{"id":22,"date":"2015-12-18T08:57:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T13:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog2\/?p=22"},"modified":"2016-12-11T18:17:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T23:17:49","slug":"how-many-new-fire-stations-have-opened-in-raleigh-and-wake-county-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/how-many-new-fire-stations-have-opened-in-raleigh-and-wake-county-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many New Fire Stations Have Opened in Raleigh and Wake County?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opening of Cary\u2019s new fire station this week gets me thinking. How many newly constructed fire stations have opened in Raleigh and Wake County? Let\u2019s take a look\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purpose-built as a fire station, or<\/li>\n<li>Purpose-built to house a fire department. Thus can include town hall buildings or other combination structures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Answer:<\/p>\n<p>At least 122.<\/p>\n<p>Details below. See Mike\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/legeros.com\/ralwake\/wake\/wake-stations.pdf\">Wake County station register<\/a>(PDF) for more information.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Apex<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>N. Salem St. , Sta 1 (1956)<\/li>\n<li>New Hill Holleman Rd., Sta 2 (1997)<\/li>\n<li>Hunter St. , Sta 3 (2002)<\/li>\n<li>E. Williams Street, Sta 4 (2009)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes 1927 municipal building, not purpose-built with fire station space.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Bay Leaf<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Six Forks Rd. #1 (1967)<\/li>\n<li>Six Forks Rd. #2 (1983)<\/li>\n<li>Six Forks Rd. #3, rebuild of 1983 structure (2014)<\/li>\n<li>Norwood Rd. (1993)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes Lynn Rd., not built for BLFD<\/p>\n<p>Excludes original station on Six Forks Rd., space inside commercial structure.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Cary<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Downtown (1923)\u00a0\u00a0 Prefab garage<\/li>\n<li>W. Chatham St. (1953)<\/li>\n<li>N. Academy St. (1965)<\/li>\n<li>E. Cedar St. , Old Sta 2 (1953)<\/li>\n<li>SE Maynard Rd., Old Sta 2, (now Sta 9 (1976)<\/li>\n<li>N. Harrison Ave., Sta 1 (1992)<\/li>\n<li>E. Chatham St., Sta 2 (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Kildare Farm Rd., Sta 3 (1987)<\/li>\n<li>Old Apex Rd., Sta 4 (1988)<\/li>\n<li>High House Rd., Sta 5 (1996)<\/li>\n<li>Ten Ten Rd., Sta 6 (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Carpenter-Fire Station Rd., Sta 7 (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Mills Park Drive (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes other earlier facilities likely not purpose-built, such as Public Utilities building used in 1960s for temporary housing of original service ladder truck.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Durham Highway<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Davis Cir. (1965)<\/li>\n<li>Pinecrest Rd. (1976)<\/li>\n<li>Norwood Rd. (1992)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Eastern Wake<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>See Knightdale.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<span id=\"more-22\"><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Fairgrounds<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Blue Ridge Rd. (1961)<\/li>\n<li>District Dr. (1992)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Fairview<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Ten-Ten Rd. #1 (1963)<\/li>\n<li>Ten-Ten Rd. #2 (1990)<\/li>\n<li>Ten-Ten Rd. #3, rebuild of 1963 structure (1999)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"auto-style1\" valign=\"top\">\n<p>Falls<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Station excluded from list, community building not purpose-built as fire station.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Fuquay-Varina<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>S. Fuquay Ave. #1, municipal building (1951)<\/li>\n<li>Fuquay Ave., rural station (1965)<\/li>\n<li>S. Fuquay Ave. #2, Sta 1 (1978)<\/li>\n<li>Hilltop Rd., Sta 2 (1991)<\/li>\n<li>Bud Lipscomb Rd., Sta 3 (2003)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Possibly another earlier purpose-built FVFD or Fuquay Springs FD structure(s) or two.