Saving the Second Engine of Fire Station 8
Title
Saving the Second Engine of Fire Station 8
Description
This collection contains records and photos of the efforts of Plaza Midwood residents and the Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association (PMNA) to save the second engine company at Fire Station 8. The residents believed that both engines were crucial to protecting their neighborhood and joined with the fire department to fight to keep it.
Contributor
Sean Whittaker
Collection Items
Efforts to Save the Engine Company Desk Notes
These are notes of the some of the efforts to save the Second Fire Engine and Company at Station 8. Here we can see some of the major players involved in saving the Engine Company such as Captain Jerry Holmes and the resources utilized. It also…
Map of Plaza Midwood and Urban Design Issues
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission created this map as part of the revitalization and design planning for Plaza Midwood. Major locations can be seen and the positions of the Fire Station 8, the Library, and the Central Commercial Strip…
Letter to the Mayor: Rough Draft Page 1
This is the rough draft of a letter to the mayor of Charlotte, Eddie Knox, from the President of the Plazamidwood Neighborhood Association, Cindy Seaford. Here she argues that the city should follow the recommendations of the Operations Committee…
Letter to the Mayor: Rough Draft Page 2
This is the rough draft of a letter to the mayor of Charlotte, Eddie Knox, from the President of the Plazamidwood Neighborhood Association, Cindy Seaford. Here she argues that the city should follow the recommendations of the Operations Committee and…
Letter to the Mayor: Official Plaza Midwood Neighborhood Association Letter
This is the official letter and final draft to Charlotte Mayor Eddie Knox protesting the potential closure of the Second Engine Company at Fire Station 8. It is concise and contains the contact information for both the Mayor and Cindy Seaford, the…
Charlotte Firefighters Association Letter to the Mayor and City Council
This letter contains a complaint from the Charlotte Firefighters Association, written by James McLaughlin as President of the Association, to the Mayor and Charlotte City Council. In it he presents the possible consequences of cutting manpower or…
Assistant City Manager Response to the Second Fire Engine Concerns
The letter where Assistant City Manager Robert S. Hopson responds to the letter from Cindy Seaford concerning the Second Engine Company of Fire Station 8. In this letter he confirms that any changes to the operations of STation 8 will be delayed…
Fire Station Truck Sign
This is a sign in Plaza Midwood identifying the area as containing a Fire Station and Fire Truck nearby.
Engine Number 8 of the Charlotte Fire Department located at Station 8 in Plaza Midwood
This is the current Fire Engine located in Plaza Midwood at Station 8. Only recently did it become the only engine there, since the efforts to keep two companies at Station 8 had been successful for many years. But, according to one of the Fire…
Fire Station Number 8
This is a picture of the existing Fire Station Number 8 in Plaza-Midwood. This is actually the same building that the fire fighters used in 1980 and fought the city to keep both engine companies.