{"id":3305,"date":"2018-04-29T20:32:32","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T00:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2018-04-29T20:32:32","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T00:32:32","slug":"vintage-photo-of-wilkinson-boulevard-ambulance-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/vintage-photo-of-wilkinson-boulevard-ambulance-1976\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Photo of Wilkinson Boulevard Ambulance, 1976"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Found this in the November-December 1976 issue of\u00a0<em>Hose &amp; Nozzle\u00a0<\/em>magazine. Ambulance operated by Wilkinson Boulevard Fire Department in Mecklenburg County. [ Was that typical or atypical of Meck departments at the time? Operating squads? ]<\/p>\n<p>WBFD was one of the first rural fire departments in North Carolina. 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