The Wake Forest Fire Department (WFFD) will host a heart-felt dedication service for the new Wake Forest Firefighters Memorial Garden at Fire Station #1 on Friday, June 17, at 10 a.m. The station is located at 420 Elm Avenue, and the Memorial Garden is situated at the corner of Elm and South Franklin Street. The … Read more
If you can make it to the celebration you can get free hot dogs! Celebration agenda Unveiling & raising of the new centential flag at Wake Forest Town Hall. Open house at Fire Station #1 at 420 Elm Avenue. Free Hot Dogs. Tours of the fire station. Showcase of photos, equipment, and other Fire Department … Read more
Around 8:30 AM this morning an old house caught fire on N. White Street in downtown Wake Forest. The property, owned by Babar Rehman & Aziz Ur is listed as being built in 1901. The call went out for multiple units to respond. You can listen to the call below. Equipment dispatched included Wake Forest … Read more
On an overcast, cold, and cloudy day last week three vehicles managed to clog up the entrance ramp in front of the Carolina Ale House from Dr. Calvin Jones to U.S. Route 1 South. According to official reports the pickup truck stopped to allow for other traffic merging onto the entrance ramp. Unfortunately the driver … Read more
An emergency call went out on Tuesday night for a collision of two trucks at the intersection of Old Falls of Neuse Road and Dr. Calvin Jones Highway. You can listen to the call below. The call went out for Wake Forest Engine 1, Wake Forest Ladder 1, and Wake Forest Battalion 1 to respond. … Read more
The mayoral elections are over so let’s move on to the next most apparent divisive topic in Town, the proposed Wake Forest Fire Department Station 4. The talk and rhetoric about this proposed station have been heated by some and others have had feelings bruised while voices have been raised. And while we are absolutely … Read more
A couple of days ago a driver managed to learn a driving lesson the hard way on Magnolia Forest Court in Wake Forest. The police report says the driver was distracted by a drink her passenger had just spilled in the car. Yea, we’d be a bit distracted and pissed off as well over that. … Read more
Last Sunday, November 10, 2013, we were just on our way to Home Depot when we rounded the corner to find this in front of us. We must be like accident magnets. And this certainly is not something you see every day around Wake Forest. At first we thought the driver of the pickup truck … Read more
We’ve all done it, left food in the microwave for a bit too long. A hot dog nuked for 4 minutes instead of 40 seconds makes for a petrified treat. But if you’ve burned popcorn in the microwave, that’s a smell you can’t get out of your house. That’s exactly the smell that was wafting … Read more
On Saturday afternoon an emergency call went out for what was a vehicle fire near a gas station. That’s not good. You can hear the original call below. It was one of those calls that has the possibility to be a raging inferno. On our way over we imagined the entire gas station in massive … Read more