Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting By Michael J. Legeros ISBN 0738515124 - Arcadia Publishing - 2003 - Softcover 128 pages - 6.5 x 9.25 inches - 235 black-and-white photographs Annotations  |  Author  |  Clippings  |  Corrections  |  Flyer (PDF)  |  Index (PDF)  |  Sources  |  Volume 2

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Sources

• Accident database. http://www.airdisaster.com (July 13, 2002).
• Accident database. http://www.air-safety.net (September 8, 2002).
• American LaFrance company records, 1913-68.
• American LaFrance company museum. http://www.americanlafrance.com/Museum/ (March 9, 2002).
• American LaFrance Photo Archives. http://www.geocities.com/american_lafrance_1903/ (May 13, 2002).
• Anderson, Norman P., and B.T. Fowler. Raleigh: North Carolina's Capital City in Postcards (Images of America Series). Charleston: Arcadia, 1996.*
• Apex Fire Department, assorted records.
• Battle, Kemp D. 1792-1892, The Centennial Celebration of Raleigh, NC, Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton, 1893. *
• Bay Leaf Fire Department, assorted records.
• Beal, Candy Lee Metz. Raleigh: The First 200 Years, 1992. *
• Byrd, Thomas M. Around and About Cary. Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, 1984. *
• Cary Fire Department, assorted records.
• Cary News, various issues. *
• Cary, Town of, assorted records.
• City of Raleigh annual reports, various years.
• City of Raleigh, City Council minutes, various dates.
• City of Raleigh, The History of Pullen Park. http://www.raleigh-nc.org/pullen/history.htm (March 9, 2001).
• City of Raleigh Museum, "Lost Raleigh" exhibit (March 2, 2002).
• City of Raleigh Planning Department. "Fire Protection: A Study of Fire Station Locations and Equipment," 1956.
• City of Raleigh Public Affairs Department. "History of Raleigh Fire Department." http://www.raleigh-nc.org/fire/history.htm (August 6, 2001).
• Clark, James W., Jr (Ed.). Talking About Raleigh: A Bicentennial Oral History. Raleigh: North Carolina State University Humanities Extension Publications, 1993. *
• Conway, W. Fred. Those Magnificent Old Steam Fire Engines. New Albany, IN: Fire Buff House, 1997.
• Ditzel, Paul. Fire Alarm! The Fascinating Story Behind the Red Box on the Corner. New Albany, IN: Fire Buff House, 1997.
• Duliba, Leo E., Jeffrey Harkey, and Robert Konicus. "Capital Rigs: Raleigh, North Carolina." Fire Apparatus Journal 9, No. 6 (1992).
• Durham Highway Fire Department, assorted records.
• Durham Morning Herald, October 1, 1955, "Volunteers Ready If Fire Strikes."
• Fairgrounds Fire Department, assorted records.
• Fairview Fire Department, assorted records.
• Falls Fire Department, assorted records.
• Farmer and the Mechanic, assorted issues.*
• Fuquay-Varina Fire Department, assorted records.
• Garner Fire Department, assorted records.
• Gold Leaf Farmer, assorted issues.*
• Hill�s Raleigh City Directory. Richmond: Hill�s Directory Company, 1903�1977. *
• Holleman, Carl P. (Toby). Pluck, Perseverance and Paint. Durham: Moore Publishing Co., 1973. *
• Hopkins Fire Department, assorted records.
• Hose & Nozzle, published by North Carolina State Firemen's Association, assorted issues.
• Hutchins, Nan. Cameron Village: A History 1949-1999. Raleigh: Spirit Press, 2001. *
• Knightdale, Town of. http://www.ci.knightdale.nc.us/.
• Kulikowski, Jennifer A. and Kenneth E. Peters. Historic Raleigh (Images of America Series). Charleston: Arcadia, 2002. *
• Lancaster, Marshall. Raleigh: An Unorthodox History of North Carolina's Capital. Down Home Press, 1992. *
• Marr, Jay, "Cary Got Disgusted," The State (September 22, 1956). *
• McCall, Walter. American Fire Engines Since 1900. Glen Ellyn, Illinois: Crestline Publishing, 1976. *
• Murray, Elizabeth Reid. Wake: Capital County of North Carolina, Vol. 1� Prehistory Through Centennial. Raleigh: Capital County Publishing, 1983. *
• National Transportation and Safety Board, assorted records.
• News and Observer, assorted issues. *
• North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, assorted records.
• North Carolina Secretary of State corporation records.
• North Carolina Standard, various issues. *
• Oral histories, assorted.
• Perkins, David (Ed.), Raleigh: A Living History. John F. Blair, 1994. *
• Peterson, Edward L, and Ed Lindley Peterson, First to the Flames, Krause Publications, 1999.
• Raleigh and Wake County Fire Departments. http://www.legeros.com/ralwake.
• Raleigh-Durham International Airport Emergency Services, assorted records.
• Raleigh Fire Department, assorted records.
• Raleigh Fire Department. Raleigh Fire Department, 1984. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 1984.
• Raleigh Fire Department. Raleigh Fire and Rescue, 1984�2002. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Co., 2002. *
• Raleigh Register, assorted issues.
• Raleigh Sesquicentennial Commission. Raleigh: Capital of North Carolina. Owen G. Dunn, 1942.*
• Raleigh Times, assorted issues. *
• Redman, Mark A., and Peter Brock. "On the Runway: Raleigh-Durham International Airport," Fire Apparatus Journal 19, No. 5 (2002).
• Reid, Elizabeth D., ed. From Raleigh�s Past. Raleigh: Branch, Banking and Trust Co., 1965. *
• Reid, Elizabeth Davis. "Fire Protection, Raleigh, NC," unknown where published or first appeared, 1970.
• Rolesville Fire Department, assorted records.
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps. New York: Sanborn Map Co., 1884�1949. *
• Simmons-Henry, Linda and Linda Harris Edmisten. Culture Town: Life in Raleigh's African American Communities. Raleigh: Raleigh Historic Districts Commission, 1993. *
• Southern Bell telephone books, various years. *
• Stolphen, Steve. Raleigh: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Virginia: The Donning Co., 1977. *
• Stony Hill Fire Department, assorted records.
• Summerall, Hope. History of Wake County North Carolina. Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1922. *
• Swift Creek Fire Department, assorted records.
• U.S. Office of Civilian Defense, A Handbook For Auxiliary Firemen, Washington, DC: GPO, 1941.
• Unofficial Swift Creek Fire Department Web Site. http://www.echomarket.com/scfd/ (July 13, 2002).
• Vickers, James. Raleigh: City of Oaks�An Illustrated History. Sun Valley, California: American Historical Press, 1997. *
• Wake County Bicentennial Commission, assorted town histories. *
• Wake County Department of Public Safety, Major Response / Logistics Services Division. Hurricane Fran, Final Report, January 1997. *
• Wake County Fireman's Association, assorted records.>
• Wake County Historic Preservation Committee, Landmark News, January 1997.
• Wake County real estate records.
• Wake Forest Fire Department, assorted records.
• Wake Weekly, various issues. *
• Waugh, Elizabeth Culbertson. North Carolina�s Capital Raleigh. Raleigh: The Junior League of Raleigh, 1992. *
• Wendell, Town of. http://townofwendell.com/.
• Wendell Fire Department, assorted records.
• Western Boulevard Fire Department, assorted records.
• Western Wake Fire Department, assorted records.
• Wilson, Lee. City of Raleigh Fire Apparatus, Raleigh. 2002.
• Yrac Fire Department, assorted records.
• Zebulon Fire Department, assorted records.
• Zebulon Record, assorted issues. *

