{"id":1831,"date":"2017-02-08T07:30:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T12:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2017-02-08T08:43:04","modified_gmt":"2017-02-08T13:43:04","slug":"vintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Ad &#8211; Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Found in my files last week, while updating my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legeros.com\/ralwake\/wake\/history\/fuquay-varina.shtml\">Fuquay-Varina Fire Department history timeline<\/a>. This advertisement appeared in one or more local newspapers. Undated, but probably published around the time of the rural fire department&#8217;s formation in 1954.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s that sequence.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1925 &#8211; First fire department organized, likely named Fuquay Springs FD.<\/li>\n<li>1938 &#8211; Re-organized, now named Fuquay-Varina FD, though the community doesn&#8217;t officially changes it name until 1963.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>1954 &#8211; Rural FD organized, to protect communities outside the town limits.<\/li>\n<li>1972 &#8211; Municipal FD merges into rural FD. Now one organization, though with town and rural divisions for a period of time.<\/li>\n<li>1999 &#8211; Rural FD merges into town.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Got it?<\/p>\n<p>See also this <a href=\"http:\/\/raleighfiremuseum.org\/photos\/wake\/fuquay-varina\">gallery of historical photos<\/a> of FVFD, posted on the Raleigh Fire Museum web site. Click to enlarge:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-02-08-fvfd.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1833\" src=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-02-08-fvfda.jpg\" alt=\"2017-02-08-fvfda\" width=\"383\" height=\"600\" border=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-02-08-fvfda.jpg 383w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017-02-08-fvfda-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1831\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Ad - Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd%2F&text=Vintage+Ad+%26%238211%3B+Join+the+Fuquay-Varina+Rural+FD\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1831\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Ad - Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd%2F&description=Vintage+Ad+%26%238211%3B+Join+the+Fuquay-Varina+Rural+FD\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1831\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Ad - Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found in my files last week, while updating my Fuquay-Varina Fire Department history timeline. 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Undated, but probably published around the time of the rural fire department&#8217;s formation in 1954.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s that sequence. 1925 &#8211; First fire department organized, likely named Fuquay Springs FD. 1938 &#8211; Re-organized, &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Vintage Ad &#8211; Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div data-animation=\"no-animation\" data-icons-animation=\"no-animation\" data-overlay=\"on\" data-change-size=\"\" data-button-size=\"0.7\" style=\"font-size:0.7em!important;display:none;\" class=\"supsystic-social-sharing supsystic-social-sharing-package-flat supsystic-social-sharing-content supsystic-social-sharing-content-align-left\" data-text=\"\"><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1831\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Ad - Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-facebook\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd%2F&text=Vintage+Ad+%26%238211%3B+Join+the+Fuquay-Varina+Rural+FD\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1831\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Ad - Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-twitter\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><a data-networks=\"[]\" class=\"social-sharing-button sharer-flat sharer-flat-8 counter-standard without-counter pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flegeros.com%2Fblog%2Fvintage-ad-join-the-fuquay-varina-rural-fd%2F&description=Vintage+Ad+%26%238211%3B+Join+the+Fuquay-Varina+Rural+FD\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1831\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Vintage Ad - Join the Fuquay-Varina Rural FD\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-mailto=\"\"><i class=\"fa-ssbs fa-ssbs-fw fa-ssbs-pinterest\"><span>Share<\/span><\/i><div class=\"counter-wrap standard\"><span class=\"counter\">0<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1835,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions\/1835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}