CFD2 ACTIVITY REPORT Q2 2025 | | Q2 Calls, Training and Outreach | | |
In addition to running 1540 calls during Q2 2025, CFD2 crews put in 2736 hours of training and participated in 29 PR events. Training included Trench Awareness, Water Mapping, Hose Deployment, Trench Rescue (Train-the-Trainer), Ladder Training, Joint Training with Leawood Fire Department, and Large Area Search. Q2 PR events included educational sessions with area lifeguards, hands-only CPR trainings, Scout troop visits and a number of end-of-school events.
It was a busy and productive 2nd quarter at CFD2, and we hope you enjoy seeing a bit of what we've been up to!
| | Station 22 & Admin Remodel | | Three retirements early in 2025 created a flurry of promotions and changes in shift assignments at CFD2 during Q2. By early May, as the dust was settling on roster changes, a new wave of activity began with ground being broken for the remodel of Station 22 and the Administrative offices. | | 05/08/2025 - Excavation and site-prep work at Station 22. | | 06/16/2025 - Surveying and footing work at Station 22. | | 07/18/2025 - Steel framing in place for the new addition at Station 22. | | 06/12/2025 - Sitework completed and footings poured for the new addition to the Administrative Offices. | | CFD2 crews responded to a townhome fire at 6581 W. 49th Street in Mission on the afternoon of April 14, 2025. Quick action prevented the fire from spreading to adjoining structures, dramatically minimizing damage and property loss. | | AO Kelly positioned by TR 21 as CFD2 crews attack the fire. | | CFD2 crews enter the structure. | | CFD2 and Shawnee crews convene in the driveway of the residence next door to the residence where the fire originated. | | Assessing the situation from the roof. | | AO Medic Hiersche swaps out SCBA for FF Fowler and Lt. Buser. | | FF Davis and AO AEMT Dillon on scene. | | View of the back of the structure. | | Plastic fencing melted by the heat from the fire. | | FF Gromer, Captain Medic Montgomery, FF Thorsen, AO Medic Fosburg, and Lt. Dougan after the fire. | | Captain Jeff Truax retired on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, after 25 years with CFD2. A reception was held at Station 21. We wish him all the best in this next chapter of his life, and greatly appreciate his dedicated service to CFD2! | | Jeff Truax joined CFD2 in 2000 and was promoted to Captain in 2016. | | BC Lamb congratulates Truax on his retirement. | | Family, friends and co-workers gathered at Station 21 to celebrate Truax's retirement. | | FF Fix presents Truax with a retirement gift and plaque from IAFF Local 1371. | | Captain Waller presents Truax with metal photo prints of him and his A21 Shift. | | Chief Thompson presents Truax with his engraved axe, as Truax's shift and the Chief staff look on. | | Wishing Captain Truax a happy and healthy retirement! | | |
A Badge Pinning Ceremony was held on Wednesday, April 30, at Station 23 to recognize recent CFD2 promotions.
Congratulations to -
James Lamb on his promotion to Battalion Chief
Josh Hunt on his promotion to Captain
Jason Waller on his promotion to Captain
John Dougan on his promotion to Lieutenant
Medic Shane Schulze on his promotion to Lieutenant
Daniel Unruh on his promotion to Apparatus Operator
Medic Mick Green on his promotion to Apparatus Operator
| | Deputy Chief Morse affixes Battalion Chief Lamb's Collar Brass. | | Captain Hunt receives his Collar Brass from BC Lamb. | | Battalion Chief Register affixes Captain Waller's Collar Brass. | | Battalion Chief Gibson congratulates Lt. Dougan after pinning his Collar Brass. | | BC Lamb congratulates Lt. Medic Schulze after affixing his Collar Brass. | | AO Medic Green receives his Collar Brass from BC Gibson. | | |
BC Lamb congratulates Daniel Unruh on his promotion to Apparatus Operator. Unruh was unable to attend the Pinning Ceremony in April.
| | CFD2 Annual Open House & Pancake Feed | | |
The CFD2 Annual Open House and Pancake Feed was held on Saturday, May 3, at Station 21. It was a perfect day for opening the bay doors and welcoming our friends and neighbors to join us for a good breakfast for a great cause. The event was free to attend but we received over $1500 in donations, all of which goes directly to Back to School with a Firefighter, a Prairie Village Foundation program for local kids who can use the help in purchasing supplies for the upcoming school year.
