Former Fire Departments database by Mike Legeros Last updated September 9, 2018

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1 Alamance 54 East Swepsonville Swepsonville Alamance 87 South Snow Camp Eli Whitney By 1979 > East appears in NCSFA rosters (1983 to 1985) and at least one DOI directory (1982). Fire station built in 1979, source: No SOS data. Presently serves as substation / Station 2 for Swepsonville. Source: OH. 1983[c] South Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Operated from 1983 to 2005, and as a joint entity with Eli Whitney since The corporations formally merged in 2005.See blog post: Incorporated Feb. 1, 1983, though the NC SOS records the filing as Nov. 6, Dissolution filing recorded Sep. 1, Source: SOS, OH. Alamance Boone Station Elon Disbanded Boone Station Fire Protection Association, Inc. In 1975, members of the volunteer Elon College created the Elon Rural (also called Elon College Rural ), as a service for rural residents. This resulted in a rivalry and conflict between the two parties, as well as with the town. ER changed its name to Boone Station in 1976, which is one of the thirteen townships in Alamance County. Their fire station was located on Gibsonsville Road, just outside the town limits. They utilized a converted service station, and had an older pumper and an older tanker. Elon Rural Fire District Inc. incorporation was filed on June 20, The name change was filed May 28, 1986, for Boone Station Fire Protection Association Inc. Source: SOS. See also this blog posting, Alamance Burlington #2 Burlington Burlington? 1924 > 1927 Burlington Fire Department Number Two, Inc. Organized Mar. 14, 1924 to protect the East Webb and Midway area of Burlington. Led by Capt. Hobart T. Steel, the company occupied a firehouse at the corner of East Webb and Cameron. In Oct. 1924, the company received a new American LaFrance pumper. They may have only operated a few years. They're listed in the Burlington/Graham/Haw River city directory, but the directory for lists only one fire department/fire station. Incorporation filing recorded Feb. 24, Administrative dissolution filing recorded Mar. 9, Dissolved due to inactivity/longtime inactivity? Does not appear on Sanborn Maps of 1924, 1929, 1948, Source: SOS, City Directory , B page, Alamance Alamance East Alamance Elon College Mebane TBD TBD East Alamance appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). EA does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Elon Renamed Elon Alamance Elon Rural Elon Renamed as Boone Station Alexander East Alexander Elon College, organized in 1925, was renamed E in 2001, when Elon College became Elon University, and the Town of Elon College became the Town of Elon. Source: EU page, OH Elon Rural Fire District, Inc. See Boone Station. Stony Point TBD TBD East Alexander appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). EA does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data.

2 Alexander Taylorsville Alleghany Sparta Sparta Became Sparta- Alleghany? Taylorsville By 1924 > 1995 Taylorsville is shown on Sanborn Maps of T appears in NCSFA rosters (1930 to 1995), and at least one DOI directory (1987). No SOS data. By 1972 > 1994 Sparta appears in NCSFA directories from 1950 to S appears in at least three DOI directories (1972, 1982, 1987). However, Sparta-Alleghany appears in the DOI directory of 1979 and the NCSFA directory of Anson Polkton Polkton By 1972 > 1987 Polkton appears in at least three DOI directories (1972, 1982, 1987). However, P does not appear in the DOI directory of 1979, nor NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Avery Center Avery Beaufort Edwards Edwards Aurora/Richland s Township Beaufort Long Acre Plymouth Pinetown Newland TBD TBD Center Avery appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). CA does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Beaufort Washington PS Washington Discontinued Public Safety TBD TBD Edwards appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). E does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. E presently operates as a substation of Aurora/Richlands Township. Source: OH. 1977[c] 2008 Long Acre Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Incorporation filing recorded Jan. 6, Pinetown in Source: SOS, OH. Update, July Washington PS has continued operation to today, and still has dual role public safety officers. Source: OH. Washington Public Safety was a combined fire and police department that operated from 1996 to WPS was discontinued in 1998, when the city separated its fire and police departments. Source: W. Bertie Aulander Aulander Disbanded 1957[c] 1988[d] Aulander incorporation filing recorded Nov. 18, A dissolution filing recorded Aug. 16, Source: SOS. Bladen Carvers Council Renamed Carvers Creek Brunswick Holden Beach Holden Beach Corporation only, never an, dissolved 1983[c] 2001 Carvers Volunteer Fire Department. Incorporation filing recorded Jun 28, Name change recorded as Carvers Creek on Jun 5, Source: SOS 1968[c] 1997[c] Corporation only, never an. As the story goes, the Mayor had a lawyer in Raleigh submit the paperwork, before a volunteer fire department was organized, to prevent any V from using H as the name. Tri-Beach V Inc. was organized to protect the area. Named as Holden Beach was consolidated from three beaches: Holden, Robinson, and Colonial. Holden Beach Volunteer Fire Department incorporation filing recorded Feb , and dissolution filing recorded Aug. 29, HB does not appear in NCSFA rosters for any years, or DOI directories of 1972, 1979, 1982, Source: SOS. Brunswick Leland Leland town Brunswick Long Beach Long Beach Renamed Oak Island 1959[c] 2017 Leland Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., Incorporation filing recording May 18, Corporation dissolution filed July 24, the town effective July 1, Source: SOS, StarNews, 17JUL Long Beach was organized in 1962, a year after the town purchased its first fire truck. It was organized and operated as a municipal department. LB was renamed Oak Island, after the towns of Long Beach and Yaupon Beach merged to create the town of Oak Island on July 1, Source: MJL

