You have a chance to see Raleigh’s newest fire station, inside and out
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- Station dedication begins at noon with tours until about 4 p.m. on June 15.
- Engine 3 and its 12 firefighters moved into the $11 million station in late April.
- It’s the first station in the city equipped to charge an electric fire engine.
The public will get an inside look at Southeast Raleigh’s new fire station, when the city celebrates the opening of Fire Station 3 on Rock Quarry Road next week.
The event on Monday, June 15, will begin with a dedication ceremony at noon, followed by tours of the new station until about 4 p.m.
Engine 3 and its company of 12 firefighters moved to the $11 million station in late April. Fire Station 3 is among the city’s busiest and, until the move, was also the smallest. The old building on South East Street opened in 1951 and is a potential new home for the Raleigh Fire Museum, according to local fire historian Mike Legeros.
The new 11,000-square-foot station is more than three times larger than the old one and has room for the city to add a second engine company. It’s the first station in the city equipped to charge an electric fire engine, which the second company will likely use, according to Danny Poole, the assistant fire chief.
The station is at 936 Rock Quarry Road, just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
The firefighters in the new station can trace their history to the Victor Company, a group of Black volunteer firefighters formed in 1869 and disbanded in 1912, with the start of the city’s professional fire department. The city took over Victor Company’s station at the corner of Hargett and Blount streets and its equipment, creating what eventually became Engine Company 3.
To acknowledge that history, the new station features outdoor art called The Victor by Chicago-based artist Maxwell Emcays. The installation features the silhouette of a firefighter emerging from red flames carrying someone he’s rescued, in front of a series of bronze plaques that outline the Raleigh Fire Department’s history.
Raleigh has 28 fire stations, each numbered for the engine company it houses, with one exception. Engine 13 shares space in the downtown station with Engine 1, so there is no fire station 13.
This story was originally published June 11, 2026 at 6:30 AM with the headline "You have a chance to see Raleigh’s newest fire station, inside and out."