| | FF Blakemore helps a local youngster with a turn at the fire hose. | | A big thank you to Velvet Creme Popcorn Co. for providing popcorn for our attendees. The popcorn was a huge hit! | | Captain Katzer giving a tour of Rescue Engine 21. | | FF Busch and AO Hansen taking the pancake and sausage game to the next level. | | Thanks to our partners from MED-ACT who joined us for the Open House. | | AO AEMT Bell giving a tour of Rescue Engine 21. | | FF Blakemore watches as FF Mitch Fowler and his kids take their turn on the fire hose. | | FF Busch and FF Medic Braun cook up sausages for the crowd. | | Captain Katzer gives a tour of Rescue 21 to some of the younger community members. | | A huge thanks to Mission Big Biscuit for the donation of pancake batter and syrup and to Mission Hy-Vee for a gift certificate to cover the cost of additional breakfast supplies. AO Rosales and Fire Marshal Kerkhoff are pictured by the boot. | | CFD2 and Leawood Fire Department conducted joint training exercises at South Platte Training Center over several days at the end of May/beginning of June. | | American Lifeguard Association Event | | As pool season approached this past spring, CFD2 crews were invited to participate in several events aimed at helping to prepare area lifeguards for emergencies at the pool. Captain Ryan Faddis, AO Medic Aaron Abdouch and FF Jake Huddlestun, along with Battalion Chief Doug Gibson, presented at an American Lifeguard Association "Aquatics Leadership Adventure" conference at the Sylvester Powell Jr. Community Center in Mission. The crew talked to the lifeguards in attendance about what to expect in case of an emergency at the pool and what the hand-off of care should look like. | | JCCC Fire Science Career Fair | | Firefighter Andrew Juarez, Lieutenant Dennis Costlow, and Firefighter Katie O'Connor represented CFD2 at the JCCC Fire Science Career Fair, where they talked to students and prospective and current firefighters who were looking to learn more about area fire departments. | | Global Ties Visits Station 23 | | On Monday, May 5, a group of 21 students from eight countries in Africa visited Station 23 as part of the Global Ties KC program. The group split in two, with half touring the Prairie Village Police Department and half visiting CFD2, and then swapping. | | Lt. Medic Schulze welcomes the students to Station 23. | | Firefighter Blakemore gives the students a tour of the L23. | | Firefighters VanStratten and Blakemore pose for a photo with the visitors. CFD2 received a warm and enthusiastic thank you for providing such a fun and educational experience. | | CFD2 Chief Staff put together a pasta and chicken dinner, with salad, garlic breadsticks, and cake for dessert, as a token of the tremendous appreciation we have for our crews and the MED-ACT crews that work alongside us. We are deeply proud of the exceptional work ethic and commitment to community service that our firefighters bring to the job. We are truly CFD2 PROUD! | | Chief Chick prepares pasta while Chief Thompson and Chief Morse keep an eye on the sauces and breadsticks. | | Chief Chick and Chief Morse enjoy dinner with A Shift crew. | | On Thursday, April 17, CFD2 joined the 2025 NEJC Leadership Class at the Overland Park Fire Training Center to provide education on the role of CFD2 in the community and to give Leadership Class participants a chance to experience a few of the things that firefighters do in the course of their jobs. Participants had the opportunity to go up in the bucket of the ladder truck, and also to don full gear and SCBA and enter the tower, search for flames and douse the flames with the hose. CFD2 Administrative Assistant Joanna Russell was a member of the class and reports that this experience was hands-down the favorite part of the entire 5-month class for all the participants! | | AO Pheiffer looks on as his crew takes participants up in the ladder truck, while other CFD2 crews prepare a group to enter the tower. | | FF Medic Riley, Chief Morse and Chief Morgan prepare participants to enter the tower. | | Chief Morse gives an overview of operations for the event. | | Chief Thompson helps a class member adjust his SCBA. | | Chief Morgan talks to class members about CFD2. | | A crew from the class head into the tower under the guidance of AO Unruh and FF VanStratten. | | Q2 Significant Milestones | | Congratulations to Captain Ryan Faddis who celebrated a significant milestone during the second quarter of 2025. We are so grateful for all that you do! | | FF Clevenger and AO AEMT Dillon give a tour of the truck to local school kids, and Dillon explains when and how the hydraulic rescue tools are used (above) and fields questions about the ladder truck (below). | | A lucky Mission Hills resident got to take a ride in the fire truck as part of a CFD2 experience that was auctioned as part of her school's fundraiser. Lt. Costlow, AO Patton, and FF Juarez were on the detail. | | | | |
