{"id":9128,"date":"2025-07-02T07:54:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/?p=9128"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:53:55","slug":"raleigh-master-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/raleigh-master-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh Fire Department Master Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This is a blog version of a Facebook posting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-02-rfd.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9131\" src=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-02-rfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-02-rfd.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-02-rfd-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-02-rfd-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025-07-02-rfd-730x370.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, July 1, 2025, city council received a presentation on the recently completed Raleigh Fire Department Master Plan, a consultant&#8217;s report and recommendations that was commissioned in April 2024. The plan presents a roadmap for the city and RFD for the next 25 years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raleigh.granicus.com\/player\/clip\/7877?meta_id=193469\">Watch the presentation<\/a> (it starts a couple minutes later).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/2025-rfd-master-plan-full.pdf\">Read the full report<\/a>, 26MB, PDF<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/2025-rfd-master-plan-summary.pdf\">Read the executive summary<\/a>, PDF<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/2025-rfd-master-plan-slides.pdf\">View the presentation slides<\/a>, PDF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>About the Study<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The master plan was created as a joint project by Darkhorse Emergency and North Carolina Fire Chief Consulting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raleighnc.gov\/fire\/news\/fire-master-plan-outlines-recommendations-future\">Read a city news release<\/a> about the study.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes and Thoughts<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Forthcoming!<\/p>\n<p><strong>News Coverage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/news\/local\/raleigh-fire-department-response-time-report-july-2025\/\">WRAL news story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/docs\/2024-04-16-RFD-Master-Plan-Staff-Presentation.pdf\">Here are presentation slides<\/a>\u00a0from April 16, 2024, from RFD to city council, that detailed the purpose of the study.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/raleigh.granicus.com\/player\/clip\/7556?meta_id=182280\">Here&#8217;s video of a presentation<\/a>\u00a0on April 16, 2024.<\/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%2Fraleigh-master-plan%2F\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u={url}\" data-nid=\"1\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"9128\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Raleigh Fire Department Master Plan\" 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%2Fraleigh-master-plan%2F&text=Raleigh+Fire+Department+Master+Plan\" data-main-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url={url}&text={title}\" data-nid=\"2\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"9128\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Raleigh Fire Department Master Plan\" 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%2Fraleigh-master-plan%2F&description=Raleigh+Fire+Department+Master+Plan\" data-main-href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/link\/?url={url}&description={title}\" data-nid=\"7\" data-name=\"\" data-pid=\"1\" data-post-id=\"9128\" data-url=\"https:\/\/legeros.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" data-description=\"Raleigh Fire Department Master Plan\" 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>This is a blog version of a Facebook posting. 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