Apex Volunteer Fire Department History

Last Updated: 3 January 2005


Apex Volunteer Fire Department
Charter Members, 1939

Charles A. Baucom Romulus Stephens
Bruce Benton Sidney Seymour
M. R. Breedlove M. M. Teague
Coy Brewer C. C. Triplett
W. J. Harris, Sr. Verne W. Tunstall
R. J. Holt Dewey Walker
Eugene Johnson Roy Williams
Guthrie T. Jordan Sherwood Williams
Ralph Martin O. W. Yates, Sr.
Carter S. Schaub  


Click the links below to view information on the history of the Apex Volunteer Fire Department and the town itself.

Most of the photos on these pages are from the collections of some of our firefighters, most notably Ollie Yates (member since 1959) and Dwayne Vaughn (member since 1965). Thanks to both, as well as their wives Joy Yates and Vickie Vaughn (members of the Firebelles) for allowing me to borrow these treasures!

Local author and fire buff Mike Legeros also provided many of the photos and text material for these history pages. Mike recently published "Raleigh and Wake County Firefighting" Volumes I and II. For more information on these and other projects he is working on, check out his web site.

History of the Town of Apex12/31/04
History of the Apex Volunteer Fire Department1/2/05
Chief Officers1/3/05
Fire Apparatus