 |
| 1967 |
| • Havelock Fire Department formed so Havelock residents no longer dependent on
Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point Fire Department and Newport Fire
Department for fire response |
| • 1st station built for $5,600 for the structure of the building; $1,200 for
the floor; interior completed by volunteers (Current building for the city
planning department) |
| • 28 Chartered Members—all male |
| • Military Surplus 530 and Ashford Oil Company 1200 gal. ex-fuel truck in
operation |
| • Notified of calls via telephone recall and 2 minute Civil Defense siren |
| 1971 |
• 1st Howe pumper purchased brand new; later sold for $1,000
 |
| 1972 |
| • 1936 Ward LaFrance purchased due to need of another truck; sold for $600 to
Sea Level Fire Department |
• 1st Rescue Truck 1961 Ford Panel Truck donated to department in early ‘70’s
 |
| • 15 Motorola non-portable Alarm boxes and 5 Plectron Alarm boxes purchased for
home notification of calls. |
| 1973 |
| • Havelock Rescue Squad created as part of the Havelock Fire Department |
| 1974 |
• 1974 Ford Bean purchased for $25,000 replaced the Ward LaFrance; sold for
$25,000 to Broad and Gales Creek Fire Department
 |
| • 1st Ambulance purchased with a grant from the Governor’s Highway Safety
Fund—1974 Dodge |
| • All rescue squad members except for 9 went on strike because of a
disagreement regarding the Havelock High School football game ambulance service
|
| • First EMT course taught
|
| • Call volume approximately 2 per week |
| 1975 |
| • First paid personnel on duty; 1 per shift working 24 hours on and 48 hours
off—Bill Creed, Doug Campen, Danny Willis; responded only with the fire trucks
not the ambulance or rescue truck |
| • Only paid personnel allowed to spend the night at the station |
| 1976 |
| • May-Beta Sigma Phi Sorority donated a porta-power hydraulic ram system. |
| • May-First time the rescue squad had 5 calls in one day—showed need for
additional ambulance |
• September-2nd ambulance purchased from Virginia; 1972 Chevrolet Suburban
 |
| • 1st woman to join the rescue squad—Eva Sermons; Cherrie Sanders and Betsy
Olkowski were the 2nd and 3rd female members that joined shortly after Eva. |
| 1977 |
• New Rescue Truck purchased brand new; originally voted down by the members to
purchase but was a definite need and its 1st revealing was at the Christmas
Party that year, wouldn’t fit in bay produced need for new station
 |
| 1978 |
• Prestige van ambulance purchased new from Texas; created 3rd ambulance and
Havelock has operated 3 ambulances since this purchase
 |
| 1979 |
• Calls exceeded 300 per year
 |
| 1982 |
• 1st Jaws of Life purchased with the assistance of Eddie Ellis and the
community
 |
| • 1st paid fire chief-Jimmy Nobles |
| 1983 |
| • City of Havelock switched to the Public Safety format for emergency services |
| • 1st sworn public safety officers—Don Lilly, Jim Drum, Kenny Rhodes |
• Began building new facility which was designed by the man who designed the
Asheboro zoo and had never stepped foot into a fire department until this one
was built
 |
| 1984 |
| • 1st "ice cream box" style ambulance purchased-1984 Braun |
| 1985 |
| • New building complete which housed the police, fire, and rescue |
| 1986 |
| • City started charging for EMS calls due to county initiating a user fee |
| • Havelock Rescue Squad awarded NC State Rescue of the year for their efforts
to assist a young man pinned in his bed by a pine tree |
| 1987 |
| • Havelock Rescue Squad Became ALS (Advanced Life Support) certified |
| • First squad in the county to go ALS as EMT-Intermediate |
• Mary Green was the first person to start an IV
 |
| 1988 |
| • Purchase of today’s current Engine 3 AKA 2303; 1988 Federal Pumper LDH |
| 1991 |
| • Purchase of today’s rescue truck 2307; 1991 International Rescue
LT |
| 1992 |
| • Purchase of today’s Engine 4 AKA 2304; 1992 Spartan Pumper |
| • Havelock Rescue Squad awarded NC State Rescue of the Year for rescuing a
woman trapped in her car that was trapped under a tractor trailer filled with
woodchips in a ditch filled with cold water |
• Call volume has increased to approximately 1000 calls per year
 |
| 1999 |
| • Havelock Rescue Squad became Paramedic level certified |
| • Staffed 2 Paramedic/Firefighters per shift working 24 hours on and 48 hours
off |
| • Paid Fire Chief, Fire Marshall, and EMT-I/Firefighter |
| 2000 |
| • Purchase of today’s EMS 3; 2000 Ford Wheeled Coach Ambulance |
| 2003 |
| • Purchase of today’s EMS 4; 2003 Ford Wheeled Coach Ambulance |
| 2006 |
| • Purchase of today’s EMS 5; 2006 Ford Wheeled Coach Ambulance |
