Raleigh Fire Department Newsletter Archives
Issues
2019 - Vol 13 -
Issue 1
(final issue)
Meet the Fire Marshal; Building
Collision + Working Fire; Recruit Academy 44; Facility
Updates; Other Facility Projects; Retirements; Promotions
& Appointments; New Staff; Transitions; Extra Alarm
Report; Photo Gallery; USAR, Haz-Mat to Durham
2018 - Vol 12 -
Issue 2
New Rescue, New Quarters; Three Alarms
at Glenwood Towers; How Rescue Responds; Chief Rich
Retires; New Station 12 Opens; More Facility Updates; New
Tiller, New Engines; Retirements; Transitions; Promotions;
New Staff; Firefighter’s Ball on November 17; Recruiting
for 2019; Company Reassignments; Photo Gallery; Task Force
8 Deployed for Florence
2018 - Vol 12 -
Issue 1
New Fire Station 12 Nears Finish; Two Alarms on Dansey
Drive; Chief Harvey Retires; New Mini Pumpers; Chief
Boyette Retires; New Apparatus Ordered; Retirements;
Transitions; Remembering Chief Glover; Promotions &
Appointments; Recruit Academy 43; Protection From Flu
Exposure; 2017 Run Numbers; Photo Gallery; Metropolitan,
One Year Later
2017 - Vol 11 -
Issue 3
Residents Rescued From Fire; Fire Prevention Week;
Renovations Completed at Fire Station 2; Recruit Academy
Graduates; Engine 1 Receives Honor; Station 12
Construction; Third Tiller Delivered; Two New Engines;
More Facility Updates; Promotions & Appointments; New
Staff; Deaths; Swift Water Rescue Teams Deployed to Texas;
Governor Declares Search and Rescue Day; North Carolina
Water Rescue Teams Recognized; Photo Gallery; New Annual
Hiring Process
2017 - Vol 11 -
Issue 2 - Spring/Summer 2017 - Metropolitan Fire
Special Edition
The Metropolitan Fire; Promotions; Retirements;
Facility Updates; Other News; Year in Review; Lessons
Learned
2017 - Vol 11 -
Issue 1 - Winter 2017
Renovations Complete at Fire Station 5, Starting at
Station 2; Crews Head West for Party Rock Fire; Heavy
Flooding After Hurricane; USAR Teams Head East;
Retirements; Transitions; Promotions & Appointments; New
Recruit Academy; More Training Updates; Raleigh Receives
SAFER Grant; More Transitions; Photo Gallery; Fire
Education Expansion; Services Updates; More Facility
Updates; The Great Scooter Brigade
2016 - Vol 10 -
Issue 2 - Summer 2016
Raising Awareness About Suicide; Flooding Strikes City;
Facility Updates; Division Chief Spain Retires;
Retirements and Promotions/Appointments; Recruit Academy
Graduates; Budget Adopted; Raleigh Receives Class 1
Rating; Fire Hydrants Changing Color; Photo Gallery;
Remembering the Mangel’s Fire
2016 - Vol 10 -
Issue 1 - Winter/Spring 2016
Designs Shown for Station 6; High Winds Fuel Fire;
FireWatch Retooled for Web; Battalion Chief Bagwell
Retires; More Retirements; Promotions & Appointments; Year
in Review; Photo Gallery; Passings; Firefighter Wins Art
Award; Chief Hobson Wins Awards; Lt. Lane, Firefighter of
Year; More Facility Updates
2015 - Vol 9 -
Issue 4 - Fall 2015
Rebuilding Fire Station 6; New Apparatus Delivered;
Strategic Plan Published; Two Alarm on Atlantic Avenue;
Other Extra Alarm Fires; Patriotic Employer Awards;
Division Chief Johnson Retires; Retirements; Promotions
and Appointments; New Recruit Academy; More Training
Updates; Task Force 8 Deployed; Photo Gallery;
Transitions; Office of the Fire Marshal Updates; Services
Updates; Firefighters Climb for Charity
+Raleigh
Fire Department Strategic Plan - 2015-2020
