feet, say tax records. Previously a commercial property, used for medical offices and a bank. They relocated from 120 E. Main Street, a location they occupied since February 2016. (See prior blog posting.) They moved into the new location on July 1.
The new and significantly larger space (approximately 10,000 feet, upgraded from less than 2,000 square feet) allows the department to house all of their administrative staff, logistical supplies, uniforms, physical files, and fire prevention supplies under one roof.
They’ve also added a secondary training room, so administrative needs don’t compete with operational training programs. And they now have space dedicated for plans for review, for both town and county technical review processes.
Housed at and using the space are the Fire Chief, Deputy Chief, Assistant Chief, Battalion Shift, Executive Assistant, the part-time Administrative Assistant, and any light-duty personnel.
Props to Chiefs Poole, Herman, Lindsey; Captain Smith, and Aerial Smith for their work on the project. They were all involved in creating and designing the space.
The new location also adds another component to the town campus concept. The Town Hall, the Wake County library, Garner Police, and Garner Fire are all within walking distance from each other.
Click to enlarge these photos, from Google Maps and Garner Fire-Rescue:
Edit history: Updated text references and file name of handout in the linked materials. They were provided by a concerned citizen, and not by the Fairview FD as originally noted. (July 21)
July 20, 2018
Audio recording (by Legeros) plus presentation slides (Wake County, Garner FD) and handouts (Wake County, concerned citizen) are available here.
Last night’s fire commission meeting consisted largely of presentations, public comments, and discussion about a single agenda item: a proposed concept of closing Fairview Station 2 and realigning their insurance district for a new Garner fire station.
There were some 75 people attending, an unusually large crowd. Plus three television cameras. Google for news stories.
The (Somewhat) Short Version
Here’s a summary of that proposal:
The Garner town limits on the west/southwest side of town extend to the intersection of Ten Ten Road and Highway 401. Though it’s a small area, the town’s extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ) is much larger, and covers a larger area north of Ten Ren Road, and east of Lake Wheeler Road. Here’s a map, from 2017.
The town and the Garner Fire Department (currently a private entity) have been planning for / projecting the need for a fire station in that area since 2010. The town expanded their ETJ, as noted above, into that area in 2016/2017.
Presented a deep dive into the history of both fire protection and fire service governance in Wake County. The research notes were originally compiled in 2016 and undergo occasional updates.
Read research notes (PDF)
Selected Milestones
Infographics
New history chart!
Fire departments of Oak Island in Brunswick County:
This one’s a little less complete than usual. Done entirely through remote research. And includes a few standing question. Will revise as more info is found. See earlier posting about these departments and their histories.
From page 51 of the previously posted Charlotte Fire Department annual report of calendar year 1953, here’s a neat summary of the rescue squad organization’s activities, members, and assets. Their equipment included three iron lungs!
The Charlotte Rescue and First Aid Squad was a private corporation that was chartered in July 1947. They were one of the oldest in the state, preceded only by Winston-Salem Rescue Squad, chartered in February 1947.
What’s the later history of the organization? Good question! Maybe readers can help.
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For your Sunday reading, annual reports of the Charlotte Fire Department for the calendar years 1937 and 1953.
Lots of interesting information and great hand-drawn graphics. The 1953 report also includes hand-drawn pictures of each front-line apparatus!
Scanned from bound copies at Wilson Library at the University of North Carolina, during a recent visit.
Read the reports: 1937 (PDF, 9MB) | 1953 (PDF, 7MB)
