Career Information

To become a firefighter for CFD2, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

• Current driver’s license
• At least 18 years of age
• Firefighter I, HazMat Awareness, Firefighter II, HazMat Ops certifications
• Current Paramedic or EMT certification
• Current CPAT certification

Group Health, Dental and Vision Insurance: The District offers group health insurance through the IAFF Trust, for which it pays 95% of the total cost for single coverage, 90% for Employee +1, and 85% for family. The District pays 50% of the cost for dental insurance. Vision insurance is also available through the District at a very low cost to the employee.

Life Insurance Policy: The District provides a $20,000 life insurance policy to each employee.

Optional Group Life Insurance is available through the District to employees who elect to participate. The District does not contribute to these premium payments.

Flexible Spending Account – Health Care and Dependent Care:  Employees have an option to participate in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) through the District which enables them to pay for qualified expenses with pre-tax dollars.

KPERS 457 Deferred Compensation Plan: All employees have the option to invest money in a 457 deferred compensation plan through payroll deduction.  After one year of employment the District will match the employee’s deferral up to a limited percent based upon years of service and deposit those funds into a 401a retirment plan for the employee.

Retirement Benefit: As of their first day of employment CFD2 employees are covered by the KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEE’S RETIREMENT SYSTEM (KPERS).

Holiday Pay: CFD2 has 11 designated holidays plus 1 floating holiday per year. Staff personnel make take these designated holidays or bank the holiday to be used at another time during the year. Fire Protection Employees that work a designated holiday receive regular pay plus a holiday allowance of 1/10 of monthly base salary. Fire Protection employees that do NOT work a designated holiday accrue 12 hours of PTO which can be used at another time during the year.

Vacation: Vacation time is awarded based on the number of years of service completed and ranges from 5 shifts for an employee with one year of service to 15 shifts after 30 years of service. During the first year of employment, a firefighter is awarded 10 hours of vacation per month times the number of months remaining in the calendar year.

Sick Leave: Full time employees begin to accrue sick leave benefits as of their first day of employment. Fire protection employees accrue sick leave at the rate of 16 hours per month and staff and regular full-time employees accrue sick leave at the rate of 12 hours per month.

Wellness Incentive: Employees can earn time off work by participating in established wellness assessments and engaging in regular physical fitness.  This program is optional and earned time off is based on an employee’s level of performance on fitness tests and assessments throughout the year.

College Incentive: The District will reimburse an employee for 100% of tuition and books for college courses that meet the criteria as outlined in the Employee Guidebook. Prior authorization must be obtained and certain grade requirements must be met.

Uniforms: The District supplies required uniforms to employees. Employees also receive a declining balance credit card that can be used to purchase work boots and/or work-out shoes and can be used for shoe repairs. The card is issued with a $200 balance and is renewed every two years.

Facilities & Apparatus

Consolidated Fire District No. 2 (CFD#2) operates three fire stations. From these three facilities we maintain a fully staffed fleet of three Engines, two Trucks, one Heavy Squad (mini-pumper), one Heavy Rescue/Trench Rescue, and one Battalion Chief truck. Station 22 and 23 also house a Johnson County Med-Act ALS Ambulance. All CFD2 facilities are located strategically to optimize emergency response times for not only our own area of responsibility, but for the optimization of our joint service areas through automatic and mutual aid with all surrounding jurisdictions. Station 22 and 23 are both located in the City of Prairie Village, while Station 21 resides in the City of Mission Kansas. Each facility of CFD2 houses fully staffed emergency service professionals that are prepared to meet any type of response needs.

Stations

Each CFD2 station is designed to house a minimum of 7 to 9 emergency responders. Stations are constructed to facilitate a communal style living environment for on duty personnel. They provide full living environment including kitchen, dining area, dayroom, quiet rooms, bunk facilities and fitness rooms with full free weight and cardiovascular equipment to provide for health maintenance on duty.