Run Numbers for Raleigh, 2017

Here are the run numbers for the Raleigh Fire Department for 2017.

Total calls: 42,207
Total runs: 59,334

Busiest engines:

  • E3 – 2,695
  • E12 – 2,542
  • E11 – 2,535
  • E15 – 2,429
  • E19 – 2,414

Busiest ladders:

  • L4 – 2,216
  • L2 – 2,080
  • L3 – 1,074

Busiest battalion chief:

  • Bat 5 – 821

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Second Striker Delivered at Airport

Whoops, this planned posting didn’t get posted during Christmas week!

Raleigh-Durham International Airport has received their second Striker!

This 2017 Oshkosh Global Striker 6×6, 1250/3000/420/450# was delivered on Sunday, December 14, 2017. Click to enlarge:

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Pictures are screen grabs from this nifty short video from RDU, featuring Captain Will Patterson:

Specifications include:

  • Oshkosh Global Striker 6×6
  • Water: 3000 gallons
  • Foam: 420 gallons, 3% AFFF
  • Dry Chemical: 450 pounds of Purple K (Nitrogen Propellant)
  • Bumper/Primary Turret: 1250 GPM (high flow)/ 625 GPM (low flow), dry chemical capable, low attack capable
  • Roof/Secondary Turret: 1250 GPM (high flow)/ 625 GPM (low flow)
  • Engine:  Deutz TCD 16.0L V8, 670 HP, 1950 ft. lbs. of torque at 1400 RPM, US Tier 3
  • Transmission: Allison Gen 4 Model 4800 EVS automatic
  • Suspension: Oshkosh TAK-4 independent system

Read complete specs (PDF).

Current Crash Trucks

The new truck will join a 2016 Oshkosh Striker, 3000/420/450#/460# with 50-foot snozzle, that was delivered in April 2016, and placed in service in September. Read blog post.


Mike Legeros photo

The new CFR 3 will replace a 2000 Oshkosh TI-1500, 1500/210/450#. That truck was one of three white 2000 Oshkosh TI crash trucks delivered that year, a TI-3000 and two TI-1500s. CFR 4 was replaced last year with the 2016 Striker and subsequently sold.


Mike Legeros photo

The two Strikers are the airport’s first new yellow trucks since the 1990s. Read more about the airport’s fleet of fire apparatus, past ‘n’ present

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Can You Unscramble the Scramble Scramble?

The Winston-Salem Fire Department has a new gold leaf design, as reported in this Winston-Salem Journal story. The design is similar to others seen around our state. Recognize these?

Join the conversation on Facebook.

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Charlotte Fire Chief Recruitment Brochure

As featured in this WNCN story, this five-page brochure was produced for the recruitment of a new Charlotte Fire Chief. 

It was produced by recruiter Ralph Andersen and Associates and lists the many qualifications needed for the position: executive fire command experience, a bachelor’s degree, certifications, etc.

Former Fire Chief Jon Hannan retired in August. Currently at the helm is Interim Fire Chief Pete Key. The first review of received resumes is February 12.

View the PDF (936K).

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Solved! – Mystery Rig – Squad 1

Morning After
This was solved within about twenty minutes on the Facebook side. Ex-Durham FD, former Rescue 1, later renamed Squad 1. Picture from the late 1990s or early 2000s, by Legeros:

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Night Before
From a reader, this former “Squad 1” was seen in Garner, near the Quarry. Looks like a 1990s International. 

Someone will surely ID the thing, but will be a blog reader or Facebook follower? The race is on!

Thanks Kena! Click to enlarge:

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Chicago Crash Truck Dash Cam Videos of 767 Engine Fire

Found these in this /r/firefighting thread. Super-cool (and newly posted) dash cam videos of Chicago Fire Department crash trucks in action at O’Hare International Airport on October 28, 2016.

The lengthy clips were filmed as crews responded to, attacked, extinguished, and returned from an uncontrolled engine failure and fire on a Boeing 767. Talk about a smoke plume!

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Here’s the Wikipedia story of what happened, American Airlines Flight #383. With 170 souls aboard including nine crew, all survived. Twenty were injured. 

See also this Chicago Fire Wire posting [link expired:http://www.chicagofirewire.com/fire-videos/new-video-dash-cam-of-arff-vehicle-as-it-responded-to-and-operated-at-the-american-airlines-boeing-767-300-fire-at-ohare-international-airport-in-2016/] with more notes from the incident and the video.

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Knightdale’s New Rescue Pumper

Knightdale’s new 2017  Spartan/Custom Fire rescue pumper, 1250/750/25, is almost ready. 

