Many people question the reason behind the Rabbit on the door of our Seagrave Pumper and Ladder Truck.

To understand this one must look back to Chatham County in the early 1900s. At the turn of the century indigenous cottontail rabbits were abundant in Chatham County and Siler City became one of the largest shipping points in North Carolina. According to records there were over 154,000 rabbits taken from Chatham County between 1908 and 1916.

These rabbits were sold out of state and appeared as "CHATHAM RABBITS" on menus in cities such as New York, Baltimore and Norfolk. The several different recipes for "Chatham Rabbit" can still be found in recipe books and even online today. 

This history of the rabbit provoked department members to place a Rabbit on the door of our Seagrave Pumper in the early forties and the tradition is still being carried on today.