{"id":4554,"date":"2019-06-18T06:14:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T10:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=4554"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T18:23:04","slug":"new-bern-fire-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/new-bern-fire-book\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book on New Bern Fire History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New book alert!<\/p>\n<p><em>History of Firefighting in New Bern, North Carolina &#8211; Colonial Days to the 21st Century, <\/em>has been published. The author is Daniel Bartholf, a 45-year veteran of the volunteer fire service (NY, NC, WV) and a member of the staff at the New Bern Firemen&#8217;s Museum. His bio is below.<\/p>\n<p>The softcover book measures 8.5 by 11 inches and has 234 pages. There are some 200+ images (by my count), and numerous, glorious pictures of NBFD in the days before motor apparatus. The book is self-published.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-06-18-book.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4555\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-06-18-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-06-18-book.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-06-18-book-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-06-18-book-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019-06-18-book-730x472.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paging Through <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video preview of the book, paging backwards through the chapters:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KAxUeazqCMA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the table of contents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Preface<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 1 &#8211; Colonial Times Thru 1861<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 2 &#8211; Civil War Years<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 3 &#8211; Post Civil War to 1900<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 4 &#8211; Black Fire Companies<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 5 &#8211; Other Independent Fire Companies<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 6 &#8211; Notable Chief Engineers of the 19th Century<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 7 &#8211; Early 1900s<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 8 &#8211; The Great Fire December 1, 1922<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 9 &#8211; 1923-1959<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 10 &#8211; 1960-1999<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 11 &#8211; 2000-Present<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 12 &#8211; Competition 1880s-early 20th Century<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 13 &#8211; The Horses<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 14 &#8211; The Mystery of the Missing Fire Truck<\/li>\n<li>Chapter 15 &#8211; New Bern Firemen\u2019s Museum<\/li>\n<li>Appendix A &#8211; History of New Bern fire companies<\/li>\n<li>Appendix B &#8211; Chief Engineers of New Bern Fire Dept. 1800s<\/li>\n<li>Appendix C &#8211; Chiefs of New Bern Fire Dept 1900-Present<\/li>\n<li>Appendic D &#8211; A Snapshot in Time of the Department<\/li>\n<li>Appendix E &#8211; 1875 New Bern Steam Engine<\/li>\n<li>Appendix F &#8211; Roster of 1828 Fire Companies<\/li>\n<li>Appendix G &#8211; Fire Stations<\/li>\n<li>Appendix H &#8211; Fire Apparatus<\/li>\n<li>Appendix I &#8211; Notification of Fire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ordering Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The book is sold on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/History-Firefighting-Bern-North-Carolina\/dp\/057851155X\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=new+bern+firefighting&amp;qid=1560853003&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1\">Amazon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/history-of-firefighting-in-new-bern-north-carolina-daniel-p-bartholf\/1131659473?ean=9780578511559\" class=\"broken_link\">Barnes and Noble<\/a>, for starters. The retail price is $29.99. Copies can be obtained from the author himself. Contact wxman232@yahoo.com.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bartholf will also be attending the fire truck festival at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC, on Saturday, June 22. He&#8217;ll have a table in the Back Shop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Bartholf is a 45-year veteran of the volunteer fire service, serving mainly in several departments in New York state, but also in North Carolina and West Virginia. He has held positions of Fire Chief, Assistant Chief, Captain and Lieutenant, and was certified as a Level II Firefighter.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he was certified as a Hazmat Technician, was a member of the Onondaga County (Syracuse) Underwater Recovery Team (SCUBA), and wrote articles for Fire Chief, Firehouse, and Engine Engine! (official publication of SPAAMFAA) magazines.<\/p>\n<p>He was employed as a meteorologist with the National Weather Service for 35 years and served in offices in Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse, Newport (NC), and Charleston (WV).<\/p>\n<p>Dan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorology from the State University of New York at Oneonta, and a Master&#8217;s Degree in Public Administration and Emergency Management from Jacksonville (FL) State University.<\/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%2Fnew-bern-fire-book%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4554\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"New Book on New Bern Fire History\" 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%2Fnew-bern-fire-book%2F&text=New+Book+on+New+Bern+Fire+History\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4554\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"New Book on New Bern Fire History\" 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%2Fnew-bern-fire-book%2F&description=New+Book+on+New+Bern+Fire+History\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"4554\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"New Book on New Bern Fire History\" 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>New book alert! 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