3 Brunswick Sunset Beach Sunset Beach Disbanded, assets to town 1972[c] 1997 Sunset Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. incorporation filing recorded June 2, SBV dissolution filing recorded Sep. 3, They were also a public safety department for a short period of time. Source: OH. The dissolution was authorized by the corporation on May 28, The articles were filed on July 31, Asset were transferred to the town, for use in a municipal fire department. Source: SOS. Brunswick Brunswick Town Creek Yaupon Beach Winnebow By 1972 > 1979 Town Creek appears in at least two DOI directories (1972, 1979). TC does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Oak Island Dissolved, assets to town of Southport 1979[c] 2018 Yaupon Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. incorporation filing recorded January 1, The fire station was located in a four-bay metal building later addressed 8510 E. Oak Island Road. In 1999, the towns of Long Beach and Yaupon Beach merged and created the town of Oak Island. YB was contracted for additional protection to Oak Island. In 2009, the town rebuilt the YB station on the same site. In 2014, YB was ordered to vacate the station, after declining to merge with the town. They relocated that year to 104 Elizabeth Drive, a building previously used by Oak Island EMS. In 2016, they relocated to 1100 Caswell Beach Road, a new Caswell Beach Public Services building. For years, YB was contracted to provide protection to the town of Caswell Beach. In May 2018, the county approved cutting supplemental funding for s for the coming budget year. The town of Caswell Beach cancelled their contract with YB, and started a contract with Southport. YB voted to dissolve their corporation in May-June Their assets were transferred to S, and all members were invited to join S. Source: MJL. Buncombe Amcel Propulsion Company Black Mountain Disbanded 1960 > 1965 Factory The Amcel Propulsion Company was located on ten acres on Old Bee Tree Road in Swannanoa. They manufactured rocket fuel. The fire brigade was organized in 1960 with day-shift maintenance personnel. By 1965, they had thirty-five members from all three shifts. They operated a 1942 International/American LaFrance 500/150, painted green, that originally served Scottdale, PA. Manufacturing operations at the plant ended in Source: Asheville Citizen Times, 22APR65. See also this blog post, Buncombe Beacon Black Mountain Disbanded 1925 c Factory Beacon Manufacturing Company maintained a small company fire department beginning in B protected both the plant and homes built for employees. The remainder of the area was protected by Black Mountain. They helped organize the Swannanoa in They operated until about 1976, the year they donated their only fire truck to Swannanoa. B does not appear in NCSFA rosters, however, S appears in NCSFA rosters (1940 to present) and at least four DOI directories (1972, 1979, 1982, 1987). Source: Asheville Citizen, 17MAY59; Firefighting in Buncombe County. Buncombe Biltmore Estate Asheville Disbanded Residence George Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate was completed in The house and the estate were equipped with a variety of fire protection equipment, including fire buckets, fire extinguishers, hand pulled and later motorized fire apparatus, a fire hydrant system with hose, and a fire alarm system. Until the organization of the Biltmore Fire Department in 1903, which was based in the village, the estate relied upon staff for fire suppression as well as the city fire department. Source: MJL page,

4 Buncombe Biltmore Forest Asheville Disbanded Biltmore Forest, located south of Biltmore Village, was created in the early 1920s as a planned residential community. It was chartered in 1923 and the town services included a fire department equipped with a fire engine built on a Packard chassis. The combination fire and police station was located on Vanderbilt Avenue. By 1935, BF consisted of five paid men and 20 volunteers operating an American LaFrance pumper. In later years two engines were operating, one for paid personnel and one for volunteers. BF ceased operation in A and later Skyland has provided contracted fire protection. Source: MJL page, Buncombe Biltmore Village Asheville Disbanded Biltmore Village was created in the late 1890s as a model rental community to the nearby Biltmore Estate. B was established in 1903 and served both the village and the estate. It operated both hand pulled and motorized apparatus. The village was equipped with fire hydrants, as well as a dedicated fire station building. Following the devastating July 1916 flood, the village was sold in B remained in operation, later obtaining a 1926 Ahrens Fox pumper and relocating to a larger engine house behind the Biltmore Office building. In 1929, B disbanded after the city assumed fire protection and took ownership of the Ahrens Fox pumper. Source: MJL page, Buncombe Candler Candler Chartered, But Never Organized 1961[c] 1961 Candler Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated. Incorporation filing recorded Mar. 22, The formation of C was also reported in the Asheville Citizen, 14FEB61. Though organized as a community effort and incorporated as a legal entity, it never organized into a functioning department. Sources: SOS, Asheville Citizen, Firefighting in Buncombe County. Buncombe Enka Candler Disbanded 1926 c1991 Factory Enka operated since 1926 and protected the American Enka Corporate plant and the surrounding community. In 1987, the plant was sold and the fire department was no longer available for community protection. The plant fire department continued operation with a smaller number of personnel and equipment for about four more years. The fire station was located behind the guard house, directly inside the plant gate. To replace the department, the community established a tax base, elected a board, and organized the Enka-Candler. Source: EC page, Firefighting in Buncombe County, OH. Buncombe Flat Creek Fairview Garren Creek Buncombe Haw Creek Asheville Asheville 1977[c] 1978 Flat Creek Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Incorporation filed Sep 19, Name change recorded as Garren Creek on May 23, Source: SOS Haw Creek was organized in 1962 to protect unincorporated areas outside northeast Asheville. On July 1, 2009, the department merged with Asheville. The district was split between Asheville and Reems Creek. The station and two apparatus were transferred to A. Another apparatus was transferred to RC. The fourth apparatus was sold. Asheville operates the old station as Asheville Station 12.

