Raleigh Fire Department History

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1792-1849
1850-1859
1860-1869
1870-1879
1880-1889
1890-1899
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
       1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-present

Maps / Charts

Downtown Aerial Map, 1872
Downtown Historical Map

Sanborn Map, 1903
Sanborn Map, 1909
Sanborn Map, 1914


Historical Chart
Run Numbers, 1991-present

City Ordinances

Fire Department, 1867
Fire Department, 1908
Fire Department, 1929

Books

Electronic Books
Lee & Mike Books

Official Yearbooks

Other

Missing Microfilm
Alarm Boxes
Sources

Unofficial Reports

Apparatus Histories
Company/Unit Histories

Survey of Fire Stations

Alarm System & Fire Bell
Antique Fire Apparatus

Birth of a Fire Department (2.5M)
Budget Notes, 1949-1961

Dorothea Dix Fire, 1926
Early Fire Brigades

Excursions, Conventions, Contents
History, 1880-1899
Mutual Aid by Train

Mutual Aid in the Early 1920s
Reorganization in 1971

Smokehouse
Steam Fire Engines
Training Towers
Volunteers, Modern

Personnel Information

Academies
Academy Photos

Auxiliary Firefighters, 1944
Chiefs of Department
Line of Duty Deaths
Members, 1912-1950

Volunteer Fire Companies

Volunteers, 1866-1911

Fire Protection Reports

Sanborn, 1884
Sanborn, 1888

Sanborn, 1896
 
Sanborn, 1903
Sanborn, 1909
Sanborn, 1914

 
Fire Underwriters, 1911
Fire Underwriters, 1924

Fire Underwriters, 1931

 
Planning Department, 1958

Planning Department, 1970

Planning Department, 1977

Other Official Records

Apparatus, 1920s
Apparatus, 1924

Apparatus, 1931

Apparatus, 1952

 
Fire Calls, 1887-1910

 
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