2015 - Vol 9 -
Issue 3 - Summer 2015
New Fire Station Opens; Crews Battle Church Fire;
Facilities Updates; First Class Promotions; Recruiting For
Academy 41; Promotions & Appointments; Retirements;
Remembering Chief Pickard; Other Deaths; Meet the Interns;
Welcome Keri Crowson Clarke; We Say Goodbye; Office of the
Fire Marshal News; Baby Deer Rescued; Dog Rescued
From Drain; Class of 1990 Reunion; Photo Gallery; Budget
Approved
2015 - Vol 9 -
Issue 2 - Spring 2015
Snow Days in February; Station 29 Nears Completion;
Promotions & Appointments; News Updates; Deaths; Year in
Review; Photo Gallery; Asst. Chief Garry Spain Retires;
More Retirements; Fire Museum News
2015 - Vol 9 -
Issue 1 - Winter 2015
Priority Inspection Program; Two Alarms on Generation
Drive; Facilities News; Apparatus News; Training News; New
Administrative Assistant; Appointments; Retirements;
Promotions; Deaths; Crews Search Collapsed Building;
Apparatus and Company Changes; Photo Gallery; ISO
Evaluation in December; Christmas Candy Brings Haz-Mat
2014 - Vol 8 -
Issue 5 - Fall 2014
Training at the Council Building; Academy 39 Graduates;
Station 8 Honored by RCAC; Lt. Joe Carroll Dies; Memorial
Climbers and Riders; Services Updates; Television Moved at
Station 7; Services Updates; Raleigh Responds with
Warrenton; Meet the New Firefighters; Family Relations;
More Training News; Fire Prevention Week; Photo Gallery;
RFD at NFFF; Special Operations Trains in Confined Space
Rescue; Retirements; Deaths; Special Newsletter Edition
2014 - Vol 8 -
Issue 4 - Special Facilities Edition
New Fire Station 29 – Future Fire Station Locations;
Relocating Fire Station 12; Relocating Fire Station 14;
Relocating Fire Station 6; Expanding Fire Station 11;
Moving Fire Station 3; Training, Services Expansion;
Future Fire Stations; Facility Process Overview
2014 - Vol 8 -
Issue 3 - Summer 2014
New Breathing
Apparatus; Haz-Mat to Clayton, Butner; New Helmets, New
Gear; Facilities News; Station 29 Update;
Office of
Fire Marshal News; Hiring for Academy 40; More Training
News; Operationss News; Retirements, Promotions &
Appointments; Budget Adopted; Retiree Luncheon Photos;
Breakfast with Homer; Photo Gallery; Still Riding with Red
Lights
2014 - Vol 8 -
Issue 2 - Spring 2014
New Apparatus Delivered; Station 13 Breaks Ground; RRT-4
Responds to Smithfield; Training News; Raleigh Fire
Department Statistics - 2013; Photo Gallery; New Staff;
Promotions; Transitions; Retirements -
Deaths; Retiree
News; Two-Year-Old Gets His Wish
2014 - Vol 8 -
Issue 1 - Winter
Hiring for Academy; High-Rise Fire on Thanksgiving;
Services News; More Training News; Retirements -
Promotions; More Staff Changes; OFM News; More News;
Wilbert “Tramp” Dunn Honored; Photo Gallery;
Calendar; Roy Moody Turns Ninety
2013 - Vol 7 -
Issue 4 - Fall
New Fireground Procedures; Two Alarms on Manor Valley;
Services Updates; IT Updates; Staff Changes; Promotions;
Retirements; Firefighters, Troopers Honored; Captain Scott
White Honored; Training Updates; Meeting the New
Firefighters; Deaths; Photo Gallery; Fire Safety for
College Campuses; Memorial Stair Climbers; Calendar;
Thirty Five Years of Service
2013 - Vol 7 -
Issue 3 - Summer
Morgan McLamb Passes; Two Alarms on Calumet Drive;
Remembering Morgan; Changing the Culture on Emergency
Vehicle Driving; More Parking for Administration; Asst.
