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Centennial History of theRaleigh Fire Department

Presented by Mike Legeros

August 2012

Today’s Agenda

05:00 – Meet the presenter

75:00 – Presentation

10:00 – Questions and Answers

About These Slides

Blue slides about

Raleigh

Green slidesabout

North Carolina

Presenter Information

• Software company as day job, web project manager

• Former Raleigh firefighter

• Official historian

• Incident photographer

• Author

• Buff

• [email protected]

• www.legeros.com

Raleigh Fire Museumwww.raleighfiremuseum.org

Milestones

1792City of Raleigh created.

1816First fire engine and fire company.

1852Fire department organization created.

1912Fully-paid fire department created.

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Going Back in Time

1900s1800s

1700s

Early North Carolina

• 1705, 1710, 1722 – First towns, Bath, New Bern, Edenton

• 1729 – North Carolina becomes English colony

• 1735 – Salisbury largest city in western North Carolina

• 1766 – Construction starts on Salem

• 1770 – First Capitol completed in New Bern, Tryon Palace

• 1789 – North Carolina becomes 12th state

• 1792, 1794 – Raleigh created, Capitol moved

• 1799 – Cities and towns

– Some growing, Washington, Elizabeth City

– Some still small, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Wilmington

– Some not yet created, Winston

Cities and Towns

• 1710 – New Bern• 1722 – Edenton• 1734 – Wilmington• 1739 – Fayetteville• 1755 – Salisbury• 1766 – Salem

• 1768 – Charlotte• 1776 – Washington• 1792 – Raleigh• 1793 – Elizabeth City• 1794 – Asheville• 1808 – Greensboro

How Things Started

• Collective responsibility for firefighting

• Buckets, ladders, axes, hand engines

• Laws compel prevention, participation

• Fire companies organize

• Fire department created

1792

Demographics

One square mile

699 residentsby 1803

1792

• Planners design wide streets, to help prevent fires from spreading block to block.

• Many trees are left intact, also for fire protection.

• Early regulation prohibits wooden structures added to building fronts that would enable fires to spread across streets.

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1802 1802

1802

Handles for pumping

Nozzle that swivels

Water poured into pumpusing chain of buckets

(bucket brigade)

1816

• First major fire • June 11, 1816

• Dozens of volunteers

• Bucket brigade

• 51 buildings destroyed

• Controlled by blasting

• Fire engine ordered

• Water system attempted(1818)

1819A very complete Fire-Engine from Philadelphia, with a Supply Pump, a sufficient length of Hose, Fire-Hooks, Chain, &c

First Fire Company • Joseph Gales, President • Beverly Daniel, Vice President • Jacob Lash, Captain • John T. C. Wiatt, Lieutenant • William F. Clark, Lieutenant • Thomas Cobbs, Lieutenant• Thomas Henderson, Lieutenant• John Dunn, Treasurer • John Bell, Secretary

First Fire Companies

• 1773 – New Bern (authorized to create)

• 1785 – Salem

• 1791 – Fayetteville (chartered)

• 1791 – Washington

• 1819 – Raleigh

• 1845 – Charlotte

• 1846 – Wilmington

• 1849 – Greensboro

New Bern – Raleigh Charlotte

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1819-1843

1819First hand engine delivered, first fire company formed in Raleigh.

1821Law exempts fire company members from military duty.

1826City granted power to draft citizens if too few volunteer for fire company.

1831State House in Union Square burns. Stone and brick soon used in government buildings.

1838City adopts building regulations for fire protection.

1843Second hand engine purchased, second fire company formed.

1851

• December 15, 1851

• Over 17 structures

• Ordinances adopted

• Better wells and pumps

• Cisterns for fire water

• More fire equipment

• Repair fire engines

• Engine house built

• Fire Chief appointed

• Fire Dept. reorganized

Before the Civil War After the Civil War

Apparatus

1819, 1873

Philadelphia-Style Hand Engine (left)

Rumsey Hand Engine (right)

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1873

Outlet, connects to hose.

Suction hose dropped into well or cistern.

Nozzle, connects to hose.