5 Buncombe Juvenile Evaluation Center Swannanoa Circa s? Hospital Moore General Hospital was transferred to the state in September 1960, and became the Juvenile Evaluation Center. They had a fire department in the early 1960s. In June 1967, a new hospital was completed on the grounds, and the old hospital buildings were sold, except for one 125 unit. The JEC moved into another building, a former spray-paint shop located next to the laundry building. This was the hospital/center fire department's third location. Source: Firefighting in Buncombe County. Buncombe Kenilworth Asheville Disbanded Kenilworth protected the Kenilworth community of Asheville, an independent city from 1891 to K was located in 1925 in the 700 block of Caledonia Road, in a garage building. The town population that year was 300. The volunteer K had a Knox auto truck, 1500 feet of 2 1/2-inch hose, and received alarms by telephone. K appears in NCSFA rosters from 1923 to The town was annexed on May 1, The fire department had outstanding debt of a $5,250 note. Source: Sanborn Maps, Firefighting in Buncombe County Buncombe Buncombe Buncombe Buncombe Moore Hospital Mt. Pisgah Academy NC Juvenile Education Center North Buncombe Swannanoa ? Hospital US Army hospital with two-bay fire station on site. Ground was broken in April 1942, on the grounds of the old Mountain Experiment Station of the State Test Farm. First patient admitted in December Buildings had sprinklers and were connected to the fire station using an American District Telegraph alarm system. In November 1946, the VA took operation of the hospital and 1,600 patients. The hospital had been a tuberculosis center for several months, before the transfer. The hospital operated as an annex of Oteen Veteran's Hospital. Transferred to state in See next entry below. Source: Firefighting in Buncombe County. Candler Disbanded School Mt. Pisgah Academy was organized in 1952, with facility and students serving as members. In 1959, they had one truck and were led by Fire Chief L. C. Rilea, and Asst. Chief C. E. Davis. Their fire district was the same as the four-mile district served under country contract by the American Enka Corporation. Source: Asheville Citizen, 17MAY59; Firefighting in Buncombe County. Asheville 1960s 1960s Institution Operated fire department in early 1960s. Source: Firefighting in Buncombe County. Weaverville Disbanded North Buncombe Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. was organized in 1976 to protect unincorporated areas outside Weaverville. Articles of incorporation were filed on July 8, NB equipment was housed in the W station, and the departments shared the same volunteers. NB was dissolved in 1999, and W assumed protection of the fire tax district. Articles of dissolution were filed on April 14, The date of authorized dissolution was March 16, All assets of the corporation were transferred to the town, including equipment and inventory. Alternate disbanding date of Source: Asheville Citizen-Times, 02MAR99, SOS, Firefighting in Buncombe County.

6 Buncombe Oteen Asheville Disbanded Circa Hospital In 1918, US Army Army General Hospital No. 19 opened in Asheville to serve the soldiers in the area who were training for duty for the First World War. The hospital was later named the Oteen Veterans Administration Hospital. The campus and its many buildings were protected by a fire department that was motorized by Early apparatus included a 1918 American LaFrance Type 75 triplecombination sold to Meridan, MS, in Source: NCSFA, NPS web page, Oteen brochure 1922, ALF records. More information from Legeros, Buncombe Ridgecrest Conference Center Asheville Disbanded Institution In 1907, the Southern Baptist Assembly purchased 940 access in an area originally called Terrell. The name was changed to Blue Mont, to fit the surroundings. This name presented a problem for the railroad, as their codes for this and nearby Black Mountain were the same. The name was changed in 1912 to Ridgecrest. The first buildings opened as places of assembly in The facility had staff-operated fire apparatus, in the later decades and maybe earlier. Sources: Firefighting in Buncombe County, RCC web site, Buncombe West Asheville Asheville Asheville In Dec. 1914, two hand hose companies organized in the town of West Asheville. By Nov. 1917, the fire department consisted of two fire companies. One had 11 volunteers with two hose reels and 1100 feet of 2 1/2-inch hose. The other, colored company of 10 members, had a hose reel and 600 feet of 2 1/2-inch hose. After the town merged with the city in 1917, fire protection was assumed by the Asheville Fire Department. Source: Sanborn. Burke Broughton Hospital Morganton Disbanded 1900s 1970s Hospital Broughton Hospital dates to the turn of the century. The State Hospital in Morganton operated volunteer fire brigade for several decades. Sanborn Maps from 1910 list the fire department as 15 men, both students and employees. Sanborn Maps from 1924 and 1931 list apparatus as 2 hand hose carts, hand hook & ladder truck, and an American LaFrance pumper, 750 GPM. Sanborn Maps from 1950 list an American LaFrance pumper, 750 GPM, 40 gallon chemical tank, 1,500 feet 2 1/2-inch hose, 200-feet 3/4-inch hose. BH facilities included a twobay station on Security Lane (present name) from circa 1950s, until the department disbanded in the 1970s. The hospital was subsequently protected by Morganton. Source: OH. Burke Carbon City Morganton Morganton Carbon City Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated. Organized in 1970, incorporation documents filed on Apr. 20, 1970, and merged with Morganton in 1972 after annexation of most of their territory. Became M Station 2, but was still named Carbon City station. CC members retained as volunteers with M, all assets and debts transferred to city. Remaining territory was protected by M, with a fire tax levied at property owners. Appears in at least two DOI directories (1972, 1982). Does not appear in the DOI directory of 1979, nor in NCSFA rosters. Source: SOS. Burke Drexel Industries Drexel By 1975 > 1975 Industrial Plant fire department.

