Historical Fire Department and Fire Protection Laws

General North Carolina Laws - 1745 to 1924 / Rural Fire Protection Acts - 1939 to 1951

Last updated February 14, 2019

Note: This collection of documents has been newly expanded, with legislative law excepts dating back to the 1740s.


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Introduction

This site presents a "grab bag" of historical laws in North Carolina pertaining to fire protection, enacted between the 1740s and 1920s, plus rural fire protection legislation between 1939 and 1951. These digitized versions of the original documents were obtained from:

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List of Documents

Rural Fire Protection

General

Beaufort

Bethania (Forsyth County)

Charlotte

Durham

Edenton

Elizabeth City

Fayetteville

Greensboro

Greenville

Hillsborough

Jacksonville

Kinston

Lincolnton

Little Rockfish (Cumberland County)

New Bern

Raleigh

Rutherfordton

Salem

Salisbury

Smithfield

Smithville (Brunswick County)

Tarboro

Warrenton

Washington

Wilmington

Wilson

Winston


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