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Centennial History of the Raleigh 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 slides about North Carolina

Presenter Information

• Software company as day job,

web project manager

• Former Raleigh firefighter
• Official historian
• Incident photographer
• Author
• Buff
• mikey@legeros.com
• www.legeros.com

Raleigh Fire Museum

www.raleighfiremuseum.org

Milestones

1792 City of Raleigh created. 1816 First fire engine and fire company. 1852 Fire department organization created. 1912 Fully-paid fire department created.

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Going Back in Time

1900s 1800s 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 residents by 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 pump using 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)

1819

A 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

1819 First hand engine delivered, first fire company formed in Raleigh. 1821 Law exempts fire company members from military duty. 1826 City granted power to draft citizens if too few volunteer for fire company. 1831 State House in Union Square burns. Stone and brick soon used in government buildings. 1838 City adopts building regulations for fire protection. 1843 Second 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 Lantern Boiler Coal Tray

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 Hall Fayetteville Street

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1870

Metropolitan Hall Fayetteville Street

Clock tower bell used for fire alarms Fireman’s room upstairs Fire engine rooms in rear

1870

Rescue Company Engine House Fayetteville Street

1870 1887

Capital Hose Company House West Morgan Street

1887

Capital Hose Company House West Morgan Street

Garage for hand hose reel Fireman’s meeting room upstairs Water company

• ffice

Water tower base

1896

Headquarters West Morgan Street

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1897

Victor Company Engine House Burns South Salisbury / West Davie Streets

1898

Victor Company Engine House East 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
• 1887 – Charlotte
• 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 Delivered New 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 LaFrance Hose 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
• 1897 – Wilmington
• 1909 – Durham
• 1912 – Raleigh
• 1923 – Winston-Salem
• 1924 – Asheville
• 1926 – Greensboro
• 1938 – Rocky Mount
• 1947 – Fayetteville

Charlotte

Motor Apparatus

• 1912 – Charlotte, all motor 1917
• 1912 – Durham
• 1912 – Wilmington
• 1913 – Asheville
• 1913 – Greensboro
• 1913 – Raleigh
• 1913 – Winston-Salem
• 1914, by – Fayetteville
• 1914 – Rocky Mount

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
• 1914 – Wilmington
• 1916 – Raleigh
• 1917 – Charlotte
• 1919 – Rocky Mount
• 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 4 Opened 1926 Jefferson Street Station 5 Opened 1926 Park Drive

Fire Station Sizes

Raleigh Lumberton Raleigh Charlotte

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 South Salisbury 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

Station 6 Opened 1943 2519 Fairview Road Opened 1949 2602 Fairview Road

1940s

1919 American LaFrance 1948 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 ► ► 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 – Raleigh Raleigh

1950s

Station 3 Training Tower Ladies Auxiliary Station 7

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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

• rganize rural districts with taxes
• Municipal departments increasingly

aware of liability

Wake County

Wake County as Example

• 1940s

No rural FDs. Some towns have FDs

• 1950s

Many rural and town FDs form

– Some alongside existing municipal FDs – Some with municipal and rural divisions – Some exclusively rural

• 1960s

More 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 Century

firefighters

Rural Water Supply

• Originated by Iowa farmer
• Cumberland, Duplin, Wayne county

fire 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 at State 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

Station 10 Station 11 Station 12 Station 14 Station 15 Station 16

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

• 1974 – Wilmington
• 1977 – Greensboro
• 1978 – Charlotte
• 1978 – Salisbury
• 1979 – Winston-Salem1
• 1980 – Raleigh
• 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

Labor

Laws

• 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 21 1998 Station 22 1998 Station 4 1993

1990s

American 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 automatic

defibrillators 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

Station 23 Station 24 Station 25 Station 26 Station 27 Station 28

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 8 Raleigh – Cary – Chapel Hill – Durham

2005

Tower Demolition

2006 2006

Construction Division Added

January 22, 2008

Line of Duty Death – Lt. Herman Jones

2009

Ladder 4 11 17 1 22 24 20 26 Rescue 19 7 14 Ladder 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Rescue 1 2 3

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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 Museum Opens

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, 2010

Armadale Lane

• February 19, 2011

Wakefield brush fire

• April 16, 2011

Raleigh tornado

Today

Administration Training Operations Office of the Fire 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 at www.raleighfirehistory.org