7 Burke Hildebran Connelly Springs Alt name George Hildebran 1970 > 1982 Hildebran appears in at least two DOI directories (1972, 1982). H is not listed in NCSFA rosters. GH appears in the DOI directory of 1979, and first appears in NCSFA rosters in The corporation was incorporated as George Hildebran Community Improvement Association Inc. The corporation name was changed in 2004 to George Hildebran Fire and Rescue Department Inc. Burke Rutherford College Rutherford College By 1959 > 1972 Rutherford College appears in NCSFA rosters for the years 1959 and The department name also appears in a Western Piedmont Community College Status Report document dated September 30, No SOS data. Burke Cabarrus Cabarrus West Burke Cannon Mills Fieldcrest- Cannon Morganton Kannapolis Kannapolis Renamed West End? Alt name for Kannapolis Renamed Pillowtex- Cannon By 1982 > 1982 West Burke appears in the DOI directory of 1982, with a mailing address "care of West End." WB does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. N/A N/A See Kannapolis (Village) Industrial The Fieldcrest-Cannon was renamed from Kannapolis, after a newly created municipal Kannapolis assumed fire protection duties for the newly incorporated city in The fire department retained protection of the industrial plant, and also provided mutual aid to the city. FC was presumably renamed Pillowtex-Cannon when the industrial plant was sold to Pillowtex Corporation in Sep Source: Wiki page. See Legeros web page, Cabarrus Cabarrus Cabarrus Harrisburg Volunteer Jackson Park Kannapolis (Village) Harrisburg Disbanded, merged into town 1954[c] 2010[d] Harrisburg Volunteer, which operated from 1954 to 2010, merged with the town to create a municipal Harrisburg. Incorporation filing recorded Feb. 5, dissolution filing recorded Aug. 17, Source: SOS. Concord Disbanded 1954[c] 2011 Jackson Park Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., which operated from 1954 to 2011, ceased operation on June 30, The county decided not to renew the department's contract, and requested that the Concord take over the department's district. Sources: SOS, Independent Tribune, 19JUN11. Kannapolis Renamed Fieldcrest- Cannon By Industrial Kannapolis protected Cannon Mills and the unincorporated mill village of Kannapolis from at least 1920 until 1987, and from a two-bay fire station located at 222 S. Main Street. By July 1, 1987, a newly organized municipal Kannapolis assumed fire protection responsibility for the newly incorporated city of Kannapolis. The prior Kannapolis retained responsibility for the Fieldcrest- Cannon plant, and was renamed Fieldcrest-Cannon. They also likely contributed personnel and equipment to the newly created municipal department. NCSFA rosters list K (at least 1920 to 1977), KV (1977 to 1986), and K (1987 to present). KV appears in at least two DOI directories (1979, 1982). Sources: Kannapolis Independent, 23AUG87. See Legeros web page,

8 Cabarrus Cabarrus Kannapolis Sanitary District Pillowtex- Cannon Kannapolis Kannapolis Cabarrus Pitts Concord Assets merged with Concord The Kannapolis Sanitary District was created to provide water, sewer, and fire services outside the mill village of Kannapolis. Two stations were located at 933 Floyd Street and 819 Richard Avenue. On July 1, 1987, KSD merged with Royal Oaks Sanitary District to create a municipal Kannapolis. The Floyd Street station became K #1 and the Richard Avenue Station became K #2. The district served 9,150 customers at the time of the merger. Source: Charlotte Observer, 07JUN87, 23JUL87; Kannapolis Independent, 23AUG87; K; OH. See Legeros web page, Kannapolis Disbanded Industrial Pillowtex-Cannon was renamed from Fieldcrest-Cannon and protected an industrial plant from 1997 until it closed in Source: OH. See Legeros web page, Pitts Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. operated from 1971 to 1991 and merged with the Concord to become C Station 5. Located at 170 Pitts School Road, the station was renovated and expanded as a result of an agreement between the P Board of Directors and the City of Concord. They agreed the Pitts Fire District would be protected by the Concord Department of Fire & Life Safety, and that all equipment, vehicles, and structures owned by the Pitts Fire District be given to the City of Concord. Source: C page, ault.aspx Cabarrus Poplar Tent Concord Disbanded 1962[c] 2003[d] Poplar Tent Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. incorporation filed on Dec. 3, dissolution filed on Dec 8, Department disbanded after annexations of their fire district by the City of Concord. Source: OH, SOS Cabarrus Rimertown Concord District/alt. name for Rimer? Cabarrus Royal Oaks Kannapolis Kannapolis Cabarrus Winecoff Kannapolis, Concord Kannapolis By 1972 > 1987 Rimertown appears in at least three DOI directories (1972, 1982, 1987). Rimer appears in the DOI directory of NCSFA rosters, however, list Rimer from 1975 to present The Royal Oaks Sanitary District was created to provide water, sewer, and fire services outside the mill village of Kannapolis. On July 1, 1987, ROSD merged with Kannapolis Sanitary District to create a municipal Kannapolis Fire Department. The station was located at 2209 Florida Avenue and became K Station 3. The district served 650 customers at the time of the merger. Sources: Charlotte Observer, 07JUN87, 23JUL87; Kannapolis Independent, 23AUG87; K; OH. 1955[c] 1999[d] Winecoff Volunteer Fire Department, which operated from 1955 to 1999, merged with Kannapolis after annexation of their fire district. The station was located at 328 Stewart Street and became K Station 4. Incorporation filed Jan 31, dissolution filed Nov. 14, Source: Charlotte Observer, 11JUL99; OH, SOS. Caldwell Bethlehem Hickory By 1963 > 1982 Bethlehem appears in Statesville Record and Landmark stories from 1962 to B also appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). B does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data.

