Here are the latest photos of emergency calls the Wake Forest Fire Department responded to. In case you are not aware, we post the dispatch calls for the WFFD on our Facebook page and you can listen to the Wake Forest News Police and Fire Scanner Channel online. July 24, 2015 When units arrived on … Read more
On March 17, 2015 in Wake Forest there was a house fire. Photographer Lee Wilson was on the scene afterwards to capture these photos. Lee said, “Wake Forest: 3-17-15. Working House Fire at 718 Elizabeth Ave x-st Oak to Chestnut. Fire in the rear. Good K/D. EMS treated one occupant. WFFD E1 E5 E2 L1 … Read more
This past Saturday junior firefighter teams from around the area came together to compete in a contest against other teams. The challenge was to rack up points in written tests, oral tests, and physical contests. The families and participants who came out were very enthusiastic about the event. It looked like the contestants wore themselves … Read more
Bad accident on Durham Road at Camp Kanata around 7:40 AM on September 10, 2014. We had what appeared to be a bad four car accident this morning that snarled traffic for miles in both directions. Stony Hill Rural Fire Department, Wake County EMS and North Carolina State Highway Patrol were on the scene to … Read more
On Sunday afternoon two cars came to an abrupt stop in Wake Forest on New Light Road right near Rolling View Drive. While occupants of the vehicles appeared shaken, they were insufficiently stirred, it appeared, to be transported to the hospital. It truly is amazing how modern vehicles protect occupants. Stoney Hill Fire Department Engine … Read more
Near the stroke of midnight a pilot and his aircraft crashed in the Wake Forest area out just north of Falls Lake. The aircraft came to a stop in the top of some pine trees before falling to the ground and allegedly coming to rest on a propane tank. The FAA reports the plane is … Read more
Last week in Raleigh at the Convention Center the South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo 2014 was held. It was my first time attending and besides a large variety of educational classes and extracurricular activities, which I missed, I did manage to drop in on a few events. For those of us not in the firefighting … Read more
This morning a call went out for the awesome firefighters at Stony Hill Fire Department and Wake EMS that a man had been injured in a forklift accident. This is the country, how did that happen? Well it turns out someone had said “sod it” and the sod delivery had been fairly uneventful until this … Read more
On Friday, 35 firetrucks gathered in the parking lot at Triangle Center Mall and waited as kids from across North Carolina rolled up and registered to participate in Camp Celebrate, a special camp just for pediatric burn victims in North Carolina. The University of North Carolina Burn Center and others have been offering Camp Celebrate … Read more
On Mother’s Day afternoon at 4:36 PM the call went out to Stony Hill Fire Department for a motorcyclist injured on Beaver Dam Road. Stony Hill Engine 392 and EMS 12 made the trip out to find one rider with a nice red Harley had managed to land in the ditch. It did not appear … Read more