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Instead of a "ribbon cutting", this ceremony was a "firehose uncoupling"
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Ladder 3 (soon to be Ladder 4) gets a preview of its new home
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Engine 3 is soon to become Engine 4
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Apex EMS
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Captain John Hellmann (left) and Matt Runyan
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David Dillon, Jason Nesbit, Ashley Boyer
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Bay Leaf Fire Chief Ron Roof (left) and David Dillon
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Town council members Mike Jones, Bill Sutton, Bryan Gossage
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We had a decent showing of emergency services personnel, town officials, and citizens
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There were refreshments in the day room
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Dwayne Vaughn, Ollie Yates
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Kevin Roberts, ?, Ashley Boyer, Loren Wallace, David Haigh
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Mayor Keith Weatherly addresses the crowd as Chief Haraway and town council members look on
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Apex Fire Chief Mark Haraway
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American Legion Commander Michael Sayers (right) makes a presentation to the Town
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American Legion and Fire Department personnel dedicate the flag
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The town's top brass prepare to uncouple the hose. (L to R) Bill Sutton, Bryan Gossage, Gene Schulze, Keith Weatherly, Mike Jones, Bill Jensen, Bruce Radford, Mark Haraway
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Councilman Schulze and Mayor Weatherly work the coupling...
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...and it's official! Station 4 has been christened!
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After the ceremony, firefighters give tours of the new station
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Chief Haraway shows Mayor Weatherly and Councilman Jensen into the day room
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Amy Edwards
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Firefighters enjoying the first of what will certainly be MANY breaks on the new patio
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Checking out the new grill
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Kim Matthews
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Top brass from Fuquay Fire Department (Assistant Chief Jim Jones, Chief Tony Mauldin)
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Former member John Sperath catches up with councilman Jensen
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Loren Wallace
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Ryan Arnett, Scooter Carter, Jeff Jones, Ashley Abt
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Nancy Dawson, Joy Yates, Vickie Vaughn
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Dwayne Vaughn, Ollie Yates
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A-shift debates having a cake-eating contest. They decided against it. (Eric Scofield, Ryan Hillen, Jeff Jones, Jeff Maynard)
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Photographing the photographer (Mike Legeros)
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Note our fancy bay door traffic lights! Now if anyone drives through the bay door, they not only get written up, but they'll get a traffic ticket too! HA!
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Night lights
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