9 Camden Camden Camden Alternate name for South Camden Carteret Atlantic Atlantic Renamed Down East Carteret Carteret Carteret Carteret Bogue Banks Cape Carteret Cedar Point Navy Section Facility Salter Path Cape Carteret Renamed Salter Path Renamed Western Carteret By 1972 > 1982 Camden appears in at least three DOI directories (1972, 1979, 1982). Also known as Camden-Shiloh, as listed in at least one DOI directory (1982). Appears to be alternate name for South Camden, which was incorporated on June 15, Source: SOS, OH. 1956[c] 2015 Atlantic Fire Department, Inc. Incorporation filing recorded November 16, Name change to Down East recorded September 5, However, seemingly not enacted. Name change again recorded October 30, Bogue Banks Fire and Rescue Dept., Inc. See Salter Path. 1966[c] 2005 Cape Carteret Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated. Later renamed Department, Incorporated. Operated from 1966 to 2005, and was renamed Western Carteret. Incorporation filed May 23, Name change filed July 20, Source: OH, SOS. Cedar Point By 1972 > 1982 Cedar Point appears in at least three DOI directories (1972, 1979, 1982). CP does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Morehead City Ceased operations Carteret Salter Path Salter Path Indian Beach By 1943 > 1943 Military The Navy Section Facility in Morehead City is mentioned in newspaper articles in Organizational history: - Salter Path Rescue Squad, Inc. ( ), incorporation filed Sep 22, Changed name to Bogue Banks Fire and Rescue Dept., Inc.( ), as filed on Dec. 29, Changed name to The Salter Path Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department, Inc. ( ), as filed on Feb. 19, Indian Beach in dissolution filed on Jul 16, Source: SOS. Carteret Sea Level Sea Level Down East Carteret Stella Stella Western Carteret Carteret Wildwood Morehead CIty Morehead City 1974[c] 2015 Sea Level Fire Department, Rescue Squad and Community Center, Inc. Incorporating filing recorded Feb. 22, Articles of merger with newly renamed Down East recorded December 31, [c] 2017 Stella Volunteer Fire Department was incorporated on May 21, On July 1, 2017, the department merged with WC, which received all facilities, vehicles, equipment, and financial assets. Stella V was placed under investigation by the Carteret County Sheriff's Department in January In April county officials asked WC to take over the department. Sources: News-Times, April 24, 2017, June 21, [c] 2014 Wildwood Fire Department Incorporated was incorporated in 1976, with articles of incorporation filed on May 12, They filed a name change on June 1, 1984, for Wildwood Fire & Rescue. In 2014, they merged with Morehead City, and their assets were disposed to the town. The corporation remained active and filed a name change on April 8, 2016, as the Wildwood Community Organization, Inc. Source: OH, SOS.

10 Caswell Caswell Caswell Anderson Community Southwest Central Yanceyville Sanitary Catawba Catfish Claremont Alternate or district name for Oxford Catawba Fairbrook Hickory Hickory Burlington By 1982 > 1982 Anderson Community appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data. Yanceyville By 1982 > 1982 Southwest Central appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data. Yanceyville By 1982 > 1982 Yanceyville Sanitary appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data. N/A N/A Catfish appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). NCSFA rosters list "Oxford (Catfish)" as a name for Oxford Rural from 1983 to No SOS data. 1958[c] 1988 Fairbrook Volunteer Fire Department No. 3. Operated from 1958 to 1988, when they merged with Hickory and became H Station 5. The fire station was located at st Street Dr SE. Incorproation filing recorded Mar 24, Source: OH, SOS Catawba Long View PS Long View Discontinued From 1994 to 2001, the Long View operated as part of a Public Safety Department, with personnel shared between fire and police departments. Catawba Catawba Maiden Rural Newton Rural Maiden Newton Maiden Newton Maiden Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., which operated from 1972 to 2003, merged with the municipal Maiden. Source: OH, SOS. By Newton Rural, which operated from? to 1999, merged with the municipal Newton. Source: Charlotte Observer, 04JUL01. Catawba Riverside Newton By 1982 > 1982 Riverside appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data. Catawba St. Timothy Conover Conover Catawba Startown Newton Newton Catawba Viewmont Hickory Hickory Chowan MCAS Edenton St. Timothy Volunteer Fire Department, Incorporated. Operated from 1971 to The fire station at 1011 Hwy. 70 W was built in 1971, and enlarged in ST merged with Conover and became C Station 2. Source: C page, OH, SOS Startown Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., which operated from 1979 to 2001, merged with Newton on July 1, The fire station at 4197 Startown Road was extensively remodeled and became N Station 3. Source: Charlotte Observer, 04JUL01; N page, OH, SOS Viewmont operated from 1957 to Sep. 1988, when they merged with Hickory and became H Station 6. The old V station is located just off Highway 127 North. Source: OH, SOS Edenton 1940s 1940s Military Marine Corps Air Station Edenton operated during World War II. The fire department included both a crash crew and a structural department. Source: TH. Clay Hayesville Hayesville By 1972 > 1987 Hayesville appears in at least four DOI directories (1972, 1979, 1982, 1987). Cleveland Grover Grover By 1982 > 1987 Grover, municipal, appears in at least four DOI directories (1972, 1979, 1982, 1987). Cleveland Lattimore Lattimore By 1972 > 1972 Lattimore appears in at least one DOI directory (1972). No SOS data Cleveland Old Yellow Grover District name N/A N/A Old Yellow appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data Cleveland Rippy Earl By 1982 > 1982 Rippy appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data