* Available at one or more Wake County public libraries.

Photo

Collections

• Hubert Altman (3)
• Judy Cockerham (1)
• North Carolina Office of Archives and History (16)
• North Carolina State University Special Collections (1)
• Raleigh City Museum (1)
• Buddy Scarboro (2)
• University of North Carolina Special Collections (1)

Fire Departments

• Apex (2)
• Bay Leaf (3)
• Cary (16)
• Eastern Wake1 (2)
• Fairview (4)
• Fuquay-Varina (1)
• Garner (3)
• Hopkins (1)
• Morrisville (1)
• Raleigh (15)
• Rolesville (1)
• Stony Hill (1)
• Swift Creek (1)
• Wake Forest (2)
• Wendell (3)
• Western Wake (5)
• Zebulon (4)

1 Listed in book as Knightdale Fire Department.

Newspapers

• Durham Herald-Sun (1)
• Fuquay-Varina
  Independent (2)
• Gold Leaf Farmer (1)
• News & Observer2 (73)
• Raleigh Times2 (18)
• Wake Weekly (2)
• Zebulon Record (1)

2 Provided with assistance of North Carolina Office of Archives and History.

Photographers

• Thomas Babb (1)
• Peter Brock (1)
• Brian Cammack (1)
• Jo Fulton (1)
• David Grant (1)
• Dale Johnson (3)
• Gary Knight/CCBI (6)
• Mike Legeros (18)
• Seny Norasingh (1)
• David Ritchie (2)
• Ava King Straughn (2)
• Lee Wilson (9)