Durham City/County Fire Department History

Last updated: July 16, 2025

Durham City

Visual History 

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Blog Posts

• City-county merger (2018)

Stations and Apparatus

• Former city firehouses (2004)
• Research notes (PDF)
• Fleet history (PDF)

Books, Documents, Research

• City Directory Excerpts - 1887 to 1908 (PDF)
• Durham's Early Black Firefighters
• Fire Station Study - 1951 (PDF, 13MB)
• Fire Underwriters Report, 1955 (PDF)
• History Book, 1995 - Full (PDF, 16MB) | Excerpt (PDF, 7.9 MB)
• History Book, 1995 - Annotations by Legeros (PDF) (new, Jul 25)
• History Milestones - Research Notes (PDF) (new, Jul 25)
• History Notebook, c1970 (PDF, 6MB)
• Miscellaneous Department Histories (PDF)
• Newspaper Articles (Google Drive)
• Public Safety Program, Magazine Articles, 1979 (PDF) (new, Feb 25)
• Public Safety Program, Research Notes (new, Feb 25)
• Public Safety Program Study, 1985
• Rescue, EMS, Ambulance Service History

Maps

• Fire stations past and present - Interactive Google Map
• Sanborn Map excerpts (PDF, 3.9 MB)

Photos

• Historical photos, various

Links

• durhamfire.net (unofficial, via Internet Archive)
• Durham County Public Library - Digital Archives (broken link)
• Durham Herald Photo Collection - Wilson Library (broken link)
• Open Durham (search for "fire")

Durham County

• City-county merger (2018)

Research

• Rescue, EMS, Ambulance Service History

Photos

• Historical photos, various

Links

• Parkwood FD via Internet Archive

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