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Garner<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Pearl St. (1953)<\/li>\n<li>Main St. (1970), Sta 1<\/li>\n<li>Sauls Rd. (1976), Sta 2<\/li>\n<li>Timber Dr. (1999), Sta 3<\/li>\n<li>Spaceway Ct. (2010), Sta 4<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Exclude original station on Garner Rd., former used-car garage.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Holly Springs<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Avent Ferry Rd. #1 (1971)<\/li>\n<li>Main St. (1995) (half purpose-built, half adapted)<\/li>\n<li>Flint Point Lane, Sta 1 (2006)<\/li>\n<li>Avent Ferry Rd. #2 (2012), rebuild, Sta 2<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes temporary station on Thomasmill Rd., space in commercial building.<\/p>\n<p>Exclude Sta 3 on Friendship Rd., rented house.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Hopkins<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Fowler Rd. (1977?)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Knightdale<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Hester St. (1956)<\/li>\n<li>Clifton Rd. (1995), now Eastern Wake Sta 1<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Original station at Public Works on Robinson St., not purpose-built for fire department.<\/li>\n<li>Public Safety Center on Steeple Square Ct., not purpose-built for fire department. Remodeled commercial building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Morrisville<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Morrisville-Carpenter Rd. (1960)<\/li>\n<li>Carpenter-Fire Station Rd., Sta 2 (1975)<\/li>\n<li>Chapel Hill Rd., Sta 2 (1999)<\/li>\n<li>Town Hall Dr., Sta 1 (2012)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Original station, which was probably not purpose-built for fire department (but correct me if wrong!)<\/li>\n<li>Sta 3 on Carpenter-Fire Station Rd., which is co-located with Cary Sta 7, see Cary FD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>New Hope<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>New Hope Rd., now St. James Church Rd., Sta 1 (1958)<\/li>\n<li>Watkins Rd., Sta 2 (1988)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Exclude original station on New Hope Rd., rented space inside existing structure.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Raleigh<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>41<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Market Square (1853)<\/li>\n<li>Fayetteville St. #1, Metropolitan Hall (1870)<\/li>\n<li>Fayetteville St. #2, later Sta 2 (1870)<\/li>\n<li>Wilmington St. (1881)<\/li>\n<li>Morgan St. #1 (1887)<\/li>\n<li>Morgan St. #2 (1889)<\/li>\n<li>Morgan St. #3 (1890)<\/li>\n<li>Morgan St. #4, later Sta 1 (1896)<\/li>\n<li>Hargett St. , later Sta 3 (1898)<\/li>\n<li>Salisbury St. , Sta 2, later Sta 1 (1912)<\/li>\n<li>Jefferson St. , Sta 4 (1926)<\/li>\n<li>Park Dr., Sta 5 (1926)<\/li>\n<li>Fayetteville St. #3, Sta 2 (1932)<\/li>\n<li>Oberlin Rd. #1, Sta 6 (1949)<\/li>\n<li>East St. , Sta 3 (1951)<\/li>\n<li>Dawson St. , Sta 1 (1953)<\/li>\n<li>Glascock St. , Sta 7 (1959)<\/li>\n<li>Oberlin Rd. #2, Sta 5 (1961) (Same site as Park Dr. Sta 5)<\/li>\n<li>Wake Forest Rd., Sta 4 (1963)<\/li>\n<li>Western Boulevard, Sta 8 (1963)<\/li>\n<li>Six Forks Rd., Sta 9 (1963)<\/li>\n<li>Pecan St. , Sta 2 (1969)<\/li>\n<li>Sanderford Rd., Sta 10 (1971)<\/li>\n<li>Glenridge Rd., Sta 11 (1971)<\/li>\n<li>Poole Rd., Sta 12 (1974)<\/li>\n<li>Lake Boone Trail, Sta 14 (1974)<\/li>\n<li>Spring Forest Rd. #1, Sta 15 (1974)<\/li>\n<li>Lead Mine Rd., Sta 16 (1979)<\/li>\n<li>Pleasant Valley Rd., Sta 17 (1984)<\/li>\n<li>Morgans Way, Sta 18 (1987)<\/li>\n<li>Spring Forest Rd. #2, Sta 19 (1988)<\/li>\n<li>Trailwoods Dr., Sta 20 (1989)<\/li>\n<li>Northway Ct., Sta 4 (1993)<\/li>\n<li>Southall Rd., Sta 21 (1998)<\/li>\n<li>Durant Rd., Sta 22 (1998)<\/li>\n<li>Fossil Creek Ct., Sta 24 (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Wakefield Crossing Dr., Sta 25 (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Barwell Rd., Sta 26 (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Buffaloe Rd., Sta 27 (2003)<\/li>\n<li>Forestville Rd., Sta 28 (2007)<\/li>\n<li>Leesville Rd., Sta 29 (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Original Station 6 on Fairview Rd., rented commercial structure<\/li>\n<li>Original Station 8 on Method Rd., rented house<\/li>\n<li>Station 23 on Pinecrest Rd., see Durham Highway FD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>RDU<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Rescue Ct. (1986)<\/li>\n<li>Multipurpose Building #3 (1980)<\/li>\n<li>Earlier fire station, 1960s-1980.