1870

Gould Steamer

and Hose Reel

1870

Nozzles

LanternBoiler

CoalTray

Intakes/Outlets

Pump

1878, 1881

Champion Chemical Engines

1852-1890

Hook and Ladder Trucks

Hand Engines, Steam Engines

Hand Engines

• Beaufort• Belhaven• Charlotte (3)• Clayton• Elizabeth City• Enfield• Fayetteville • Graham • Greensboro (2)• Greenville • Henderson • Hickory • Laurinburg • Lenoir • Milton

• Morehead City • Plymouth • Raleigh (5)• Salem (2)• Salisbury (2)• Smithfield • Tarboro • Warrenton • Washington (2)• Wilmington (2)• Winston

Steam Engines

• Charlotte (3)• Durham (3)• Elizabeth City (2)

• Fayetteville• Goldsboro• Greensboro (2)• Greenville• Kinston• Monroe• New Bern (4)• Raleigh (2)• Reidsville• Rocky Mount• Salem (2)• Salisbury• Washington• Wilmington (8)• Winston (3)• Winston-Salem

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Fire Horses

Salem - Burlington

• First horses

– 1879, Raleigh– 1883, Asheville

– 1887, Charlotte

– 1890, Durham

• Stabled at stations, other places

• Some shared with other city depts

• Replaced after several years

• Transported by rail for mutual aid

• Retired starting 1910s

Water Supply

Water Systems• Early waterworks

– 1778, Salem

– 1820, Fayetteville

• Underground cisterns– 1848, Greensboro

– 1852, Raleigh

• Modern waterworks– 1882, Charlotte

– 1887, Raleigh

– 1888, Durham

– 1892, Wilson

– 1893, Fayetteville

– 1895, Lumberton

– 1899, Statesville

Raleigh

1852-1887

Fire Cisterns

1852-1887 1852-1887

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1887

Fire Hydrants

1903 Hydrant Map

1887

Hand Hose Reels

1890

Hose Wagons

Facilities

1870

Metropolitan HallFayetteville Street

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1870

Metropolitan HallFayetteville Street

Clock tower bell used

for fire alarms

Fireman’s room upstairs

Fire engine rooms in rear

1870

Rescue Company Engine HouseFayetteville Street

1870 1887

Capital Hose Company HouseWest Morgan Street

1887

Capital Hose Company HouseWest Morgan Street

Garage forhand hose reel

Fireman’smeeting

room upstairs

Water company

office

Water towerbase

1896

HeadquartersWest Morgan Street

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1897

Victor Company Engine House

Burns

South Salisbury/ West Davie

Streets

1898

Victor Company Engine HouseEast Hargett Street

Fire Alarm System

1888

Street Box > Alarm Bell

1888 Fire Alarm Systems

• 1888 – Raleigh– 10 boxes, initially locked

– Inside and outside fire district

– 36 boxes in 1906

– 120 boxes in 1930

– 274 boxes in 1965

– Last box alarm sent in 1973

• 1878 – Wilmington (telephone)

• 1883 – New Bern


• 1891 – Durham

• 1910 – Rocky Mount

• 1912 – Salisbury

• 1925 – Lexington

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Fire Alarm Systems

Alerting and Recording

Dispatching

Mechanical

1870-1890

• First steam engine. (1870)

• First chemical engine. (1878)

• First fire horses. (1879)

• First fire hydrants, first hose companies. (1887)

• Fire alarm system installed. (1888)

• Last hand-drawn apparatus. (1890)

1900

Demographics

1.8 square miles

13,643 residents

Three fire stations

90 members

1905

New American LaFrance Steamer DeliveredNew Steam Engine Fire Company

1910

Demographics

4.0 square miles

19,218 residents

Three fire stations

127 members

Fire Departments in 1910

• Asheville• Benson• Biltmore(Asheville)

• Burlington• Chapel Hill• Charlotte • Clinton • Chestnut Hill (Salisbury)

• Concord • Durham• Dunn

• Edenton• Elizabeth City• Fayetteville• Freemont• Gastonia• Goldsboro• Graham• Greensboro• Greenville • Henderson• Hickory• High Point• Kinston

• Lenoir• Lexington• Louisburg• Monroe• Morganton• Mount Airy• New Berne• Oxford• Raleigh• Red Springs• Reidsville • Rockingham • Rocky Mount

• Salem• Salisbury• Sanford• Southern Pines

• Spencer• Statesville• Tarboro• Warrenton• Washington• Wilmington• Wilson• Winston

