The primary mission of the Fire Department has always been to prevent fires and minimize their destruction when they get started.  However, because of other man-made or natural disasters, the Fire Department has taken responsibility for a number of other emergencies, one of which is the response to technical rescue incidents, such as when someone is trapped on the side of a high-rise building, in flood waters, in an icy pond, or in a collapsed building or trench.

In the area of technical rescue, there are three primary levels of training; Awareness, Operations, and Technician.  Awareness is the lowest level of certification and training, while Technician is the highest.  Currently, the majority of our firefighters are trained to the Operations level.  Each year many training hours are devoted to improving the didactic and practical skills of our firefighters in order to effectively respond to technical rescue incidents.  The Technician level requires specialized equipment and response personnel, as well as additional training.  For incidents in Leawood requiring a higher level of response, we depend on other agencies in the Kansas City metropolitan area who currently operate these specialized technical rescue units.

This area of our website is used to showcase some of the technical rescue training we do in Leawood, as well as some of the training we do with other responding agencies.  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

Ice Rescue	Collapse Search & Rescue
Water Rescue	High Angle Rescue
Response to Greensburg Tornado - May 2007	Response to SE Kansas Floods - July 2007