On December 1, 2025, two alarms were struck in downtown Raleigh, when equipment on the roof of the Raleigh Convention Center caught fire. The first units were dispatched about 2129 and reported a large column of smoke from the building. Ladder 1 from nearby Station 1 was first arriving. They reported heavy fire in the roof division.
A second alarm was immediately requested as arriving units began setting up for high-rise operations, including connecting to the standpipe system. Ladder 1 raised their aerial ladder and initiated fire attack with an aerial stream.
The majority of the fire was knocked down in about 25 minutes and marked under control about an hour after dispatch. About a dozen people were in the building at the time of the fire and evacuated without injuries…