As recorded as members of North Carolina State’s Firemen Association

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1912

Fully-Paid Fire Department

Fire Chief Sherwood Brockwell

1912

First Full-Time Firefighters

1912

Station 1 Station 2 Station 3

1912

1913

American LaFranceHose Wagons

1914

Station 2 – South Salisbury Street

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1914, 1916

1914 American LaFrance Pumper,1916 American LaFrance Aerial Ladder

First Fully Paid Departments

• 1887 – Charlotte, plus volunteer company until 1907


• 1909 – Durham


• 1923 – Winston-Salem

• 1924 – Asheville



• 1947 – Fayetteville

Charlotte

Motor Apparatus

• 1912 – Charlotte, all motor 1917

• 1912 – Durham


• 1913 – Asheville



• 1913 – Winston-Salem

• 1914, by – Fayetteville


Charlotte – Raleigh

More Motor Apparatus

• 1912 – Lumberton

• 1913 – Statesville

• 1913 – Washington

• 1913 – Wilson

• 1914 – Chapel Hill

• 1914 – New Bern

• 1915 – Morganton

• 1916 – Lexington

• 1918 – Kinston

Cherryville – Morehead City High Point

Motor Aerial Ladders

• 1910s – Greensboro

• 1910s – Winston-Salem





• 1920s – Asheville

• 1920s – Durham

• 1920s – High Point

High Point – Asheville Wilmington

First Fire Marshal

• Sherwood Brockwell

• Former Raleigh Fire Chief

• Appointed 1914

• Served 39 years, until death

• Two days after appointment, started statewide firefighter training program

• Led to state fire college

• Founding director of college

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North Carolina Fire College

• First college held in Asheville, 1929

• Drills held during day; lectures at night

• Attended by 127 firemen from North Carolina

• Some firemen attended from other states

• Early directors:– 1929-1948, Sherwood Brockwell of Raleigh

– 1949-1962, Charles Burkett of Salisbury

– 1963-1967, Cosmo Cox of Durham

– 1968-1990, R. L. Powell of Greensboro

• Closed in late 1990s/early 2000s due to low enrollment

1920

Demographics

6.9 square miles

24,418 residents

Three fire stations

~30 members

1920s

Station 4Opened 1926

Jefferson Street


Park Drive

Fire Station Sizes

RaleighLumberton

RaleighCharlotte

1920s

1926 American LaFrance Pumper

1922 American LaFrance Service Truck

1924

Day Watch 0800 to 1145

1145 to 1530

1530 to 1900

Night Watch 1900 to 2230

2230 to 0130

0130 to 0430

0430 to 0800

Two Platoons Created

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1910-1929

• April 24, 1913 –News & Observer building

• March 25, 1914 –Tompkins Hall, A&M College

• April 10, 1926 –Insane Asylum

• July 3, 1928 –Yarborough Hotel

1930

Demographics

7.6 square miles

37,379 residents

Five fire stations

56 members

1930s

1936 American LaFrance Pumper

1939 / 1916 American LaFrance Aerial Ladder

1930s

Station 2 at Memorial Auditorium, Opened 1932

City Auditorium,Burned 1930

1940

Demographics

10.88 square miles

46,897 residents

Five fire stations

~56 members

1940s

• Station 1 on West Morgan Street closed and demolished, 1941.

• Engine 1 moved to Old Station 2 on SouthSalisbury Street.

• Aerial ladder and service truck moved to Station 2 at Memorial Auditorium.

• Engine 2 moved to Station 1.

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1940s

World War II

Civil Defense

Air-Raid Drills

Auxiliary Firefighters

Materials Restrictions

World War II

• Personnel enlisted, drafted– Charlotte loses 63 members

• Restrictions affect infrastructure– New apparatus, new construction, etc.

• Rationing of materials, such as fuel

• Civilian defense after Pearl Harbor– Blackout drills

• Auxiliary firefighters trained– Asheville, Kinston, Raleigh, Tarboro, etc.

Auxiliary Firefighters in Action!

Raleigh

1940s


2519 Fairview Road

Opened 19492602 Fairview Road

1940s

1919 American LaFrance1948 Ford Auxiliary Truck

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)

24 Hour Shifts

Labor• Civil service protection

– 1933, Raleigh

– 1949, after, statewide

• Trade unions– 1938, Raleigh

– 1940, Charlotte, Durham

– 1940, NC Firefighters Association

• Two shifts created– 1919, Charlotte

– 1924, Raleigh

– 1941, Greensboro

• Retirement systems– 1932, Charlotte

– 1949, Raleigh Raleigh

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Squad Trucks

• Circa 1940s

• Early mini-pumpers

• Also called auxiliary trucks

• Not necessarily rescue squads

• Durham, Raleigh, Wilmington, etc.

