Contents I. What is a Fire Department History? II. Sanborn Fire - PDF document

Contents I. What is a Fire Department History? II. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps Researching Fire g III. Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, p p , g , , Department Histories and Books IV. Other Information Sources V. Example Fire Department Histories Mike Legeros - Raleigh, NC [ e-mail hidden ] About the Presenter • Raleigh Fire Department, 1989-1992 • Computer Industry, 1993-present Part One • Historian, Author, Photographer • FireNews Contributor What is a Fire Department • Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting History? • Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting Volume II What is a History? Milestones • Milestones • Date organized • Apparatus • Date incorporated • Facilities • First paid member • People • People • First fully-paid member • Organization • Apparatus delivered • Incidents • Facilities opened • Other events • etc. • Context 1

Apparatus Facilities • First apparatus • First fire station • Early apparatus • Early fire stations • Date delivered • Dates of openings • Date in service • Dates of dedications • Makes and models • Architect / builder • Dispositions of past apparatus • Dispositions of former facilities • etc. • etc. People Organization • First firefighters • Number of personnel • First officers • Number of shifts • First Fire Chief • Number of companies • First Board of Directors • First Board of Directors • Administrative staff • Early rosters • Support staff • Auxiliaries • etc. • Junior firefighters • etc. Incidents Other Events • Fires • Fundraisers • Disasters • Funerals • Mass-casualty • Ceremonies • Large scale or size • Celebrations • Injured firefighters • Demonstrations • Line-of-duty deaths • Competitions • etc. • etc. 2

Context • Community • Government Part Two • Commerce • Industry • Industry • Transportation Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps • Political climate • Social climate • etc. Sanborn Maps Sanborn Maps • Created to assess fire insurance risks • Created from 1867 to 1970 • Mapped 12,000 locations in US • Mapped 150+ locations in NC pp • Scale of 50 feet to one inch • Size 21 inches by 25 inches • Bound in volumes • Available on microfilm • Available online via www.nclive.org Sanborn Maps Sanborn Maps Index Sheet Map Sheet 3

Map Sheet Number Map Sheet Adjoining Map Sheet Numbers Compass Buildings Streets First Sheet 4

Fire Station Description Fire Station Key Map Index Sheet Key Summary 5

Streets Index Specials Index Earlier and Later www.nclive.org Select library and enter password 6

Select Images and Maps Select Sanborn Maps Second window displays Select State After a few seconds, window changes 7

Select State Select City Select City Select Date Select Date Window changes and displays map sheets 8

Change city or date Or select map Or, select map sheets Next button Clicking a map sheet displays a third window Map viewer window Change zoom value Change viewer size 9

Click Download Map button to display entire map as Adobe PDF file in another window Navigate map Entire map displays in Displayed as PDF fourth window file in Adobe reader More Information • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanborn_Maps Part Three Newspapers, Magazines, Journals, and Books 10

Newspapers Newspapers Finding Newspaper Articles Notes on Newspaper Articles • Visit the newspaper publisher • Indexes may be available • Visit a public or college library • Calculating dates in news articles • Visit the State Archives • Locating newspaper photographs • Consult department scrapbooks • Searching before and after an event • Consult department files • Consulting end-of-year summaries • Consult personal scrapbooks • Fire Prevention Week articles • America’s Newspapers via NC LIVE • Milestone and anniversary articles Microforms Microforms Microfilm 35mm Microfiche 16mm 11

Microforms Readers Notes on Microforms • Readers are machines equipped with lens with adjustable focus, rotation, and zoom • Different lenses with varied magnification • Readers can be connected to printers or R d b t d t i t computer scanners • Film can be both positive (black on white) and negative (white on black) Microform Film Magazines and Journals Positive Negative Magazines and Journals Finding Magazines and Journals • Fire service • Visit a public or college library Firehouse , Fire Apparatus Journal , etc. • Visit the State Archives • Local or regional • Magazine indexes via NC LIVE The State Magazine etc The State Magazine , etc. • Back issues via eBay • Historical • Back issues via magazine publisher North Carolina Historical Review , etc. • Fire department collections • Individual articles • Personal collections 12

