{"id":2891,"date":"2017-12-02T04:21:22","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T09:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=2891"},"modified":"2017-12-02T04:21:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T09:21:22","slug":"new-history-plaque-for-renovated-fire-station-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/new-history-plaque-for-renovated-fire-station-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New History Plaque for Renovated Fire Station 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, October 23, Engine 2 relocated to their newly renovated Raleigh fire station. The 1969 engine house underwent a $1.5 million overhaul that stripped the station down to its exterior walls. It’s the second in a series of planned major renovations that started with Station 5 in 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pecan Road fire station also housed the fire department maintenance shop\u00a0until 2004. The oversized vehicle bay then housed the station’s haz-mat trucks. The renovations converted the old shop space into a drive-through apparatus bay, along with additional rooms, including an exercise room and sleeping areas.<\/p>\n

Added as part of the renovation was this plaque, created with hysterical historical help from the Raleigh Fire Museum. It recounts the three earlier locations of Station 2 on Fayetteville Street, on Salisbury Street, and at Memorial Auditorium.<\/p>\n

Read more history of Station 2 on this page of mine<\/a>. Click to enlarge:<\/p>\n

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New Folding Doors<\/strong><\/p>\n

One feature of the newly renovated fire station is a first for the Raleigh Fire Department: “accordion style” folding front doors on the apparatus bay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They were chosen over the standard overhead door for their quick opening speed (nine versus about 20 seconds), long-term resiliency, and to maximize interior vertical and horizontal clearances.\u00a0<\/p>\n