This is a blog version of a Facebook posting.

Last week, the newly completed Raleigh Fire Department Master Plan was presented to city council, a consultant’s report commissioned last year. What’s the historical perspective on such documents? There have been many. Here are the ones that we know about:

• 1958 – Fire Protection Study
• 1970 – Fire Protection Study
• 1977 – Fire Protection Plan 
• 2015 – Strategic Plan 
• 2025 – Master Plan

Also, there were reports from the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Those were slightly different animals:

• 1911 – Fire Underwriters Report
• 1924 – Fire Underwriters Report  
• 1934 – Fire Underwriters Report