| Department |
Notes |
| Apex Municipal |
Formed 1927. |
| Apex Rural |
Formed 1952. Merged with Apex Municipal in
2002. |
| Bayleaf |
Early name of Bay Leaf Fire Department. |
| Bay Leaf |
Formed 1961. |
| Cary |
Formed 1922 as volunteer fire department. |
| Cary Rural |
Original name of Cary Fire Department until
September 15, 1960, until town department formally created.
Later renamed Yrac Fire Department. |
| Durham Highway |
Formed 1964. |
| Fairground |
Early name for Fairgrounds Fire Department. |
| Fairgrounds |
Formed 1961. Merged with Yrac Fire
Department to create Western-Wake Fire Department in 1998. |
| Fairview |
Formed 1963 as Ten Ten Fire Department. |
| Falls |
Formed 1970. |
| Forestry Service |
Wake County office established in 1940s
(?). |
| Fuquay-Springs |
See Fuquay-Varina Fire Department. |
| Fuquay-Varina Municipal |
Formed 1938 as Fuquay Springs Fire
Department. |
| Fuquay-Varina Rural |
Formed 1954. Merged with Fuquay-Varina
Municipal in 1999. |
| Garner |
Formed 1952. |
| Holly Springs Public Safety |
Formed 1995. |
| Holly Springs Rural |
Formed 1971. Absorbed by Holly
Springs Public Safety in 1997 |
| Hopkins |
Formed 1977. |
| Knightdale |
Formed 1953. |
| Knightdale Public Safety |
Formed 2002. |
| Morrisville Municipal |
Formed 1995. |
| Morrisville Rural |
Formed 1955. Absorbed by Town of
Morrisville in 1995. |
| New Hope |
See Wake New Hope. |
| Raleigh |
Formed as paid department in 1912.
First volunteer fire company organized in 1819 or earlier. |
| RDU Emergency Services |
Formed 1943. |
| Rolesville |
Formed 1958. |
| Six Forks |
Formed 1956. Merged with Bay Leaf
Fire Department in 2002. |
| Stoney Hill |
Originally spelling of Stony Hill. |
| Stony Hill |
Formed 1958. |
| Swift Creek |
Formed 1960. |
| Ten Ten |
Original name of Fairview Fire Department. |
| Wake Forest Municipal |
Formed 1921. |
| Wake Forest Fire Department #2 |
Formed 1942. Merged with Municipal
department in 1982. |
| Wake Forest Rural |
Formed 1956. Merged with Municipal
department in 1982. |
| Wake New Hope |
Formed 1956. |
| Wendell Holmes |
Early name of Wendell Rural Fire
Department. |
| Wendell Municipal |
Formed 1908-12. |
| Wendell Rural |
Formed 1957. |
| Western Boulevard |
Formed 1957. Disbanded in 1960.
Reformed as Fairground Fire Department. |
| Western Wake |
Formed 1998 as merger of Fairgrounds and
Yrac fire departments. |
| Yrac |
Formed 1961 as Cary Rural Fire Department.
Merged with Fairgrounds Fire Department and changed name to
Western Wake in 1998. |
| Zebulon Municipal |
Formed 1919-21. |
| Zebulon Rural |
Formed 1953. Merged with municipal
department in March 2000. |