Raleigh Fire Department History

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Timelines By Decade Timelines - 1792 to Present Alarm System Bid Document - 1925 Box Locations History Annual Reports 1883 to 1911, various years Apparatus Antiques Flyer  (2015) Antiques Histories  Apparatus Accidents   Apparatus Fleet (data) Apparatus Registry (site) American LaFrance Bid Doc - 1925 Apparatus Records 1920s | 1924  | 1931 | 1952 Steam Fire Engines Books 1984 yearbook^ 2002 yearbook^ Commemorative Books Print Books Electronic Books Budget Records Budget Notes, 1949-1961 Buildings Fire Station Histories (site) Floor Plans Historic and Former Firehouses Old Station 4 - Bid - 1926 | Historic Designation - 1996 | Drawings - 2014 (all PDF) Survey of Fire Stations Smokehouse History Training Center History  - New March 2025 Training Towers Charts Milestones Poster Fire Station Iterations  ^ History Chart (blog post) See more charts Company Histories Career Company/Unit Histories Volunteer Fire Companies Documents, Various Data management forms, 1988 Numbered Memos, 1980s (6M) Rules & Regulations - 1920s/1930s^  (blog post) EMS/Medical Fire Protection Reports Sanborn 1884 | 1888  | 1896 | 1903  | 1909 | 1914 Fire Underwriters 1911 | 1924 | 1931 Planning Department 1958 | 1970 | 1977 Fires & Incidents Dorothea Dix 1926 Fatal Fires - 1948-2018 ^ The Fire of 1851 Great Fires of Raleigh ^ Historic Oakwood Hurricane Fran, 1996 IGA Grocery Store, 1992 Mangel Building, 1981 Martin Street, 1915 Metropolitan, 201 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 Raleigh Firemen's Club, Remembering The Recap - 2006 to 2019 Reorganization in 1971 Volunteers, Modern Hydrants Sanborn Hydrant Map, 1903 Laws / Ordinances City Ordinances 1867 | 1908 | 1929 (all PDF) State laws, see various 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 Fire Stations Past and Present - Google Map^ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps ^  Sanborn Hydrant Map, 1903 Newsletter - 2007 to 2019 Archives Personnel Academies - Summary Academy Graduates (5M) Academy Photos Auxiliary Firefighters, 1944 Black Firefighters   Centennial Roll Call ^  Chiefs of Department   Family Tree     Line of Duty Deaths Longest-Serving Members  Personnel Records, 1913-1941 Volunteers, 1866-1911 Personnel - Union Hubert Altman Affair    Pay Study from RPFFA, 1999 (6.7M)  Sick Out - Strike Vote    Union Minutes - 1942 to 1951 Photos Academy Photos Current Incidents and Events^  Faces of the Past^  Historic and Former Firehouses^ More Historical Photos^ Rescue / EMS Raleigh Rescue History   Rescue Medic Proposal - 1976 (blog post) Rescue squad documents, 1950s (3.6M) Wake County Rescue Squad & EMS histories See also log books, above Research Materials Missing Microfilm Sources Statistics Run Numbers, 1993-present Fire Calls, 1887-1910 Miscellaneous Challenge Coins

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