Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting, Volume II By Michael J. Legeros ISBN 0738516201 - Arcadia Publishing - 2004 Softcover - 128 pages - 6.5 x 9.25 inches - 235 black-and-white photographs Annotations  |  Author  |  Clippings  |  Corrections  |  Events  |  Flyer (PDF)  |  Index (PDF)  |  Sources  |  Volume 1

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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.
• Apex Fire Department, assorted records.
• Bay Leaf Fire Department, assorted records.
• 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.
• 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.
• Fuquay-Varina Fire Department, assorted records.*
• Fuquay-Varina Independent, assorted issues.
• 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.
• Hutchins, Nan. Cameron Village: A History 1949-1999. Raleigh: Spirit Press, 2001. *
• Kulikowski, Jennifer A. and Kenneth E. Peters. Historic Raleigh (Images of America Series). Charleston: Arcadia, 2002. *
• Lee, Matthew.  A Pictorial History of Fire Engines, Volume 2.  Lee & Sons.
• Legeros, Michael J. Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting (Images of America Series).  Charleston: Arcadia, 2003. *
• 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 & Observer, assorted issues. *
• North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, assorted records.
• North Carolina Secretary of State corporation records.
• Oral histories, assorted.
• 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 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 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. *
• Southern Bell telephone books, various years. *
• Stony Hill Fire Department, assorted records.
• Swift Creek Fire Department, assorted records.
• Wake County Bicentennial Commission, assorted town histories. *
• Wake County Fireman's Association, assorted records.
• 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 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

• Betty Poole Brinkley (1)
• Clyde Carter (1)
• Andy Clark (1)
• Dale Johnson (1)
• C. T. May (2)
• Mike Kimmeries (1)
• Elaine Massengill Kurtz (1)
• Buddy Scarboro (2)
• Wake Forest College Birthplace Society (2)

Fire Departments

• Apex (2)
• Bay Leaf (2)
• Cary (7)
• Durham Highway (2)
• Eastern Wake (1)
• Fairview (1)
• Falls (4)
• Fuquay-Varina 4) 
• Garner (4) 
• Hopkins (2) 
• Morrisville Rural (2)
• Raleigh (8) 
• Rolesville (2)
• Swift Creek (2)
• Wake Forest (2)
• Wake County Public Safety Fire / Rescue(2)
• Wendell (1)
• Western Wake (3) 
• Zebulon (1)

Newspapers

• Cary News (1)
• Fuquay-Varina Independent (1)
• Gold Leaf Farmer (8)
• News & Observer² (81)
• Raleigh Times² (44)
• Wake Weekly (5)
• Zebulon Record (1)

² Provided with assistance of North Carolina State Archives.

Photographers

• Don Adams (3)
• Wayne Greer  (1)
• Jeff Harkey (1
• Gary Knight / CCBI (3)
• Mike Legeros (5)
• Tommy Rich (1)
• John Stalvey (1)
• Lee Wilson (3)