Durham - Raleigh

1940s

1949 FWD Pumper

1950 Mack Pumper

1949

Fire Prevention Bureau Formed

1930-1949• March 25, 1935 – Efird’s

Department Store

• May 18, 1939 – Norfolk Southern Railway Shops

• January 7, 1943 – Wake County Group Home

• December 29, 1943 –Bellas Hess Clothing Store

• February 1, 1948 –Carolina Country Club

1950

Demographics

10.88 square miles

65,679 residents

Six fire stations

67 members

1950s

New Station 1 American LaFrance Pumpers (4)

Raleigh Emergency American LaFrance Rescue Squad Aerial Ladder

1953

1958 ►

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1951

1953

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First Rescue Squads

• Types of rescue squads– First aid/transport units

– Basic technical rescue

– Suppression support/equipment trucks

• First fire department rescue squads:– 1947, Greenville

– 1951, Washington

– 1953, Raleigh

– 1960?, Durham

Salisbury – RaleighRaleigh

1950s

Station 3 Training Tower

Ladies Auxiliary Station 7

1951

1959 ►

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1954

1951

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March 10, 1956

Line of Duty Death – Lt. Vernon Smith

Suburban Raleigh

• Six Forks FD – 1956

• New Hope FD – 1956

• Western Boulevard FD – 1957

• Fairgrounds FD– 1961

• Durham Highway FD- 1964

• Legislation

• 1939, Counties can contract with municipal FDs

• 1945, Counties can establish and maintain own FDs

• 1947, Rural communities (Rowan county only?) can tax for fire protection provided by:

– Municipal FDs

– County FDs, if established

– Local FD under jurisdiction of countywide three-member commission

Rural Fire Protection

• 1945, by - Bessemer (Greensboro)

• 1945, by - North Asheboro (Asheboro)

• 1946 - Guilford College (Greensboro)

• 1946 - Seagate (Wilmington)

• 1947 - Wilkinson Boulevard (Charlotte)

• 1948 - Pleasant Garden (Marion/Mitchell County)

• 1949 - Pinoca (Charlotte)

• 1949 - Sedge Garden (Winston-Salem)

First Rural Fire Departments

Catawba County

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Rural Fire Department Growth

• Post-war boom in population, funding, interest

• Funding from Civil Defense agencies

• Legislation in 1951

– With popular vote, rural residents can organize rural districts with taxes

• Municipal departments increasingly aware of liability

Wake County

Wake County as Example

• 1940s No rural FDs. Some towns have FDs

• 1950sMany rural and town FDs form– Some alongside existing municipal FDs

– Some with municipal and rural divisions

– Some exclusively rural

• 1960sMore rural FDs form, one reforms and relocates after annexation by Raleigh

Wake County

Small Town Fire Departments

• Rural Hall in Forsyth County

• Hydrants installed in town

• Fire department formed 1939

• First fire truck bought 1941

• Carried hose, extinguishers,hand equipment

• Hydrant pressure used for fighting fires

• Same concept as 19th Centuryfirefighters

Rural Water Supply

• Originated by Iowa farmer

• Cumberland, Duplin, Wayne countyfire departments first to utilize

• Late 1960s

• Converted tankers to start

• Recognized by ISO

• Nahunta FD (Wayne County) first to receive lower ISO rating

Wake County

1960

Demographics

33.67 square miles

93,931 residents

Seven fire stations

123 members

1960s

New Station 2 New Shop

New Station 4 New Station 5

1969

1961

1963

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1960s

Station 8

1960

1963

Station 9

1963

1964

Smokehouse

1960s

American LaFrance Pumpers (4) Service Trucks (2)

American LaFrance Aerial Ladder GMC Tankers (2)

1960s

Foam Truck

Black Firefighters

• Early career firefighters– Wilmington, 1898 (18)

• Later career firefighters– 1951, Winston-Salem (4) – E4

– 1958, Durham (10) – E4

– 1961, Greensboro (28) – E4, T4

– 1963, Raleigh (6) – E2 (partial)– 1967, Charlotte (1)