Chief Peter Brock Retires; Fire Marshal Office News;
Promotions & Appointments; More Retirements; More Staff
Changes; Station 29 Update; Budget Adopted; Training News;
Five Compete in Ironman Triathlon; New Haz-Mat Tractor;
Morgan McLamb Stickers; Photo Gallery; Helicopter Rescue
on Haw River.
2013 - Vol 7 -
Issue 2 - Spring
New Rescue Services; History Book Has Arrived;
Training News; Operations News; Raleigh Fire
Department Statistics; Photo Gallery; Services
News; Office of the Fire Marshal News;
Retirements; Deaths; Old Station 4 Demolished;
Where Are They Now?
2013 - Vol 7 -
Issue 1 - Winter
Recruit Academy Starting; Two Alarms at
Hibernian Pub; Recruit Academy Numbering;
Recruit Academies; Operations News; Planning
News; Asst. Chief Bert Richards Retires; History
Book Production Finishes; Promotions &
Appointments; More Retirements; Deaths; Photo
Gallery; Scenes From the Fireman's Ball;
Calendar of Events; Hand Hose Reel Restored.
2012 - Vol 6 -
Issue 4 - Summer
Special Operations Changes; History Book
Production in Full Swing; Fire Investigation
Task Force Created; Training Updates; Services
Updates; Promotions and Appointments; New Staff;
Retirements; Deaths; New Air Monitoring
Protocols, Updated Respiratory Procedures; About
Hydrogen Cyanide; Photo Gallery; Fireman's Ball
on Nov. 17; Retiree Christmas Party, Dec. 7;
Explorer Banquet, November 3; Calendar of
Events; Fire Prevention Week.
2012 - Vol 6 -
Issue 3 - Summer
Bringing the Steamer to Life; One Hundred Years
or More; Asst. Chief Rusty Styons Retires;
Office Space Expansion, Changes; Fire
Investigators Move; Promotions & Appointments;
More Retirements; Recruit Academy Update; Other
Training News; Services News; Budget Adopted;
Foam Trailer Delivered; Fire Marshal Office
News; Hydrant Project Update; Scenes From The
Centennial Celebration on June 16; Photo
Gallery; Calendar of Events; Where Are They Now?
2012 - Vol 6 -
Issue 2 - Spring
Hydrant Blitz Begins in April; Firefighters
Rescue Elderly Man; Haz-Mat Changes; Fire
Station 29 Update; Promotions and Appointments;
Retirements; Deaths; Scott Nipper Memorial
Decals; Retiree Dress Uniform Guidelines.
"Marine Walking" at Station 1; Raleigh Fire
Department Statistics; Photo Gallery; Wake
County Area Fire Marshals; Centennial Yearbook;
Birthday Party on June 16; Historical Society
Now Raleigh Fire Museum; Calendar of Events;
Saving Old Engine 1.
2012 - Vol 6 -
Issue 1 - Winter
Captain Scott Nipper Killed; Two Alarms on
Christmas Morning; Firefighters Rescue Two
Children; Celebrating Our Centennial; Asst.
Chief Frank Warner Retires; More Retirements;
Promotions & Appointments; New Personnel;
Response Changes to Fire Calls; Photo Gallery;
Recruit Academy Starts; Where Are They Now;
Retiree History Day on April 10th; Calendar of
Events; New Live Fire Simulator.
2011 - Vol 5 -
Issue 5 - Fall
New Portable Personal Monitors; Injury at Arson
Fire on Kent Road; Firefighters Compete at World
Games in New York; Training Updates; Services
Updates; Grant Awarded to Burn Fund; Promotions;
Deaths; Scenes from Hurricane Irene; Raleigh's
Finest 5K Pays Tribute; Remembering September
11, 2001; Photo Gallery; Historical Society
News; Raleigh's First Fire Chiefs; Centennial
Coins for Sale; Save the Dates; E-mail List for
Retirees; Calendar of Events; Retiree Christmas
Party.Speci
2011 - Vol 5 -
Issue 4 - Summer
New Radio Procedures Start; Two Alarms on Avent
Ferry; Emergency Fire Dispatch; Office Upgrade
for Division Chief; Rotation of Command; New
Decon Trailer Delivered; Orientation for Fire
Inspectors; Tornado Strikes Raleigh; Budget
Adopted; More Solar Systems Installed; Charity
Events; Raleigh Fire Museum Opens; Back in the
Day; Photo Gallery; Calendar of Events; Fire
Prevention Code Revised.
