{"id":3730,"date":"2018-11-15T18:09:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T23:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=3730"},"modified":"2026-04-15T14:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T18:10:23","slug":"fairview-station-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/fairview-station-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Fairview Station Closure &#8211; Update, November 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Note: This page is a placeholder for current and future updates about the proposed concept of closing Fairview Fire Station 2.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>November 30, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legislation Proposed for Fire District<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Local legislation has been introduced to the North Carolina General Assembly, to remove the Fairview (Ten Ten) Fire District from the governance and jurisdiction of Wake County.\u00a0It was introduced on November 28 by Representative Nelson Dollar. <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/legislation-proposed-for-fairview-fire-district\/\">Read blog post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>November 15, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Minutes from Fire Commission Meetings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/wcfc\/2018-11\/\">See this document<\/a>\u00a0for minutes from the Wake County Fire Commission meetings on July 19 and August 16, which included presentations and discussions about the proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>August 21, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebuttal to Allegations of Propaganda<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NCWakeFRFD\/posts\/2292219194127602\">Facebook post<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fairview Fire Department Rebuttal To The Allegations of Spreading Propaganda During the Fire Commission Meeting on August 16, 2018<\/p>\n<p>It is very important to us that our citizens, the Fire Commission and others involved in the discussions about the proposal to close Fairview Sta. 2 know we have been truthful. Please see the links below to Fairview&#8217;s rebuttal to allegations of spreading propaganda. The first link is to the letter sent out to the Fire Commission, Wake County Comm<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">issioners and Wake County Fire Chiefs. The links following that are for documents referenced in the letter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yourfirstdue.com\/manager\/data\/1374696601\/File\/frfd_rebuttal_to_allegations_propaganda_fc_meeting_on_8-16-18.pdf\"> Document 1<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yourfirstdue.com\/manager\/data\/1374696601\/File\/fairview_sta._2_lease_amendment_to_allow_wake_county_ems_at_sta._2.pdf\"> Document 2<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/yourfirstdue.com\/manager\/data\/1374696601\/File\/frfd_bus._mtg._mins._11-4-13_-_motion_to_allow_ems_truck_at_sta._2.pdf\"> Document 3<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Documents also copied to this <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/ffd\/2018-08-21\/\">blog repository<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>August 17, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work Session Update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wake County Fire Commission held a work session last night. Though no voting was done, members reached a consensus decision to take the station closure proposal &#8220;off of the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/wcfc\/2018-08\/audio\/\">Play\u00a0audio, 1:15:00<\/a>\u00a0of the meeting (MP3, 84MB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wake-county-fire-commission-work-session-thursday-august-16\/\">Read brief summary<\/a>, in prior blog post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, Fairview FD made this annotated version of the Q&amp;A document, originally included in the work session agenda pack.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/wcfc\/2018-08\/rebuttal\/\">Read annotated Q&amp;A document<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/wcfc\/2018-08\/\">Read original Q&amp;A document<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>August 12, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fire Commission Work Session on August 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Wake County Fire Commission will continue their discussion, and continue receiving information, about the proposed closure concept.<\/p>\n<p>The work session meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. at the Wake County Emergency Services Education Center, 221 South Rogers Lane, Suite 160, Raleigh.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/wcfc\/2018-08\/\">meeting documents<\/a>\u00a0(PDF), from this <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wake-county-fire-commission-work-session-thursday-august-16\/\">blog post<\/a> about the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Meeting on August 9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, August 9, the Fairview Fire Department held a community meeting, to present information and answer questions about the proposed future closure of Fairview Station 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The web site\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citizensforfairviewfd.org\" class=\"broken_link\">citizensforfairviewfd.org<\/a> has posted both slides and audio from the meeting. They&#8217;ve been downloaded and copied here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/ffd\/2018-08-09-meeting-slides.pdf\">View slides<\/a> (PDF, 7.83MB)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/ffd\/2018-08-09-meeting-audio.mp3\">Play audio, 2:09:26<\/a> (MP3, 118MB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note: Recommend paging through the slides, as Former Fairview Fire Chief Donald Pierce speaks.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-08-12-ffd.jpg\" alt=\"2018-08-12-ffd\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed Concept\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The proposed concept of closing Fairview Station 2 in a future year, after opening a new Garner fire station, was publicly presented at the July 19, 2018, meeting of the Wake County Fire Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Read a summary in this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wake-county-fire-commission-meeting-july-19-2018\/\">earlier blog post<\/a>\u00a0about that meeting, which includes <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/wcfc\/2018-07\/\">copies of slides<\/a> that were presented, a handout provided by a concerned citizen, and\u00a0an <a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/wcfc\/2018-07\/\">audio recording<\/a> of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-07-19-wcfc1-1.jpg\" alt=\"2018-07-19-wcfc1\" width=\"600\" border=\"1\" \/><\/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%2Ffairview-station-closure%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"3730\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Fairview Station Closure - Update, November 30\" 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%2Ffairview-station-closure%2F&text=Fairview+Station+Closure+%26%238211%3B+Update%2C+November+30\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"3730\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Fairview Station Closure - Update, November 30\" 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%2Ffairview-station-closure%2F&description=Fairview+Station+Closure+%26%238211%3B+Update%2C+November+30\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"3730\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Fairview Station Closure - Update, November 30\" 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>Note: This page is a placeholder for current and future updates about the proposed concept of closing Fairview Fire Station 2. 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