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes Multipurpose Building #3 used in 1980s, presuming not-purpose built to include fire department (but correct me if wrong).<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Rolesville<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>S. Main St. (1960)<\/li>\n<li>E. Young St. (1980)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes original station on S. Main St., part of service station.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Six Forks<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Six Forks Rd. #1 (circa 1960)\u00a0\u00a0 Tin shed<\/li>\n<li>Six Forks Rd. #2 (1962)<\/li>\n<li>Lynn Rd. (1974)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Exclude original station on Six Forks Rd., converted barn.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Stony Hill<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Durham Rd. (1958)\u00a0\u00a0 Tin shed<\/li>\n<li>Stony Hill Rd. #1 (1963)<\/li>\n<li>New Light Rd., Sta 2 (1997)<\/li>\n<li>Stony Hill Rd. #2, Sta 1 (2003)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Swift Creek<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Tryon Rd. (1961)\u00a0\u00a0 Tin shed<\/li>\n<li>Holly Springs Rd. #1 (1961)<\/li>\n<li>Holly Springs Rd. #2 (1983-84)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Wake Forest<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>White St. (1920s)<\/li>\n<li>Owen &amp; Brooks\u00a0\u00a0 Town Hall (1930)<\/li>\n<li>S. White St.\u00a0\u00a0 Rural FD (1966)<\/li>\n<li>E. Elm St. , Sta 1 (1986)<\/li>\n<li>Ligon Mill Rd., Sta 2 (2001)<\/li>\n<li>Forestville Rd., Sta 3 (201_)<\/li>\n<li>Jenkins Rd. (2015) , nearly complete<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Excludes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S. White St. station for town department in 1973, which was leased (and remodeled) service station.<\/li>\n<li>Original Sta 3 on Forestville Rd., rented house.<\/li>\n<li>Sta 5, not built for WFFD, see Falls FD.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Wake Forest #2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>N. Taylor St.<\/p>\n<p>Presuming purpose-built for fire department.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Wendell<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Fourth St. (1952)<\/li>\n<li>Pine St.\u00a0\u00a0 Municipal Building (1963)<\/li>\n<li>Wendell Boulevard, Sta 1 (1984)<\/li>\n<li>Bethany Church Rd., Sta 2 (1988)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Plus three hoses houses, circa 1920s. Unsure if purpose-built or adapted. One of these may have served as the fire station through the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Excludes Hollybrook Rd., where Fourth Street station was relocated brick-by-brick in early 1960s.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Western Boulevard<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Both original structures excluded, as neither was purpose-built for fire department. First was space in service station, second was loaned\u00a0 chicken shack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Western Wake<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>See Fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Yrac<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>E. Durham Rd. (1966)<\/p>\n<p>Excludes original structure, which was rented structure not purpose-built for fire department.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>Zebulon<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p>2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ol>\n<li>Vance St. #1 &#8211; Town Hall (1951)<\/li>\n<li>Vance St. #2 (1974)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Plus three hose houses circa early 1920s. Unsure if purpose-built or adapted. 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How many newly constructed fire stations have opened in Raleigh and Wake County? Let\u2019s take a look\u2026 Criteria: Purpose-built as a fire station, or Purpose-built to house a fire department. 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