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I've been thinking about this for a while now. I don't understand the joke in the title of Cape Feare. Obviously it's a reference to the movie Cape Fear, but what does the extra e mean? Is it something really obvious that I'm missing?
Change my mind.
The region known is Cape Feare is home to 50,000 residents living in almost a dozen communities and protected by 23 fire stations who are staffed by a mix of paid and volunteer firefighters.
The first community in the area was the Village of Cape Feare. Cape Feare was initially protected by three separate volunteer fire companies operating from their own single bay stations:
Cape Feare Fire Company No. 1 operating a 100' Quint (combination engine and aerial device) and protecting the original downtown and an adjacent small productive forest. It is located on the original Main Street of the village, and is adjacent to the Cape Feare Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Cape Feare Fire Company No. 2, operating a class 'A' pumper and protects mostly single family dwellings.
Cape Feare Excelsior Fire Company, a formerly quiet station operating a single class 'A' pumper from what for a long time was the extreme fringe of the village.
Recent explosive growth in the Village of Cape Feare and the construction of high value and high density properties, like the local sports franchise, saw the construction of Cape Feare Fire-Rescue Company #4, which is staffed by both full-time firefighters and volunteers and operates two class 'A' engines and a hydraulic aerial platform.
Here, Companies 1. and 2. work to extinguish a housefire
The next community was Brooke Point, built on one of the islands in the estuary, home to the regional cruise ship terminal and, inexplicably, the German battleship Bismarck(a leading tourist attraction). Brooke Point, a community of dense multi-story commercial and residential development is protected by two volunteer fire companies:
Brooke Point Hook and Ladder Company operates a pair of 100' quints from a historic station wedged along a busy street filled with highrise development.
Brooke Point Hose Company operates a single class 'A' pumper and protects the far side of the island. It responds from a single bay station nestled beneath an overpass of the interstate highway that cuts across the region, and protects a highly developed area.
The Town of Belmont, adjacent to the Village of Cape Feare, was
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