Timelines

1792-1829 1830-1849 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 2000-2009 2010-present

Alarm System

• Bid Document - 1925
• Box Locations
• History

Annual Reports

• 1883 to 1911, various years

Apparatus

• Antique Fleet
• Antique Flyer - New Jan 2018
• Apparatus Histories (list)
• Apparatus Registry (site)
• American LaFrance Bid Doc - 1925
• Records, 1920s
• Records, 1924
• Records, 1931
• Records, 1952
• Steam Fire Engines

Books

• 1984 yearbook^
• Commemorative Books
• Print Books
• Electronic Books

Budget Records

• Budget Notes, 1949-1961

Buildings

• Fire Station Histories (site)
• Floor Plans - New Dec 2017
• Historic and Former Firehouses
• Survey of Fire Stations
• Smokehouse History
• Station 4 Bid Doc - 1926 (1.5M)
• Station 4 Historic Property Designation - 1996
• Station 4 Measured Drawings - 2014 (1.6M)
• Training Towers

Charts

• Historical Chart
• Milestones Poster

Company Histories

• Career Company/Unit Histories

• Volunteer Fire Companies

Documents

• Data management forms, 1988
• Numbered Memos, 1980s (6M)
• Rescue squad documents, 1950s (3.6M)
• Rules & Regulations^
• Rules & Regulations - Blog Post^ 

EMT/Medical

• Rescue Medic Proposal - 1976 (blog post)
• Wake County Rescue Squad & EMS histories

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

Fires & Incidents

• Dorothea Dix 1926
• Fatal Fires - 1948-2018 - New Jan 2018
• The Fire of 1851
• Great Fires of Raleigh^
• Historic Oakwood^
• IGA Grocery Store, 1992^
• Mangel Building, 1981^
• Martin Street, 1915^
• Metropolitan, 2017^
• North Hills Sniper, 1972
• Pine Knoll Townes, 2007^
• Tornado, 1988^
• Tornado, 2011
• Watson's fires
• Yarborough Hotel, 1928^ 

Histories / Essays

• Birth of a Fire Department (2.5M)
• Centennial History, 2012^
• Early Fire Brigades
• Excursions, Conventions, Contests
• History, 1880-1899
• History Book Text, 1984^
• Mutual Aid by Train
• Mutual Aid in the Early 1920s
• Reorganization in 1971
• Volunteers, Modern

Hydrants

• Sanborn Hydrant Map, 1903

City Ordinances

• City Ordinance, 1867
• City Ordinance, 1908
• City Ordinance, 1929

State Laws

• Fire Protection in Raleigh, 1820s
• Fire Company Charters, 1870s, 1905
• Fire Investigation, 1899
• Civil Service Protection, 1913, 1935

Log Book Entries

• Fire Chief Memos
• First Responder Calls - 1980
• Misc - 1984-1999
• Misc - 1985-1989
• Personnel Records, 1913-1941  
• Rescue - 1968
• Rescue 1 1974-1975
• Station 4 - 1926
• Station 4 1950 - 1952
• Station 10 - 1971-1972

Maps

• Downtown Aerial Map, 1872
• Downtown Historical Map
• Sanborn Maps ^ 

Personnel

• Academies
• Academy Graduates
• Academy Photos
• Auxiliary Firefighters, 1944
• Black Firefighters - Expanded Feb 2018
• Centennial Roll Call
• Chiefs of Department
• Family Tree
• Line of Duty Deaths
• Members, 1912-1950
• Personnel Records, 1913-1941
• Union Minutes - 1942 to 1951 - New Feb 2018
• Volunteers, 1866-1911

Photos

• Academy Photos
• Current Incidents and Events^ 
• Faces of the Past^ 
• Historic and Former Firehouses^
• Historical #1 - 1900-1984^ 
• Historical #2 - 1938-1991^ 
• More Historical Photos^

