Activity Report | 3rd Qtr 2021

In this issue:
  • Service Calls Report
  • Health and Safety
  • Training Report
  • Louisiana Deployment
  • Community News and Events
  • Permitting/Plan Review
  • Our CFD2 Team
HEALTH AND SAFETY
National Fire Protection Association's Fire Prevention Week
Oct 3-9

This year's theme: Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety

Key Messages Include:
  • When a smoke alarm or carbon monoxide (CO) alarm sounds, respond immediately by exiting the home as quickly as possible. 
  • If your alarm begins to chirp, it may mean that the batteries are running low and need to be replaced. If the alarm continues to chirp after the batteries are replaced or the alarm is more than 10 years old, it should be replaced.
  • Test all smoke and CO alarms monthly. Press the test button to make sure the alarm is working.
  • If there is someone in your household who is deaf or hard of hearing, install bed shaker and strobe light alarms that will alert that person to fire.
  • Know the difference between the sound of a smoke alarm and a CO alarm. Smoke alarms sound three beeps, CO alarms sound four.

Each October, as part of the Fire Prevention Week campaign, CFD2 visits local elementary schools to discuss fire safety with K-2nd grade students.
CFD2 FIRE/EMS TRAINING NEWS
COVID can’t slow down training! CFD2 continued to train while taking appropriate precautions. Click on link below for the full report of last quarter's training activities.
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DEPLOYMENT TO LOUISIANA
Four of our members deployed to Houma LA as part of a Strike Force from Kansas, providing backup Fire/EMS resources in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Captain George Stewart, Apparatus Operator James Hansen, Firefighter Blake Rutherford, and Firefighter Jonathan Fetters spent 15 days in Houma along with crews from 3 other area departments and one from Wichita. We are thankful for their willingness to step up and help out on very short notice and that they are back home safe. Our thoughts are with the people affected by the destruction caused by the hurricane.
COMMUNITY NEWS and EVENTS
Back to School with a Firefighter
CFD2 partnered with the Prairie Village Foundation again this year to provide area students with assistance in purchasing needed school supplies. Thanks to generous donations to the program, we were able to provide 10 students with gift cards to purchase shoes, clothes and other school supplies.

Thanks to our community partners
We value our great partnerships with the area police departments and other agencies that serve our communities. We recently took the opportunity to stop by and thank some officers with the Prairie Village PD for their support and for their lifesaving measures taken on emergency calls.
PERMITTING and PLAN REVIEW
Any commercial work done within the CFD2 Fire District involving new building construction, tenant finishes, installation of new or modification of existing fire sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems and/or commercial cooking suppression systems requires the issuance of a permit by CFD2. Plans are reviewed by the Fire Marshal based upon the fire code adopted in the city in which the work is being performed. Following permitting, CFD2 personnel conduct the appropriate inspections through the completion of the project.
25 permits were issued July - Sept 2021

Below is a sample of the various new business final inspections recently completed.

  • Nekter Juice Bar - 4061 W 83rd
  • Sopra Salon - 4071 W 83rd
  • Scissors and Scotch - 4111 W 83rd
  • Hunter Family Vision - 4109 W 83rd
  • Club Pilates - 4059 W 83rd
  • Kitch Meals - 4113 W 83rd
  • Simplicity Laser - 3520 W 75th
  • Wing Stand - 5438 Johnson Dr
  • Shinju Sushi & Hibachi - 3935 W 69th Ter
OUR CFD2 TEAM
CFD2 Member Highlight
Battalion Chief Doug Gibson
We have some really great people here at CFD2 with unique interests and skills both on and off the job. Our first member highlight features BC Doug Gibson, our longest employed member, with 33 years at CFD2.

Service Anniversaries

Congratulations to the following CFD2 members who recently reached service milestones.

  • 15 Years: Apparatus Operator Brian Mattingly
  • 10 Years: Apparatus Operator Dustin Patton
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