{"id":1730,"date":"2016-12-30T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T14:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1730"},"modified":"2016-12-30T09:35:55","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T14:35:55","slug":"durham-highway-changes-unit-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/durham-highway-changes-unit-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Durham Highway Changes Unit Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On December 21, the Durham Highway Fire Department changed the unit numbers of their apparatus. They&#8217;re now using a numbering scheme that&#8217;s based on their Wake County fire station numbers:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1731\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-12-30-dhfd1.jpg\" alt=\"2016-12-30-dhfd1\" width=\"600\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-12-30-dhfd1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016-12-30-dhfd1-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Durham Highway joins the following other Wake County fire departments, that also use that numbering scheme:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bay Leaf &#8211; 12\/120s, 25\/250s, 36\/360s<\/li>\n<li>Hopkins &#8211; 22\/220s<\/li>\n<li>Knightdale &#8211; 13\/130s<\/li>\n<li>Rolesville &#8211; 15\/150s<\/li>\n<li>Stony Hill &#8211; 26\/260s, 39\/390s<\/li>\n<li>Wendell &#8211; 11\/110s<\/li>\n<li>Western Wake &#8211; 19\/190s, 29\/290s<\/li>\n<li>Zebulon &#8211; 9\/90s<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolinasfirepage.com\/members\/nc_ctys.html#wak\">Carolinas Fire Page page<\/a>, for a list of all Wake County fire station numbers. And here&#8217;s a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/photos\/weblog\/pivot\/entry.php?id=1671\">Legeros Fire Blog Archives posting from 2008<\/a>, where unit numbers were discussed, in the context of Wake Forest changing same. Was a topic frequently infrequently discussed on the old blog.<\/p>\n<p>The numbering system originated in 1971, as a creation of the Wake County Fireman&#8217;s Association. Here&#8217;s a draft document from that period. 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