2011 -
Vol 5 - Issue 3 - Special Edition
Tornado strikes Raleigh.
2011 - Vol 5 -
Issue 2 - Spring
New Water Supply Procedure; Four Alarms for
Brush Fire; Development Services; Burn Center
Activities; Filling the Boot for MDA; Standing
Down; Retirements; Promotions; Raleigh Fire
Department Statistics For 2010; Photo Gallery;
FireWatch Tours Museum; We Want Your Old Stuff;
More Family Information; Calendar of Events;
Looking Ahead to the Holidays; Firefighter of
the Year Award.
2011 - Vol 5 -
Issue 1 - Winter
New Mechanics at Services; Two Alarms at Metal
Plant; Apparatus and Facility Updates;
Operations Updates; Fire Academy Graduation; New
Employees; Promotions & Appointments;
Retirements; Deaths; Photo Gallery; Retiree
Christmas Party; Museum Almost Ready; The 1939
Tiller in 1984; Old Stuff Wanted; Three
Generations; Fire Education in 1982; Thanks For
Your Donations; Other Historical Displays; Code
Save Ceremony; Calendar of Events; Training
Updates; 12,000 Surveys And Counting.
2010 - Vol 4 -
Issue 4 - Fall
Fire Marshals Start on Shift; Capt. Fanning,
Firefighter of the Year; Asst. Chief Phil
Woodlief Retires; Asst. Chief Larry Stanford
Retires; Recruitment Update; New Employees;
Promotions & Appointments; Retirements; Deaths;
Community Service for Safety; New Tiller
Delivered; Scenes From the Fire Expo; Photo
Gallery; Calendar of Events; Retiree Christmas
Party; Historical Society News; Other News;
Facility Updates; Our Anniversary in 2012.
2010 - Vol 4 -
Issue 3 - Summer
Battalion Chief in Action; Two Alarms in North
Raleigh; Recruits Start Academy; New Employees;
Promotions; Appointments; Retirements; Deaths;
Fire Ops 101 for City Council; Grant Received
for Simulator; Budget News; More Mobile Data
Terminals; Services Division Updates; New E-Mail
Address; Retiree Day Photos; History Trailer
Debuts; Photo Gallery; Other News; Calendar of
Events; Where Are They Now; Where Are You Now.
2010 - Vol 4 -
Issue 2 - Spring
Meet the Battalion Chief; Three Alarms in North
Raleigh; Asst. Chief Bryant Woodall Retires;
Retirements; Appointments; Promotions; Rotation
of Command; Training Center Updates; Ladder
Operations Training; Safety Office Created;
Photo Gallery Created; Fire Department
Statistics, January 1- December 31, 2009;
Calendar of Events; New Engines Delivered;
Firefighters Receive Award; Historical Society
Update.
2010 - Vol 4 -
Issue 1 - Winter
Lt. Flip Kissinger Dies; Helicopter Training
with SHP; Retirement Ruling Update; Firefighters
Fight Fire & Ice; Fire Prevention Restructured;
New Offices Nearly Finished; Promotions;
Retirements; Goodbyes; Other News; Fallen
Firefighters Memorial; ICC Conference in
Baltimore; Explorers Hold Banquet; Retiree
Christmas Party; Photo Gallery; Log Books
Wanted; Calendar of Events; Remember When; Where
Are They Now; Burn Center Activities.
2009 - Vol 3 -
Issue 4 - Fall
Fire Expo Returns to Raleigh; Two Alarms on E.
