Mecklenburg County, NC fire stations

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West Mecklenburg VFD is located on Sam Wilson Rd outside of Charlotte.

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[quote name='bcfd424' post='126492' date='Jul 6 2007, 21:03 ']Cornelius FD # 1 is located on Highway 115 in the City of Cornelius.[/quote]

We are currently having a 12,000 sq.ft. addition added and renovation of the current building.

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Now here are some old stations in Mecklenburg County that have closed due to annexations or have merged with other departments.



The Moores Chapel VFD merged with Wilkinson Blvd and became the West Mecklenburg VFD.

This is the old Moores Chapel VFD.

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Here is the old Wilkinson Blvd VFD.

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Derita VFD closed due to annexations several years ago.

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Pinoca VFD closed due to annexations several years ago.

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Statesville Rd VFD closed due to annexations many years ago.

[Andrew2340]

Great pics Benjy! Glad to see you posting NC area stations!!

[Shoe]

Do any of the vollies still use the "fire whistles"? BTW could someone please rescue Old Glory from the Moores Chapel station and give it a proper retirement?

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[quote name='Shoe' post='127284' date='Jul 8 2007, 19:22 ']Do any of the vollies still use the "fire whistles"? BTW could someone please rescue Old Glory from the Moores Chapel station and give it a proper retirement?[/quote]

I know that Davidson still uses there during the daylight hours.

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Here is the new addition to Cornelius station 1.

[senatobiafire704]

[quote name='bcfd424' post='126490' date='Jul 6 2007, 19:02 ']Carolina VFD # 2 located on Carmel Rd in the City of Charlotte. This is the former Carmel VFD.[/quote]

Do volunteer depts. still have response areas within the City of Charlotte? Just curious how it works and if they work well together.

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[quote name='senatobiafire704' post='201082' date='Mar 29 2008, 22:25 ']Do volunteer depts. still have response areas within the City of Charlotte? Just curious how it works and if they work well together.[/quote]





The City of Charlotte answers every call within its city limits. There are no volunteer response areas inside the city limits. The city will utilize the volunteer departments for mutual aid etc. The last plane crash took most of the Westside companies to the airport (3rd Alarm) and they used volunteers for move-ups etc. Most of the mutual aid calls are for brush trucks or tankers. The city only runs two Heavy Rescues and when both are tied up they will call for Newell's Heavy Rescue on the North East side of the city.

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Our new Station 1 at night. Photo by Alan Howell of Star Path Images.

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Carolina FD Station 1 just moved into this new station.

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The Charlotte thread is gone so I'll post this "new" Charlotte station here. Charlotte opened a temporary fire station at Charlotte Douglas International Airport to cover a new runway that just opened. A new station is under construction. This is the second station for the airport.



Charlotte FD Station 41.

[Guest]

Nice pic of the station