11 Columbus Acme Riegelwood District name for A-D-R? Columbus Columbus Riegel Paper Mill Riegelwood Riegelwood Riegelwood Became Riegelwood? District name for A-D-R? N/A N/A Acme appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data. Name of a district protected by Acme-Delco-Riegelwood (A-D-R)? ? Riegel Paper Mill started in 1959, when the late John Riegel, founder of the company, built a fire station on John Riegel Road. In 1960, he bought an International/Central pumper, to protect the citizens in the Sanitary District. Notes their web site, A-D-R was established in 1963, then incorporated in N/A N/A Riegelwood appears in at least two DOI directories (1972, 1982), but not in the directory of Name of the Sanitary District protected by Acme-Delco- Riegelwood (A-D-R). Craven Brice Creek New Bern By 1982 > 1982 Brice Creek appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). No SOS data Craven Bridgeton Bridgeton Disbanded Bridgeton was organized on Aug. 20, 1958, after receiving fire protection from New Bern for many years. Sanborn Maps of 1948 list the town as owning a chemical cart, but no fire department membership. The first B fire truck was delivered in Apr The fire station was located in the old city hall and jail on B Street, which was renovated by firefighters. The first fire chief was Edward N. Brison. B later relocated to 408 Bridge Street, presently used by Tri- Community. B operated until The town of Bridgeton presently contracts with TC for fire protection. Source: Sanborn Maps, NCSFA, OH. Craven Craven Craven Kinston Air Base MCAAA Kinston New Bern Volunteer Craven No. 1 Township Craven Craven Cumberland Reelsboro- Olympia Stallings Air Base Bonnie Doone Kinston Deactivated Military Kinston Air Base was reopened on October 17, It was renamed Stallings Air Base in May Source: Wiki. Kinston Deactivated Military Marine Corps Auxiliary Airfield Kinston was built in 1944, and closed on October 31, Source: Wiki. New Bern Disbanded? Were they an active? 2003[c] 2014[d] New Bern Volunteer Fire Department Inc. was incorporated on June 19, Articles of dissolution were filed on August 8, Vanceboro By 1982 > 1982 No. 1 Township appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). New Bern Renamed Reelsboro Reelsboro-Olympia Rural Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., which operated from 1965 to 1976, was renamed Reelsboro. Source: SOS, DOI. Kinston Deactivated Military Stallings Air Base was formally inactivated on November 27, Source: Wiki. Fayetteville Assets merged with Fayetteville Bonnie Doone Rural Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Formed after a community meeting in The first fire station was a trailer loaned by Joe Dyer, with a telephone installed and a siren mounted on a pole. The first fire engine was purchased from Army surplus. The first station was built in 1958 on Swain Street. A second station was built in 1963 on Yadkin Road, and closed in 1976, the year the station on Santa Fe Drive was built. In 1986, the Swain Street station was closed and the Santa Fe Drive station was expanded. BD was disbanded 1996 after annexation by the city. Its assets were transferred to the Fayetteville. Source: Fayetteville Observer, 15NOV93, 06JAN96; SOS.

12 Cumberland Cumberland Cumberland Cumberland Cedar Creek Falcon- Godwin Fayetteville Airport Lafayette Village Fayetteville By 1994 > 1994 Cedar Creek had a station located at 4105 Tabor Creek Road, built in No SOS data, however Cedar Creek Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, Inc. was a corporation incorporated in Falcon Fayetteville Fayetteville Renamed Godwin-Falcon Fayetteville Fayetteville 1970 > 1982 Falcon-Goldwin, organized in 1970, appears in at least two DOI directories (1979, 1982). Source: DOI Airport Fayetteville Airport merged with/assets absorbed by Fayetteville Lafayette Village Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. was chartered on Mar. 6, On July 8, 2004, the city annexed the area around their Bailey Lake Road station. LV merged with the Fayetteville and became F Station 17. The department closed, and their buildings, trucks, and most of their paid staff became part of F. They had 11 full-time employees. Source: Fayetteville Observer, 25MAY04, 09JUL04; SOS Cumberland Lake Rim Fayetteville Fayetteville Cumberland Lake Upchurch Fayetteville Assets merged with Stoney Point Cumberland Lakeview Fayetteville Renamed Manchester Cumberland Manchester Fayetteville Assets merged with Spring Lake Lake Rim Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. merged with the Fayetteville on July 8, 2004, and became F Station. The department closed, and their buildings, trucks, and most of their paid staff became part of F. They had 13 full-time employees. Source: Fayetteville Observer, 09JUL04; SOS Lake Upchurch Fire Department, Inc. was formed in 1980, after splitting with the department that became Stoney Point. The department incorporation filing recorded in By the late 1980s, LU lacked adequate funds, staff, and equipment to operate. It was the smallest volunteer in Cumberland County, collecting only $6,123 from its tax district in On Dec. 29, 1987, the LU board voted to dissolve the department, and turn its assets over to Stoney Point. Source: Fayetteville Observer, 21JAN88; OH, SOS Lakeview Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. was formed in Incorporation filed Mar 10, Name change filed Dec 20, 1968, to Manchester. Source: Fayetteville Observer, 27OCT98, SOS Manchester Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. was formed in 1968, renamed from Lakeview. M disbanded in 1998, after the board voted in Oct to turn fire protection in the district over to the county. The departments assets were absorbed by Spring Lake. Source: SOS, Fayetteville Observer, 06OCT98, 27OCT98, 15DEC98. Cumberland Cumberland Raeford Road Veteran's Hospital Fayetteville Disbanded Raeford Road Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., which operated from 1956 to 1997, disbanded after annexation of its fire district by the city of Fayetteville. Source: OH, SOS. Fayetteville 1939 or later By 1953? Hospital The Fayetteville Veterans Administrations Hospital operated a 1941 Howe Defender that was disposed to Civil Defense by That year, it was obtained the Dover V in Craven County. See this blog post,

