Station 1
Station 1
Western Wake's station is Wake County Station 19 and is located at 4021 District Drive in Raleigh, North Carolina. We have part-time personnel in place Monday thru Friday 0700-1800 and Saturday and Sundays from 0800-1800. Volunteer Duty Crews provide duty crews from 1800-0700 7 days a week. This allows us to provide around the clock coverage to the citizens and visitors of our response area. We staff a minimum of 4 personnel during these periods. We respond to calls with 1 Engine, 1 Pumper, 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, 1 Brush Truck and 2 utility vehicles. The station houses: Pumper 196, Engine 191, Rescue 295, Brush 299 and Tanker 198. Utility Truck 1 and Utility Truck 2 are also assigned to the station.
Our Station is also home to WC-7, Wake County Public Safety's Body Recovery Team. This team consists of public safety professionals from throughout Wake County. The team is dispatched to calls in which special care and attention to detail is needed in the removal of bodies from crime scenes, accidents and other incidents of that nature.
The building is comprised of a large 6 door bay (3 on each side), a day/living room, a training/sleeping room, a chief/captain's office, a kitchen, storage areas and a radio room. Station 1's power is backed up fully by a Caterpillar generator. Members enjoy the comforts of home with sofas, a big screen HDTV with a home theater DVD system and VCR, a TV and VCR in the bedroom/training room , 2 computers with wireless internet access, fax machine, beds and showers. In the bay we also have a wide array of workout equipment to ensure that our members remain in top physical fitness. We have a variety of weights, an elliptical machine, treadmill, recumbent bike and stair machine. While working out members can watch a big screen TV or listen to music through the stereo. During possible natural disasters, (hurricanes or floods) members staff the station fully and provide for full response. This paid off during the Ice Storm of 1998 and after Hurricane Floyd when we were dispatched to a house fire and were able to have a quick response and save the house.
Our district includes the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, North Carolina State University's Carter-Finely Stadium and other suburban Raleigh areas. It also includes a large residential area off of Ebenezer Church Road. Station 1 runs auto-aid calls with the Raleigh Fire Department and relies on Wake County EMS for ambulance service.