Durham City/County Fire Department History

Last updated: March 4, 2025

Durham City Visual History  View as JPG  | View as PDF See more history charts. Blog Posts City-county merger (2018) Search for blog posts 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 Notebook, c1970 (PDF, 6MB) Miscellaneous Department Histories (PDF) Newspaper Articles (Google Drive) Public Safety Program, Magazine Articles, 1979 (PDF) (new, 2/25) Public Safety Program, Research Notes (new, 2/25) 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 Visual History View as JPG  | View as PDF  See more history charts. Blog Posts City-county merger (2018) Search for more blog posts Research Rescue, EMS, Ambulance Service History Photos Historical photos, various Links Parkwood FD via Internet Archive

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