📢 RFD Recent News
🎟 Gala Updates
Planning is coming along great! Committee says they have two
sponsors paid already and another in the mix. Know anyone who’d be interested
in sponsoring? Tell them to contact anyone on the Gala Committee for details! RFD
tickets go on sale August 1, 2025! Get them before the price goes up on September
15! Also, Instagram and Facebook Socials are live!
🧶 Blanket Sales
Missed your chance to order? Keep an eye on the newsletter
for updates about the next round of blanket sales.
📘 Yearbook Progress
Almost all the yearbooks have been delivered. Keri isn’t perfect and
if you ordered one and haven’t received it, please contact her and she’ll get
you squared away. Miss your opportunity to get one this time? Details for another
opportunity to purchase are coming soon.
🏅 RFD Sports Highlights
Our members aren’t just heroes on the job—they’re fierce
competitors off the clock too. From the track to the rink, our crews continue
to represent the Raleigh Fire Department with strength, speed, and
sportsmanship.
🏒 Hockey
On July 26th RFD Hockey will
travel to face off against our brothers/sisters of the Charlotte FD for the
first time! Entry fee is $10 & kids under 10 get in free. Game starts at
4pm at the Extreme Ice Center in Indian Trail. All proceeds will be donated to
the Children’s Burn Foundation.
Come out and support your team for
a good cause!
This game is sponsored by Whiting-Turner. Thank you for your support!
🏀 Basketball
RFD
Basketball has merch that will be here on 7/23/25!
Lay-Ups
for Linda is hosting a Battle of the Badges event on Saturday August 23rd at
the Davis Center in Wilmington. Teams playing this tournament are Leland Fire
Dept, Leland Police Dept, Raleigh Fire Dept, Wilmington Fire Dept, Wilmington
Police Dept. Get your tickets at WFD HQ or contact Nick Shepard at
(910-553-0951! This
year's Lay-Ups 4 Linda shirts are available for pre-order now until July 31st.
If you would like to order, please Venmo @Leslie-Grimord and add the amount
with your name, size/s and contact number. Shirts will be available for pick up
at a location to be specified a couple days before tournament and at the event.
Looking to have a shirt shipped to you please contact letgowithleslie@gmail.com. Please visit
Linda’s fundraiser page
for more information on this cause.
🤼
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
🚔 Cops v/s Firefighters 🚒.
Saturday, October 4th at the Barwell Road Community Center in Raleigh. There
will be action, merch, gym reps, and tons more! Make sure you mark the calendar
📅 for this banger of an event!
$50 Fighter Entry Fee. $10 for Spectators.
🙌🏼 ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE 200 CLUB OF WAKE COUNTY.
We need your help! Are you interested in
sponsoring an event? Contact us for more details.
🎉 Celebrating RFD Family Milestones
We’ve got some big smiles and even bigger milestones to
celebrate this month—let’s hear it for the wins, both big and small! 🥳
🎖 Promotions &
Retirements
🎉 Retirement
Please join us in honoring Senior
Firefighter Jamie Gay, who officially retired on June 1, 2025. Thank
you for your years of service and dedication!
🚒 Promotions
Effective July
26, 2025, the following personnel are promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
Congratulations on this well-earned next step!
- Lt. Aaron Proctor
- Lt. Brandon Strickland
- Lt. Robbie Jones
- Lt. Devin Woodall
- Lt. Jordan Lamotta
- Lt. Cullen Brown
We’re proud of each of you!
👶 New Tiny Turnouts! 💗
💗
Baby Earl has arrived!!! FCFF Collin Earl (Station 3A) and his family
welcomed their healthy, new baby boy, Asher Cohen on June 10th at
9:48 pm. Both baby and Mama are doing well and hopefully getting some
much-needed rest. Congratulations to the family!
💗
Exciting News from Station 22! We’re thrilled to announce that Caleb Smith
(Station 22A) and his family have welcomed a brand-new recruit, Lindsey Smith 🥳Born
on July 4th (already showing patriotic spirit!), little Lindsey weighed in at 7lbs
7oz and measured 20 in long, a perfect fit for the Smith family lineup. Mom
and baby are doing great, and Caleb is beaming with pride! Please
join us in sending big congratulations to the Smith family!
💗
Congratulations go out to SFF Eric Godwin (Station 19B) and his wife Ashley on
the birth of their son. Oliver Holmes Godwin was born July 6th at
10:35 pm, weighing 8 lbs. Everyone
is doing well! Congratulations! 🥳
💗
We've got some exciting news to share! Please extend a heartfelt welcome to the
newest member of the Poole crew, Savannah Lynn! Savannah
made her grand entrance yesterday, tipping the scales at a perfect 7 pounds, 7
ounces. According to Captain Davis Poole (Station 1A), mom, baby, and her two
burly big-brother bodyguards are all doing well. And as all you seasoned
"girl dads" out there know, a baby girl has this magical ability to
turn even the toughest of us into a pile of mush, making us do things we never thought
possible. Get ready for glitter, tea parties, and endless attitude, Davis!
📅 Looking for a year-at-a-glance
RFD shift calendar? Look no further! 2025 & 2026 have been added to this site!
📬 Want to be featured? Have
a shoutout, milestone, or fun moment you'd love to see in the next issue? Send
it our way—we’d love to share it with the RFD family.