These production photos were posted today on the East Coast Fire Apparatus Facebook page. Looking good!

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New Engine 131

It’s lettered for Engine 131 and should be delivered at the end of month. And includes a Roto-Ray!

Here’s the PDF drawings, from the ECFA web site:

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Fire Chief Clarence Puryear – Tar Heel of the Week, 1973

Found in the files of the Raleigh Fire Museum, a News & Observer profile of incoming Raleigh Fire Chief Clarence Puryear. He was named their Tar Heel of the Week in the Sunday, January 14, 1973, issue. 

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Clarence Rudy Puryear Sr., born in 1919 in Virginia, entered the department in February 1941. After military leave from 1942 to 1946, he returned and rose through the ranks over the decades.

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New History Plaque for Renovated Fire Station 2

On Monday, October 23, Engine 2 relocated to their newly renovated Raleigh fire station. The 1969 engine house underwent a $1.5 million overhaul that stripped the station down to its exterior walls. It’s the second in a series of planned major renovations that started with Station 5 in 2016. 

The Pecan Road fire station also housed the fire department maintenance shop until 2004. The oversized vehicle bay then housed the station’s haz-mat trucks. The renovations converted the old shop space into a drive-through apparatus bay, along with additional rooms, including an exercise room and sleeping areas.

Added as part of the renovation was this plaque, created with hysterical historical help from the Raleigh Fire Museum. It recounts the three earlier locations of Station 2 on Fayetteville Street, on Salisbury Street, and at Memorial Auditorium.

Read more history of Station 2 on this page of mine. Click to enlarge:

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New Folding Doors

One feature of the newly renovated fire station is a first for the Raleigh Fire Department: “accordion style” folding front doors on the apparatus bay. 

They were chosen over the standard overhead door for their quick opening speed (nine versus about 20 seconds), long-term resiliency, and to maximize interior vertical and horizontal clearances. 

Next Up, For Renovations?

Station 15 on Spring Forest Road will resume renovation in the spring. The first phase was completed earlier this year, with an installation of a fire sprinkler system.

The renovation of Station 11 on Glen Eden Drive has also been long-planned and with the core purpose of expanding the apparatus bay to accommodate a larger aerial apparatus. The scope of that project has changed and a new round of design work is underway.

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Design Services For New Fire Station 22

For today’s city fire station update, an architect has been chosen for the Station 22 relocation project. The Consent Agenda for the upcoming City Council meeting on December 5 contains this item:

Subject: Professional Services – Fire Station 22 Relocation – Davis Kane Architects, PA

Recommended action: Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract in an amount not to exceed $751,171 to provide professional design and construction administration services for the relocation of Fire Station No. 22 project and temporary facilities.  

On September 5, 2017, the Council approved amending the FY2018 – FY2022 Capital Improvement Program to include the relocation of Fire Station No. 22. In summary, North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT’s) grade separation project at the CSX railroad crossing at Durant Road will encompass the current location of Fire Station No. 22 (9350 Durant Road); thus, requiring the construction of a new fire station at a new location. A City-owned parcel within the Abbotts Creek Park, 10050 Durant Road, has been identified as the proposed location for the new fire station. Preliminary programming results in a new station approximately 14,000 square feet in size that will house Engine 22, Ladder 5, a Battalion Chief, and critical facilities for the Hazardous Materials Program – Regional Team.

On September 8, 2017, a solicitation for professional services was advertised. Staff received responses from two design firms: Davis Kane Architects, PA and Moseley Architects. The responses were evaluated by a committee comprised of members of the Engineering Services and Fire Departments. The committee recommends the selection of Davis Kane Architects, PA to perform professional design and construction administration services for the project.

In addition, to design and construction administration services for new Fire Station 22, the scope of work will also include the establishment of temporary facilities to house the firefighters and apparatus until the construction of the new fire station has been completed. The Construction Management Division has negotiated a fee for professional services in an amount not to exceed $751,171. The consultant is proposing to utilize 16.1 percent Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) participation.

Name of Project:
Relocation of Fire Station 22

Managing Division:
Engineering Services – Construction Management

Approval Request:
Contract Approval

Reason for Council Review:
Contract > $150,000

Original CIP Project Budget:
$9,000,000

Design Estimate:
$751,171

Vendor:
Davis Kane Architects, PA

Prior Contract Activity:
N/A

Budget Transfer:
Administrative

Current Encumbrance:
N/A

Amount of this Contract:
$751,171

Encumbered with this Approval:
$751,171

Source: http://www.boarddocs.com/nc/raleigh/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=ATBN9X5C1FB9

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