13 Cumberland Currituck Yadkin Road Universal Park Fayetteville District/station name for Bonnie Donne By 1972 > 1982 In 1963, Bonnie Doone built a second station on Yadkin Road. The name Yadkin Road appears in at least three DOI directories (1972, 1979, 1982). YR does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Moyock 1975[c] > 1982 The Universal Park Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Incorporation filed Apr 7, From a Currituck Count Community Facilities Plan and Public Improvements Program, 1978, UP was located at Universal Mobile Home Park on State Road They served the park with ten volunteer firemen. They operated a Ward LaFrance pumper, 750/200, and a gasoline truck used as a tanker. The equipment had to "remain in the open" due to "lack of a structure for storage" when not in use. Source: They operated until at least 1982, when they appeared in a DOI directory as "University Park". Currituck Dare University Park Chicamacomic o Moyock Chicamacomic o Misspelled name for Universal Park Alt. name for Chic. Banks Dare Manteo Manteo Consolidated to create new Roanoke Island Dare Rodanthe- Waves Rodanthe Renamed Chicamacomico Banks Dare Wanchese Manteo Consolidated to create new Roanoke Island Davidson Arcadia Clemmons Renamed Arcadia-Reedy Creek-Hampton Davidson North Lexington Lexington Alternate name for North Lexington Triangle Davidson Triangle Lexington Renamed North Lexington Triangle Davie Center Mocksville Now Davie Center? N/A N/A N/A N/A Chicamacomico appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). Presuming alternate name for Chicamacomico Banks. No SOS data Manteo, which operated from 1928 to 1974, consolidated with Wanchese and formed Roanoke Island Rodante-Waves, also named Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo, operated from 1966 to Source: DOI, SOS. By Wanchese, which operated from? to 1974, consolidated with Manteo and formed Roanoke Island. 1958[c] 1979 Arcadia Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Incorporation filing recorded Feb. 19, 1958, and renamed Arcadia-Reedy Creek-Hampton on Oct. 12, Source: SOS. N/A N/A North Lexington appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). 1957[c] 1974 Triangle Fire Department of Davidson County, Inc. incorporation filing recorded Feb. 22, 1957, and name change filing as North Lexington Triangle recorded on Jan. 4, Source: SOS > 1982 Center appears in at least two DOI directories (1979, 1982). Now Davie Center?

14 Davie Duplin Forks of the Yadkin Community Advance Chinquapin Renamed Fork? Renamed Fountaintown Durham Bethesda Durham Durham County Durham Durham County Durham Durham (City) By 1972 > 1995 Forks of the Yadkin appears in NCSFA rosters (1982, 1983, 1985 to at least 1995) and at least three DOI directories (1972, 1979, 1982). Renamed Fork? Community Fire Department, Inc. Operated from 1975 to 1986, was renamed Fountaintown. Source: SOS. 1963[c] 2013 Bethesda Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. Incorporated on Dec. 19, They operated out of a two-bay brick station on South Miami Boulevard just south of Highway 70. They later expanded to a larger station built in 1982 beside the original one, and continued with expansion with a substation at 7305 Leesville Road in On July 1, 2013, their assets and operations were assumed by the newly created Durham County Fire Rescue On July 1, 2013, Durham County Fire Rescue was created, with personnel and assets from the private Bethesda. In 2015, the department expanded with three additional stations, after absorbing the assets and members of the private Parkwood. On July 1, 2018, Durham County was consolidated into the city of Durham. All personnel were transferred along with most vehicles and apparatus, and two of five stations. Source: Durham Durham PS Durham Discontinued From 1970 to 1985, the Durham operated as part of a Public Safety Department, with personnel shared between fire and police departments. Durham Parkwood Durham Durham County Parkwood Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. was organized in Their first fire station was located across the street their subsequent Station 1 at 1409 Seaton Road. Their first apparatus was delivered on May 14, 1969, a new 1969 Ward LaFrance 1000 GPM pumper, numbered Engine 966. The department was placed in service on May 16, The three-mile Parkwood Fire District was approved on January 15, The following year, a four-mile district was approved. In March 1972, the department placed their first ambulance/rescue unit in service, a 1964 Ford Econoline van that they converted. In 1976, the department moved into new quarters, the present Seaton Road location. In 1983, the Parkwood West Fire District was created and a second station was opened the following year at 4200 Farrington Road. In 1986, a third fire station was opened on Old Page Road. In 1990s, they became a combination department, adding paid members to their volunteer staff. In 1997, they entered into a cooperative venture with Durham County Emergency Management and began staffing North Carolina Haz-Mat Regional Response Team 4. They operated same until 2004, when RRT4 moved to Raleigh. In 1998, the department upgraded its EMS service level to Paramedic. In 2015, Durham County Fire and Rescue assumed operations of P. They were requested by the P board in October 2014 to absord P employees, corporeate assets, and all fire operations by June 30, 2015.

