The primary mission of the Fire Department has always been to prevent fires and minimize their destruction when they get started.  Over the years however, the Fire Department has taken responsibility for a number of other emergencies as well, such as response to medical emergencies, hazardous materials spills, technical rescue incidents, acts of domestic terrorism, and many other emergency and non-emergency requests for service.  However, many training hours are still devoted to improving the didactic and practical skills of our firefighters in order to effectively respond to and extinguish fires.  Areas such as hose deployment, water streams, pump operations, salvage & overhaul operations, search & rescue techniques, and incident command, are just a few areas in which firefighters continually strive to improve their knowledge and practical skills.

This area of our website is used to showcase some of that training.  Should you ever have questions about our training program or anything else you see here, please don't hesitate to contact me.

Tim Stamm
Training Chief
Leawood Fire Department