Kansas City area fire apparatus

[MFD76]

Photo: Mosher Collection



These next photos are from the University of Kansas Fire and Rescue Training Institute (KUFRTI). A division within the University of Kansas Continuing Education. KU is located in Lawrence 30 miles west of Kansas City. Although Lawrence is quickly becoming a western suburb due to growth and many workers in the Kansas City metro live in Lawrence.



In Kansas we have a Fire Service Training Commission that was created in 2002 with revision of the 1949 statute that established fire service training at KU. The commission is comprised of twelve representatives from each fire service organization in the state. I am very honored to be the commission representative for the Fire Education Association of Kansas. The commission is charged with increasing funding for KUFRTI and provide oversight and guidance for the program and so that is may continue to train Kansas Firefighters. Fire Training in Kansas is supported by a percentage of your paid fire insurance premiums.



Since 2002 we have been able to replace all out dated training props such as the burn trailer and SCBA search maze. We have also added new trailers for Flammable gas fires, Rural Water Supply, FF I and FFII skills. Our props travel throughout the state at no charge to the requesting fire department. The below photos show our new equipment. Oh and yes everything is now RED, I mean how could you train firefighters without first showing them the proper color <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />



Note: Smokey "J" Jayhawk was our Kansas Fire Service mascot for many years. He was on all items associated with the institute and he wore a white Carins Senator helmet on his head. The Jayhawk logo was owned for many years by the student union and licensing was vague or not enforced. In recent years the student union sold the licensing rights to the KU athletic department. The athletic department will no longer allow anyone to use the Jayhawk logo inside or outside the University. This is why our trailers have a generic KU logo without the Smokey Jayhawk.