15 Edgecomb Maccripine Macclesfield By 1972 > 1982 Maccripine appears in at least two DOI directories (1972, 1982). However, M does not appear in the DOI directory of 1979, nor NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Forsyth Forest Hill Winston-Salem Disbanded 1953 By 2008 Forest Hill Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad, Incorporated. Organized in 1953 under the guidance of the Forest Hill Civic Club. In 2007, the fire department moved operations to Stokes County. FH ceased operation by Forsyth Forsyth County Winston-Salem > 1983 Forsyth County appears in the NCSFA roster for 1983, and at least one DOI directory (1982). Forsyth Hanes Winston-Salem by 1949 > 1956 Hanes, which protected the Hanes Mill in Winston-Salem, appears in NCSFA rosters from 1949 to Forsyth Mineral Springs School District Winston-Salem Renamed Mineral Springs Forsyth Mt. Tabor Winston-Salem Vienna Forsyth Sedge Garden Winston-Salem Reorganized as Triangle 1952[c] 2005 Mineral Springs School District Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., incorporated on Jan. 29, 1952, was renamed Mineral Springs on July 11, Source: SOS 1952[c] > 1995 Mt. Tabor Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., incorporated in 1952, merged with Vienna in the 1990s. MT appears in the NCSFA roster of Source: OH, SOS Sedge Garden started in 1949 as a project of the Sedge Garden Civic Club, which eventually formed the Sedge Garden Volunteer Fire Department. The group bought a 1921 fire truck that could go only 35 mph. The truck was purchased from the city of Winston-Salem for $500. The first fire station was Milam's Service Station. The group reorganized in 1953 as the Triangle. Source: Winston- Salem Journal, 12SEP04. Forsyth South Fork Winston-Salem Clemmons 1951[c] 1990 South Fork, which operated from 1951 to 1990, merged with Clemmons. The districts were combined and protected solely by C. To accommodate the increased response area, a second C station was constructed on South Peace Haven Road. Incorporation filing recorded Aug. 13, Name change filing recorded on July 10, dissolution filing recorded June 15, Source: SOS, Winston-Salem Journal, 15NOV01. Forsyth Triangle Winston-Salem Disbanded Triangle Volunteer Fire Department of Forsyth County, Inc., which operated from 1953 to 2004, was formed as a reorganization of the Sedge Garden. T was named after a naming content among local high schools. Over the years, the department depended on dances, suppers, cookouts, car washes and even a beauty contest to raise money. In 1962, the department built its current fire station at 3260 Kernersville Road on three acres. T disbanded on July 1, 2004 after years of annexation by Winston-Salem and Kernersville. A closing ceremony was held on Sep. 12, Source: Winston-Salem Journal, 12SEP04. Forsyth Winston-Salem PS Franklin Mitchiner's Franklinton Alternate name for Mitchiner's Crossroads? Winston-Salem Discontinued From 1973 to 1987, the Winston-Salem operated as part of a Public Safety Department, with personnel shared between fire and police departments. By 1982 > 1982 Mitchiner's appears in at least one DOI directory (1982), but does not appear in NCSFA rosters. Alternate name for Mitchiner's Crossroads?

16 Franklin Franklin Gaston Northwest Franklin Western Franklin Catawba Heights Franklinton Renamed Franklinton 1980[c] 1989 Northwest Franklin Rural Fire Department Inc. Incorporation filed Sep 26, Name change recorded May 12, 1989 as Franklinton. Source: SOS. Youngsville By 1982 > 1982 Western Franklin appears in at least one DOI directory (1982). WF does not appear in NSFA rosters. No SOS data. Mount Holly Mount Holly Catawba Heights Volunteer Fire Department, Inc Operated from 1954 to When their district was annexed in 1989, the twenty one-member department continued to serve the area. CH merged with Mount Holly on Oct. 1, 2000, and became Mount Holly Station 2. The fire station was located on Belmont Mount Holly Road at Fire Department Drive. Gaston Gaston Gaston Gaston Chapel Grove Chestnut Ridge East Gastonia High Shoals Consolidated to form Crowder's Mountain Tryonota Chapel Grove Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Operated from 1963 to 2000, consolidated with South Gastonia to form Crowder's Mountain. The station was located 111 at Camp Rotary Road. Source: OH, SOS Chestnut Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Operated from 1980 to 2002, merged with Tryonota and became Tryonota Station 2. Source: OH, SOS. Gastonia Disbanded Circa 1955 By 1972 East Gastonia, which operated from around 1955 until the 1970s, was located on East Ozark Avenue. EG was disbanded due to Gastonia annexations. EG appears in the Gaston Gazette from 1955 to EG does not appear in NCSFA rosters, nor the DOI directory of Source: OH. High Shoals Renamed North Gaston 1960[c] 2009 HS was incorporated as High Shoals Volunteer Fire Department Inc. on June 9, They changed their name to High Shoals Volunteer Fire and Rescue on January 27, The reason involved tensions between the town and the fire department. Source: MJL blog, Gaston Rhyne Gastonia Disbanded Rhyne Volunteer Fire Department Inc., which operated from 1974 to 1999, was located on West Davidson Avenue at I-85. Disbanded due to Gastonia annexations. Source: OH, SOS. Gaston South Gastonia Gastonia Consolidated to form Crowder's Mountain South Gastonia Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., which operated from 1964 to 2000, consolidated with Chapel Grove to form Crowder's Mountain. The fire station was located on Highway 321 South, just south of Crowders Creek Road. Source: OH. Graham Fontana Fontana Dam By 1982 > 1982 Fontana appears in at least one DOI directory (1982), but does not appear in NCSFA rosters. No SOS data. Granville Antioch Oxford By 1982 > 1995 Antioch appears in at least one DOI directory (1982), and in NCSFA rosters from 1989 to at least Now part of Antioch-Fishing Creek? Granville Camp Butner Butner Became Butner Public Safety Military Camp Butner opened on Aug. 4, 1942 and served as an Army training facility until CB was created when the camp was established. Apparatus included 1942 Chevrolet/ALF Class /300 (504734) and 1943 Dodge/Boyer Class /150 (505420). Source: TH. In 1947, Camp Butner was purchased as a site for a new state mental healthy facility. CB became part of the John Umstead Hospital. The staff numbered 18 men, and the department protected both the hospital facility and the unincorporated community. The firefighters were trained as police officers and the department became Butner Public Safety. Source: MJL.