• Integration– 1951, Winston-Salem

– 1966, Greensboro

– 1967?, Winston-Salem

– 1969, Durham

Winston-Salem - Durham

1950-1969

• March 3, 1952 – K&W Motor Company

• July 28, 1958 – Edenton Street Church

• March 4,1959 – Man Mur Bowling Center

• September 5, 1962 –Hayes Barton Church

• February 22, 1965 –Pullen Hall atState College

• April 1968 – Race Riots

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April 20, 1965

Line of Duty Death – Lt. Paul Mimms

1970

Demographics

44.93 square miles

122,830 residents

Nine fire stations

196 members

1970s



1971 – 1971 – 1974 – 1974 – 1974 – 1979

1970s

Mack Fire Apparatus

1970s

Chevy service truck Mack aerial platform

Chevy rescue squads (2) Mack tractor

1970s

• Third shift of personnel added. (1970)

• First two battalions (districts) created. (1971)

• Raleigh/Wake ECC established. (1972)

• Third battalion (district) created. (1977)

• First recruit academy. (1978)

• First female firefighters hired. (1978)

• EMT / First Responder program started. (1979)

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1970s

• Third shift of personnel added. (1970)

• First two battalions (districts) created. (1971)

• Raleigh/Wake ECC established. (1972)

• Third battalion (district) created. (1977)

• First recruit academy. (1978)

• First female firefighters hired. (1978)

• EMT / First Responder program started. (1979)

EMS and EMT

• North Carolina EMS system started in 1969

• North Carolina EMS act in 1973

• Some FDs became EMS providers

• Some FDs added ambulances– 1974, Wilmington– 1978, Salisbury

• Many FDs added first responders

Parkwood (Durham County)

First Responder Programs




• 1978 – Salisbury

• 1979 – Winston-Salem1


• 1993 – Durham

• 1999 – Winston-Salem2

Raleigh

Female Firefighters

• 1973 – Winston-Salem (1?)

• 1975 – Durham (public safety FF)

• 1978 – Greensboro (2)

• 1978 – Raleigh (8)

• 1980 – Charlotte (1?)

• 1981 – Fayetteville (1)

• 1982 – Durham (regular FF)

• 1982 – Rocky Mount (1?)

• 1983 – Wilmington (1)

• 1984 – Wilmington (2) Raleigh Greensboro

LaborLaws• Overtime laws change, 1970

• Work weeks reduced

• Personnel added– 1969, Charlotte adds third shift

– 1970, Greensboro adds third shift

– 1970, Raleigh adds third shift

Actions • 1967 – Walkout threat

• 1970 – Slowdown tactics

• 1974 – Class-action suit

• 1976 – Sick out

• 1981 – Sick out

Public Safety Officers• 1957 - ? Winston-Salem Fire Police

• 1970 – 1985 Durham• 1971 – 1993 Chapel Hill• 1973 – present Butner (Granville County)• 1973 – 1987 Winston-Salem• 1976 – present Morganton

• 1983 – present Havelock (Craven County)• 1996 – 1998 Washington• 2002 – present Knightdale (Wake County)

Knightdale

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Color Changes

▲ Greensboro, 1973–1987 Winston-Salem, 1971–1991 ▼

Lee Wilson photos

Color Changes• Bailey (green) • Beaver Dam (Watauga) (lime) *• Bethany• Carthage• Castle Hayne (chrome yellow)• Charlotte (lime)• Cumberland Road (black/lime)• Durham (white/lime)• East Rockingham *• Efland *• Fair Bluff• Fayetteville (lime)• Forbush• Fort Bragg (lime)• Frisco• Grover Rural

• High Shoals• Icard Township (Burke)• Madison (chrome yellow)• Nags Head (white/chrome y.) *• Nahunta• Orange Grove• Rocky Mount (white/lime)• Swannanoa (white/lime) *• Vander (chrome yellow) *• Wentworth (Rockingham)• West Iredell• Wilson (white/lime) • Yrac (lime)

* Color still used today

1980

Demographics

55.17 square miles

150,255 residents

15 fire stations

325 members

1980s

Station 17 Station 19

Station 18 Station 20

◄1984

1988 ►

◄1987

1989 ►

1980s

Mack (2) Pirsch EEI / Pemfab (2)

Seagrave Pierce Pierce (3)

