Fire District #13 Inc.

07/17/2026

🚨BURN BAN IN EFFECT – GUILFORD COUNTY 🚨
A regional Code Orange Air Quality Alert has triggered a countywide Burn Ban.
🚫 No outdoor burning is permitted anywhere in Guilford County.
📅 Effective: 10 a.m. Friday, July 17
📅 Expires: 8:00 pm. Friday July 17
Thank you for helping protect air quality and public health.

ALERT (7/16/2026 – 4:11 PM) - A Code ORANGE Action Day for ozone has been issued for Wake, Durham, Granville, Mecklenburg, and Gaston counties, effective Friday from 10AM to 8PM.

CODE ORANGE means that sensitive groups, such as older adults, children, active people, and those with lung disease such as asthma may experience health effects and should limit prolonged or heavy exertion outdoors.

For our discussion & KML files: https://airquality.climate.ncsu.edu/discussion/

07/10/2026

Fire District 13 Newest addition was placed in service.

05/20/2026

02/13/2026

Full circle moment for Firefighter Banks!

12/12/2025

Guilford County history bit. Picture of a picture of Fire District #13 Inc. from back in the day and with their first fire engine. From the Remember Greensboro 1950's and Before - North Carolina group and shared by Don Morrison in a posting from August 2023. Shown are [goes here].

FD13 was organized in 1950. The first fire chief was John Moore (shown on left?). They received this truck in late October 1950. It cost $7,000 with the county providing $5,000 of funding. Their fire district was identical to the Rankin School District and their fire district was named as such. They were also at times called Rankin School FD or just Rankin FD.

Today FD13 operates two stations plus a former station/admin facility. From their web site they protect some 7,700 residents and answer about 1,550 calls a year.