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Presented by the Raleigh Fire Museum, the men and women of the Raleigh Fire Department who stood watch on December 25, in select years between 1928 and 1996. Log book excepts. View the photo albu...
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Last week Lee Wilson paid a visit to Lillington, to photographer their two antique (and well-preserved) antique engines. The older one is a 1928 GMC/American LaFrance Type 99 triple combination,...
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Orange Rural Fire Department in Hillsborough has received a pair of 2015 Sutphen Monarch pumper-tankers, 1500/1000. They were delivered on Friday, December 18. Notes this town press release, th...
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We covered the future plans (prospective or otherwise) of Cary and Apex in their respective prior postings. Let's look at the city and see what they're cooking for the next five years... ...
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The Buies Creek Fire Department has ordered an black-over-orange Pierce Arrow XT (though the drawing shows a Velocity) aerial platform, notes this Facebook posting from Atlantic Emergency Soluti...
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The opening of Cary's new fire station this week gets me thinking. How many newly constructed fire stations have opened in Raleigh and Wake County? Let's take a look... Criteria: Purpose-buil...
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The town of Cary opened a new fire station on Monday. The personnel of Engine 2 and Rescue 2 reported for duty at the newly completed Station 2 at 601 E. Chatham Street. They were transported to...
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Construction has started on Apex Public Safety Station 5 at 1050 Kelly Road. Notes this FY 2015-16 Capital Improvement Plan document , the $3.8M project will be a 16,500 square-foot facility tha...
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Found for sale on eBay is this vintage photo labeled "Chrlotte Fire Dept." Does'nt appear to be Charlotte, North Carolina, as the fire station doesn't match their old station photos. That leaves...
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The Clayton Fire Department yesterday took delivery of their new Rescue 1, a 2015 Pierce Enforcer heavy rescue. As noted in this Facebook announcement, they expect the truck to be in service wit...
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In October, this photo was posted to the SPAAMFAA Facebook group. Stony Hill's 1954 Mack before it was Stony Hill's. The truck originally served the Independent Fire Company of Westville, NJ,...
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More fun with Sanborn Maps. This time to Carteret County and the town of Beaufort. Below are annotated map excerpts from 1898 to 1941, showing the various locations for the town's fire station. ...
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The new Raleigh-Wake Emergency Communications Center is nearing completion in the new Critical Public Safety Facility off Skycrest Drive. Among the features of new facility are... windows! ...
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Three new 2015 Pierce Impel pumpers have been delivered to three Wake County fire departments: Stony Hill, Wake New Hope, and Wendell fire departments. They were purchased by the county, and spe...
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The Bunn Fire Department in Franklin County took delivery of their new Tanker 21 on Monday and Lee Wilson was there to photograph the thing. It's a 2015 Spartan/Custom Fire pumper-tanker, 1250/1...
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Here's a highlight from last week's meaty Wake County Fire Commission meeting (see posting ). Lots of good updates and discussions, including this item: county logos will be added to all county-...
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Two alarms were struck in Cary this morning at 1102 Walnut Street. On the Border restaurant, located across the street from Cary Towne Center. Engine 2 arriving with heavy fire showing from the ...
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The next meeting of the Wake County Fire Commission is Thursday, November 19, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. The location is the Wake County EMS Training Facility, in the lower level of the Wake County Comm...
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Found this one among records of Raleigh's 1958 and 1960 aerial ladders. Interpreting the thing as reasons for rejecting bids for building one or more pumpers. Likely dates to 1958, when the city...
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