Research Materials

• Missing Microfilm
• Sources

Statistics

• Run Numbers, 1993-2014 
• Fire Calls, 1887-1910

Miscellaneous

• Challenge Coins

Blog Postings by Mike Legeros 

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• 12/15 - Vintage Raleigh Fire Department Rules & Regulations Booklet
• 12/15 - Crews of Christmas Past
• 11/15 - Reasons For Rejecting Apparatus Bids, Circa 1958
• 11/15 - Raleigh Tiller Delivered by Train, May 1958
• 11/15 - Bidding on Aerial Apparatus, 1960
• 10/15 - Raleigh Ladder Truck Sign Boards
• 09/15 - Raleigh Fire Department, Established When?
• 08/15 - Raleigh's Original American LaFrance Ladder Trucks
• 07/15 - Glenwood Towers First Fire Alarm Circa 1971
• 07/15 - Vintage Footage From 1995 - High-Level Rope Rescue
• 06/15 - Vintage Footage From 1992 - IGA Grocery Store Fire
• 06/15 - Fire Station 29 - Facts, Figures, Trivia
• 06/15 - Raleigh Fire Station Lot Sizes
• 06/15 - Engine 29 and Ladder 9
• 06/15 - Major Church Fires in Raleigh?
• 03/15 - Raleigh Fire Prevention Footage from 1990
• 03/15 - Suburban Fire Protection in Raleigh - Poster Concept
• 02/15 - Raleigh Firemen Who Lived at the Fire Station
• 02/15 - Vintage Photo of Raleigh's GMC Service Truck
• 02/15 - Old Engine 4 and Other Bungalow Fire Stations
• 02/15 - Raleigh Fire Company Charters, 1870s
• 01/15 - City Firefighters in City Directory, 1963
• 02/14 - Firemen Confronted with Acts of Civil Disobedience - April 1968
• 12/14 - Vintage Photos of Raleigh Red Cars
• 12/14 - Streakers Invade Lee Hall, Fire Department Called Out - March 1974
• 12/14 - Out of Town Firemen Man Station For Chief Lloyd's Funeral - February 1955
• 12/14 - Fire at Watauga Hall - January 24, 1920
• 11/14 - Remembering the Raleigh Tornado - November 27, 1988
• 11/14 - Tramp Dunn Appreciation Dinner
• 09/14 - Raleigh Fire Apparatus Histories as Color Charts
• 09/14 - Vintage Photos of Engine 10
• 09/14 - One-Man Rescue Squad - Harold Jones Profile, 1969
• 08/14 - Raleigh Ladder Truck with Shriners, Circa 1946
• 08/14 - Raleigh Fire History in Poster Form
• 07/14 - Raleigh Historical Fleet Listing
• 06/14 - National Board of Fire Underwriters Reports
• 06/14 - The Mystery of the Plaque on Old Station 4
• 06/14 - Vintage Rescue Boats at Station 28
• 05/14 - Retired Raleigh Firefighters Talking on Camera
• 05/14 - Raleigh Rescue Squad in 1968
• 04/14 - For Those Curious About Local Aircraft Accidents
• 04/14 - The Curious Case of the Copied Patches
• 04/14 - Raleigh Hose Thread History
• 03/14 - Vintage Raleigh Fire Department Recruitment Video (1999)
• 12/13 - History of the History Books
• 12/13 - Documents Pertaining to the History of the Raleigh Emergency Rescue Squad
• 12/13 - Fatal Fires in Raleigh, 1948 to 2009
• 12/13 - Remembering the Raleigh Tornado - Nov. 27, 1988
• 12/13 - Raleigh's First Portable Radios
• 04/13 - Station 1 Parking Diagram - 1983
• 03/13 - Big Red - 1956 Mack Wrecker
• 03/13 - American LaFrance Apparatus Shipment, 03 1961
• 01/13 - Raleigh Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1948
• 01/13 - Raleigh Fire Department Radio Records, Circa 1957
• 01/13 - Before They Wore Helmets
• 01/13 - Before The Days of Civil Service Protection
• 11/12 - Another Fuel Pump at a Old Station
• 11/12 - Memorial Auditorium as Drill Tower?
• 10/12 - Raleigh's Civil Defense Rescue Truck Found... and Lost
• 10/12 - Police Dispatcher, Not Fire Dispatcher, 1960
• 09/12 - Raleigh Firefighter Loses Leg, 1958
• 08/12 - Raleigh's 1875 Rumsey Hand Engine
• 08/12 - Sale of Surplus Fire Trucks, 1976
• 07/12 - Twenty Three Years Ago
• 07/12 - Blueprints of Station 7, 1958
• 06/12 - Engine A, Engine B, Engine C
• 06/12 - Vintage Bedding Chart