Books Finding Books • Libraries • Archives • Bookstores • Book dealers • Book web sites • Personal collections Types of Books Book Examples • Anderson, Norman P., and B.T. Fowler. Raleigh: North • Local or regional history Carolina's Capital City in Postcards . Charleston: Arcadia, 1996 • Architectural history • Hutchins, Nan. Cameron Village: A History 1949-1999 . • Heritage of Raleigh: Spirit Press, 2001. • Peterson, Edward L, and Ed Lindley Peterson, First to the • Images of America Flames , Krause Publications, 1999. • General fire service • Summerall, Hope. History of Wake County North Carolina . Raleigh: Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1922. • Department yearbooks • Wilson, Lee. City of Raleigh Fire Apparatus , Raleigh. 2002 Yearbooks Yearbooks • Lenoir, 1877-2002 • Asheville, 2001-2005 Taylor Publishing • Raleigh / 1984 • Charlotte / 1988 Taylor Publishing Taylor Publishing • Raleigh, 1984-2002 • Charlotte / 1999 Taylor Publishing Fine Books Publishing • Rocky Mount, 1986-1996 • Durham / 1990s Taylor Publishing Taylor Publishing • Wilmington, 1897-1985 • Greensboro, 1808-1984 Taylor Publishing Taylor Publishing • Winston-Salem, 1913-1992 • Greensboro, 1808-1990 Taylor Publishing Taylor Publishing • Winston-Salem / 2000 • Greensboro, 1926-2001 Fine Books Publishing 13

General Fire Books • Conway, W. Fred. Those Magnificent Old Steam Fire Engines. New Albany, IN: Fire Buff House, 1997. • Ditzel, Paul. Fire Alarm! The Fascinating Story Behind the Part Four Red Box on the Corner. New Albany, IN: Fire Buff House, 1997. • Lee, Mathew. A Pictorial History of the Fire Engine, Volume I. Detroit, MI: Lee and Sons, 1989. Other Sources of Information • McCall, Walter. American Fire Engines Since 1900. Glen Ellyn, Illinois: Crestline Publishing, 1976 • Zurier, Rebecca. The American Firehouse: An Architectural and Social History. New York, NY: Abbeyville, 1990 Other Sources Agency Records • Agency Records • Internet Sites • Artifacts • People • City Directories • Photographs • Department Records • Department Records • Other Printed • Other Printed Materials • Government Records Agency Records Artifacts • City / county / regional associations • Office of State Fire Marshall • Convention programs • Meeting minutes • Newsletters • Rosters 14

Artifacts City Directories • Alarm equipment • Helmets • Apparatus • Hose equipment • Badges • Ladders • Bunker gear • Bunker gear • Patches • Patches • Extinguishers • Pins • Hand tools • Uniforms City Directories Finding City Directories • Fire station addresses • Libraries • Fire company locations • Archives • Fire company officers • Museums • Fire alarm box locations • Fire alarm box signals • Firefighter listed as occupation Department Records Finding Department Records • Department facilities • Municipal or community facilities • Off-site storage • Department member homes • Department member homes • Department family member homes • Libraries • Museums • Archives 15

Types of Records Government Records • Annual reports • Maps • Apparatus records • Membership information • Bid documents • Memos Memos • Blueprints • Blueprints • Personnel records • Budget documents • Recruit information • Fire reports • SOPs • Log books Government Records Finding Government Records • Municipal annual reports (local) • Internet • Municipal budget documents (local) • Government offices • Governing body meeting minutes (local, • Libraries county) county) • Archives • Death certificates (county) • Museums • Real estate records (county) • Corporations database (state) • Census and Social Security (federal) Internet Sites Internet Sites • http://www.google.com Internet search engine • http://maps.google.com Street maps and aerial photos • http://www.timeanddate.com p Calendar generator • http://www.nclive.org NC LIVE • http://demog.state.nc.us NC demographics • http://www.ncmuseums.org NC museums 16