Millbrook; Ladder Overturns, Crew Okay; DOI
Project Phase Done; Station 1 Gets Generator;
Chief Johnson Nominated for First Responder
Award; ISO Grading in September; Ruling Affects
Retirement; Offices Moving; Deaths; Then & Now
-1973/2009; Photo Gallery; Fire Stations Going
Green; Air Rescue Training Starting; Combat
Fitness Challenge; Fire Prevention Week
Activities; Calendar of Events; Corrections;
Retiree Christmas Party; Training Center
Changes.
2009 - Vol 3 -
Issue 3 - Summer
Honor Guard Turns 25; Blount Street Fire; Youth
Academy; Garner Building Collapse; Promotions;
Retirements; Photo Gallery; New Apparatus; Units
Renumbered; Budget News; Fleet Additions; Mobile
Data Terminals; Family Tree; Retiree Lunch
Photos; Fire Bell Photo; State Firefighter
Convention; Historical Society Update.
2009 - Vol 3 -
Issue 2 - Spring
Building Construction Team; Tall Timber Fire;
Solar Power; Academy Update; St. Baldrick's;
Help for Fire Prevention; Station 6 Turns 60;
Retirements; Deaths; Run Numbers; USAR Members
Honored; Recent Events & Incidents; Academy
Graduates Reunite; Future Fire Stations; Old
Mack; Explorers at Winterfest; Historical
Society Update.
2009 - Vol 3-
Issue 1 - Winter
Firefighter Andrew Johnson Dies; Fire Bell
Returned to City; Strategic Planning; Ladder
Company Changes; New Employees; Promotions;
Retirements; Deaths; Fire Prevention Programs;
Firefighter of the Year; Mobile Data Terminals;
Training Updates; Retiree Christmas Party
Photos; Buckle Up; Yearbook Update; Where Are
They Now; Historical Society Update; Other News.
2008 - Vol 2 -
Issue 4 - Fall
Smokehouse Plaque Dedicated; Hammell Drive Fire;
Fire Bell Update; World Burn Congress; Training
Updates; Residential Sprinklers Vote; Beltline
Tanker Fire; Other News; New Employees;
Promotions; Explorer Post Reactivated;
Historical Society Organizing; Station 29
Update; Family Tree; Tales of the Yearbook; Pink
Ribbon Tour; Fire Prevention Week; Fireman's
Club; Retiree Christmas Party.
2008 - Vol 2 -
Issue 3 - Summer
Firefighter George Crocker Dies; Brown Bark
Place Fire; High-Rise Procedures; Budget Notes;
Special Operations Update; Asst. Chief Tommie
Ann Styons Retires; Yearbook Update; New
Employees; Appointments & Promotions;
Retirements; Deaths; Academy Updates; Golf
Tournament; Cardiac Saves; Retiree & Family
Event Photos; Old Fire Bell; Pre-Plan Blitz;
Youth Fire Academy; Where Are They Now?
2008 - Vol 2 -
Issue 2 - Spring
Lt. Herman Jones Dies; Garner Road Explosion;
Retiree/Media Day; Golf Tournament; Cardiac
Saves; New Equipment; Recruitment Update; New
Employees; Promotions; Retirements; Deaths; Old
Tiller; Run Numbers; Recent Incidents; Family
Tree; Yearbook Update; Scholarships; Firewatch
on Web; St. Baldricks; Back in the Day;
Smokehouse Memories Wanted.
2008 - Vol 2 -
Issue 1 - Winter
Recruit Academy; Tim Henshaw Profile; Yearbook;
Promotions; Retirements; Births and Deaths;
Recent Incidents; Water Rescue Truck;
Accountability; Retiree Lunch Photos; Retiree
Christmas Party Photos; Burn Center; Back in the
Day.
2007 - Vol 1 -
Issue 2
New Investigators, New Apparatus, Mobile Service
Vehicle, Other News, Fire Prevention Week,
Promotions, Recent Incidents, Retiree Christmas
Party, Fill the Boot, Baby Delivered, Back in
the Day, Yearbook, Recruitment, Relief Fund.
2007 - Vol 1 -
Issue 1
Retiree Day, New Rescues, Station 28 Dedicated,
Golf Tournament, Command Changes, Staff
Additions, Budget Notes, Recent Incidents, Back
in the Day, Retirements, Recruitment.
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