Sharon Fire Department (North Carolina)

==Department History==
Sharon Volunteer Fire Department was the twenty-second Volunteer fire department in Mecklenburg County.  Sharon VFD was organized and incorporated in 1959. Their first station was located at corner of Fairview and Sharon Roads, and it was dedicated on August 1, 1959.  The department relocated in 1973, in response to city annexations, to location farther south near Sharon and Champaign Streets. By June 1976, annexations had taken 75 percent of the land in the Sharon’s fire district.  The department considered disbanding but instead chose to relocate again farther south and in June 1979, the department began construction of a new fire station at 6225 Carmel Road.  The new station was occupied on Jan. 1, 1980, and the department was renamed Carmel Fire Department. During that time, it was also known as the Carmel-Sharon Fire Department.  The department had initially planned to operate out of both stations, however, another round of annexation in 1980 changed those plans and all the equipment was moved to the new station.
In 1994, Mecklenburg County made the decision to stop supplementary funding for three volunteer department, Carmel, Derita and Pinoca after their districts had essentially been annexed into the City of Charlotte.  The Carmel Fire Department’s district was reduced to a few acres of woods with no buildings, resulting in no calls.  The 120 calls the Carmel VFD responded to in 1993 were all in neighboring districts to back up other departments.  As a result, the Carmel Fire Department merged with Carolina Fire Department.
=== Fire Station ===
Station 	Address 	In Service 	Notes
1st Fire Station	Fairview Avenue and Sharon Road, Charlotte 	1959 - 1973	Building no longer exists
2nd Fire Station	Sharom Road and Champaign Street, Charlotte	1973 - 1980	Building no longer exists
3rd Fire Station	6225 Carmel Road, Charlotte 	1980 - 1995	Sold and building converted to commercial property.
Category:Defunct fire departments of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina