Update – The fire was declared 100% contained as of December 1. The fire burned 7,142 acres. The cause remains under investigation. On Friday, November 11, 2016, fire departments around North Carolina were requested to help fight a wildfire in the western part of the state. A blaze had started six days earlier at Chimney …
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Contents Part I – Hurricane Matthew Part II – Old Stage Road Part III – Rose Lane Part IV – Numbers Part V – Wake County Water Rescues Part VI – Sources Part I – Hurricane Matthew On Saturday, October 8, heavy rain and winds pelted Raleigh and Wake County as Hurricane Matthew passed along …
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Let’s start a list of the swift-water rescue teams operating in North Carolina since Saturday and the arrival of Hurricane Matthew: Apex FDARR-MAC (Arrington FD, Mar-Mac FD)Asheville FD (as TF2)Cary FDCarolina Beach FD Chapel Hill FD (+ as TF8)Charlotte FD (as TF3 and NCHART)Clayton FDCumberland County SO (as TF?)Davie CountyFayetteville FD (as TF9)FEMA Task Force …
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This afternoon, Thursday, October 6, North Carolina Urban Search & Rescue (USAR) Task Force 8 deployed a Type II Water Rescue team to New Bern, NC, to be on standby for Hurricane Matthew. The fourteen members and their four vehicles departed from the Raleigh Fire Department Keeter Training Center at 1:15 p.m. They deployed a …
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For your Sunday evening enjoyment, here’s a grab bag of historical bits, about fire station closures and fire department mergers in Raleigh and Wake County. There have been but a handful of note. Closures (Not counting station re-locations within 2.5 miles) 1960 – Western Boulevard FD 1982 – Wake Forest FD #2 ca. 1992 – …
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Here's take one of a list of the water rescues in Raleigh and Wake County, from Saturday morning through early Sunday morning. Awaiting data from Cary. Another post coming about the two rescues of rescuers, on Old Stage Road and Rose Lane. Address Units Time Notes Southgate & Proctor E3, L4, R1, M2, B5, B2 ...
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Belated news from Lenoir County. On July 1, the Kinston Department of Public Safety was split into separate fire and police departments. Local news–Kinston Free Press, WITN–have been covering same. The departments merged in 2004, when a special response unit was created of fourteen cross-trained police officers and firefighters. The split originated after the retirement …
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Have lately been researching local air crashes, and become increasingly curious about military aircraft incidents. (Have found a couple, including a B-17 crash in Garner in 1944.) Let’s get more exhaustive via this database of Air Force Accident Reports from the Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research. They’ve indexed USAAF and USAF reports from 1918 to 1955, …
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Cary opened their ninth fire station late last month. Where does that place them in department rankings by station count, across North Carolina? Here’s the current data. Advise corrections. 42 – Charlotte28 – Raleigh25 – Greensboro19 – Winston-Salem17 – Fayetteville16 – Durham14 – High Point12 – Asheville11 – Concord10 – Camp Lejeune10 – Wilmington9 – …
The opening of Cary’s new fire station this week gets me thinking. How many newly constructed fire stations have opened in Raleigh and Wake County? Let’s take a look… Criteria: Purpose-built as a fire station, or Purpose-built to house a fire department. Thus can include town hall buildings or other combination structures Answer: At least …
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