• 06/12 - The Original Truck 8
• 05/12 - Historical Revision - Six Alarms at Pine Knoll Townes
• 04/12 - Moving Rex Hospital, 1980
• 03/12 - Closer Look: Hose Company 3, 1920
• 02/12 - Very Old Raleigh Fire Helmets
• 02/12 - Looking Closer: Station 1, Circa 1949
• 01/12 - Vintage Building Permit, 1947
• 01/12 - Eight Years, Five Days, and One Inch Ago
• 01/12 - Raleigh Emergency Rescue Squad Incorporation, 1953
• 01/12 - CFD and RFD - The Command Connection
• 12/11 - General Instructions and Information Regarding Kennedy Caravan
• 12/11 - Fires on Christmas?
• 12/11 - Raleigh Mack to Burlington in 1979?
• 12/11 - Nine Firemen Join Force, February 1, 1949
• 12/11 - December 10, 1941
• 11/11 - Great Mistakes
• 11/11 - One Hundred Fires of the Raleigh Fire Department
• 10/11 - Rescue-Medic Rules of Conduct, 1976
• 09/11 - Sherwood Brockwell Plaque at McKimmon Center
• 09/11 - 1933 State Fireman's Association Program
• 08/11 - Hurricane Hazel in Raleigh, 1954
• 06/11 - Detailed Report of Fire
• 06/11 - Constitution and By-Laws of the Fire Fighters Association No. 548 of Raleigh, N.C., 1938
• 05/11 - More History of Raleigh Fire Department Dispatching
• 04/11 - Raleigh-Wake County Rescue Medic Proposal, 1976
• 04/11 - The Second Original Engine 9
• 04/11 - How Dispatching Worked at Station 1
• 04/11 - Truck 12 Disbanded, 1988
• 04/11 - North Valley Apartments, 1970
• 03/11 - Meet Louis Mahler, 1900
• 03/11 - Meet Charles Farmer, 1937
• 03/11 - NC Digital Collections / Inactive Haz-Mat Sites / Caraleigh Phosphate Fire 1892
• 03/11 - Fire Chief Chas. D. Farmer, 1916
• 03/11 - Raleigh's First Steamer...
• 03/11 - Raleigh's First Fire Hydrants
• 02/11 - Close View of Raleigh's 1890 Hook & Ladder Wagon Circa 1913
• 02/11 - Station 7 Blueprints, 1958
• 02/11 - Raleigh Fire Department Fleet Listing, 1970-1971
• 01/11 - Close View of Raleigh Fire Department Circa 1922
• 01/11 - Water Pump? Water Fountain? Looking Closely at Metropolitan Hall
• 01/11 - Fire Protection at Station College, 1914
• 12/10 - Carolina Country Club Fire, 1948
• 12/10 - Snow and Fire Alarms, 1915
• 12/10 - Snow and Station 3, 1915
• 12/10 - Raleigh's Largest Commercial and Industrial Fires of Last Decade?
• 11/10 - School Bus Versus Fire Truck, 1980
• 10/10 - Stations, Companies, and Other Bits of Raleigh History
• 10/10 - Raleigh Fire Department Pumping Capacities, Then and Now
• 09/10 - Then & Now Recruitment Ad
• 09/10 - Hunt General Tire Company Warehouse, 1980
• 09/10 - Raleigh's Macks, Where Are They Now?
• 09/10 - Raleigh's Ladders, Where Are They Now?
• 08/10 - Engine 7 at Station 3, 1957
• 08/10 - Big Fires, 1965-1985
• 08/10 - Baker Roofing Company, 1977
• 08/10 - Sportland Bowling center, 1968
• 08/10 - Mini City and Other Memories
• 08/10 - Pullen Memorial Baptist Church Burns, 1921
• 07/10 - The History of Raleigh's Tillers
• 07/10 - Raleigh Fire Department in 1920
• 07/10 - Rescuing Cats and Lunatics From Trees, 1920
• 07/10 - The First First Responder Calls
• 07/10 - Locations of Fires in Buildings, 1922
• 07/10 - Firefighting History Timeline, 1608-1909
• 06/10 - A Short History of Hose
• 06/10 - Firefighting Lore - Fire Marks
• 06/10 - Firefighting Lore - Brass Railings
• 06/10 - Sign in Front of Rescue House
• 06/10 - North Carolina Fire Horse Histories
• 05/10 - Fire Service Personnel Development
• 05/10 - Origin of Term "Service Ladder Truck"
• 05/10 - 1949 or 1950?
• 05/10 - What's the Emblem? / Another Oldie
• 04/10 - Yarborough Hotel
• 03/10 - Raleigh Fire Department Office Space - The History
• 02/10 - Helmets Approved in Budget, 1950
• 02/10 - Chief Lloyd's Budget Notes, 1948
• 02/10 - Fire at the County Home, 1897
• 02/10 - Not All Alarms Are Created Equal