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Raleigh Fire Department – Station 1


Engine 1 responding to a medical emergency on a Thursday night.

Fire Station 1, or Central Fire Station, is located across from Nash Square on South Dawson Street. It’s within view of Carl Regutti’s Fallen Firefighters Statue. As you may have guessed from the name, it was Raleigh’s first Fire Department – although the current building is only about 55 years old.


Seen above are Daryl, Chaz, and Roy sitting on Engine 13, which has a 500 gallon capacity tank.

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A Day in the Life at the Roast Grill

I love Raleigh’s Roast Grill. This little (and I mean little!) hot dog counter occupies a cubbyhole on the ground floor of an old house on S. West Street. An old-fashioned “Hot Weiners” Coca Cola sign hanging over the neon Roast Grill sign in the window beckons to hungry passersby.

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