This content first appeared in the older blog on January 19, 2013.

Hey Mike, do you have a master list of all Raleigh Fire Department badge numbers[1], from long ago? Negative. Haven’t come across in 20+ years of research. 

Some clues have presented, however. This list of names, addresses, and badge and helmet numbers was included in a station log book in the 1950s. Notice that not everyone’s helmet and badge number were identical!