{"id":6139,"date":"2022-01-06T07:55:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T12:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=6139"},"modified":"2022-02-26T13:32:31","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T18:32:31","slug":"north-side-fire-rescue-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/north-side-fire-rescue-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"North Side Fire Rescue Starts"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a blog version of a Facebook posting<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Big news in Johnston County this week. North Side Fire & Rescue started service on Monday, December 4, at 9:00 a.m. The new department was created with a merger of Archers Lodge FD (est. 1958) and Thanksgiving FD (est. 1961). It’s believed to be the first such merger of its kind in county history.<\/p>\n

And to preserve their community heritage, the trucks and stations are named for their respective originating FDs. North Side Station 1 is the Archers Lodge Station and North Side Station 2 is the Thanksgiving Station. (And, more importantly, will they still celebrate Thanksgiving at Thanksgiving? Yes, yes they will.)<\/p>\n

Here’s the radio announcement<\/a> that was made on Monday.<\/p>\n

The consolidation of the two departments was formally proposed to county commissioners in October 2020.<\/p>\n

In remarks to the board, from the meeting minutes, “Archer Lodge Fire Chief Phillip Driver and Thanksgiving Fire Chief Paul Zais addressed the Board to provide information concerning a proposed merger of their departments. Chief Driver stated the two departments began having conversations about a merger some time ago and felt it was a proposal worth exploring due to the considerable growth of their areas and the fact that the two departments were already training together and working as one department with no issues.”<\/p>\n

Read the full minutes<\/a>\u00a0(PDF).<\/p>\n

The new department has the usual array of apparatus including pumper-tankers, straight tankers, brush trucks ‘n’ small trucks, and a pair of heavy rescues.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are a few pictures, courtesy of Brandon Taylor.<\/p>\n

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