1980s

Fiberglass Cabs

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1980s

Command Post / Mobile Air

Mini Pumpers (3)

Haz-Mat

1982

Keeter Training Center Completed

1980s

• Part-time fire investigators added. (c.1980)

• Fiberglass helmets replace plastic helmets. (1984)

• Haz-Mat unit placed in service. (1984)

• Honor guard organized. (1984)

• Explorer post started. (1985)

• Services moves to Station 8 basement. (1987)

• First closed-cab fire apparatus. (1989)

Origin of Haz-Mat Placard

• July 9, 1959

• Charlotte Chemical Company

• Burning vat inside building being demolished

• Materials exploded during suppression

• 13 firefighters injured, several critical

• Metallic sodium sealed in kerosene caused explosion

• Fire Marshal J. F. Morris developed marking system

• NFPA adopted as standard 704

1970-1989• June 24, 1970 –

Peeble’s Hotel

• July 10, 1975 – White Oil Company

• February 16 & 17, 1976 – Pine State Creamery

• March 16, 1980 – News & Observer Building

• July 7, 1981 –Mangel’s Building

• November 28, 1988 –North Raleigh Tornado

1990

Demographics

91.40 square miles

212,092 residents

18 fire stations

355 members

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1990s

Station 211998

Station 221998

Station 41993

1990sAmerican LaFrance / LTI ►

Chevrolet / Frontline (2) ►

◄ Pierce Dash (2)

◄ Pierce Lance (2)

◄ Quality / Spartan (8)

◄ Simon-Duplex / E-One

Simon-Duplex / LTI ►

Spartan / LTI ►

1990s

• First Division Chief. (1992)

• Fire safety house delivered. (1993)

• EMT-D program started, with first automaticdefibrillators issued. (1993)

• Confined-space rescue, collapse rescue, and high-level rescue training started. (1993-95)

• Engine 3 runs over 2,000 calls in one year. (1994)

• Rapid Intervention Teams (RIT) started. (1997)

2000

Demographics

118.71 square miles

286,834 residents

22 fire stations

431 members

2000s



2000 – 2001 – 2001 – 2003 – 2003 - 2007

2000s

New engines, ladders, rescues, mobile air unit

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2003

N.C. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Task Force 8Raleigh – Cary – Chapel Hill – Durham

2005

Tower Demolition

2006 2006

Construction Division Added

January 22, 2008

Line of Duty Death – Lt. Herman Jones

2009

Ladder 41117122242026

Rescue 19714

Ladder 12345678

Rescue 123

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2000s

• First permanent child seat fitting station in state. (2000)

• Thermal imaging cameras. (2000)

• Plain talk replaces radio codes. (2003)

• Fourth battalion created. (2004)

• New maintenance shop and services center. (2004)

• N.C. Haz-Mat Regional Response Team 4 moves to Raleigh. (2004)

• Full-time fire investigators. (2007)

• Eighth ladder company placed in service. (2009)

1990-2009

• March 18, 1990 – Wake County Courthouse

• September 6, 1996 – Hurricane Fran

• August 7, 2001 – CP&L Substation

• October 5, 2006 – Apex Chemical Fire

• February 22, 2007 – Pine Knoll Townes

2010

Demographics

143.87 square miles

405,197 residents

27 fire stations

568 members

2010

Phase one of pre-incident survey project

• Over 12,000 structures surveyed over 18 months.

• Every occupied structure city, except single/double-family homes.

• Conducted by fire companies.

2011

Fire MuseumOpens

2010s

New tiller

New decon trailer

New training system

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2010s

• Safety Officer, Shift Deputy Fire Marshal added. (2010)

• New radio procedures. (2011)

• Emergency Fire Dispatch started. (2011)

• Portable personal monitors added to engines. (2011)

• New water supply procedure. (2011)

• Project to locate and test all fire hydrants. (2012)

• Planning for single-rescue/two-squad concept. (2012)

• Planning for fifth battalion. (2012)

2010s

• March 24, 2010Armadale Lane

• February 19, 2011Wakefield brush fire

• April 16, 2011Raleigh tornado

Today

Administration

Training OperationsOffice of theFire Marshal

Services

Today

27 Fire Stations

28 Engine Companies

8 Ladder Companies

3 Rescue Companies

4 Battalion Chiefs

575 Uniformed and Civilian Personnel

Questions?

Learn more atwww.raleighfirehistory.org

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