Kansas and Missouri

[MFD76]

Consolidated Fire District Two (CFD2) Fire House Three (Prairie Village, Kansas) Kansas City Metro.



Home of Engine 3 (23) and Truck 3 (23)



The Condensed Version. CFD2 was formed in 1947 as the first fully career fire department in Johnson County, Kansas. They were created to protect landmark developer JC Nichols new development city/community called Prairie Village and Mission Hills, Kansas. JC Nichols created the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City and developed Prairie Village as a new community for returning vetrans from WWII to start families. It is a bedroom community with cape cod style homes and boarders the elite area called Mission Hills were the Ward Family founders of Russell Stover Candies and Ewing Kuffman founder of the Royals Basball club once lived. CFD2 started as Mission Twp Two at 63rd and Mission Raod in 1947 with two shifts A,B and two Engine's a Mack-E and Chevy-Central. In 1955 in south Praire Village Mission Twp Three was formed in a dairy barn at 83rd and Mission RD with two shifts A,B and two American LaFrance 700 series Engines. A year later Mission Twp Three moved into the new fire house pictured below at 90th and Roe. Although they had operated seperatly since 1955 they shared the Fire Chief.In 1962 both Fire District combine to form Consolidted Fire District Two. in 1987 the addtion was added of two bays and later one bay became the current office. In 1989 CFD2 combine again with Mission Fire Department and gained a third fire house. Today they operate three engines and two trucks (Tower and Ladder) with one BC from three fire houses. This is the second oldest fire house in Johnson County, Leawood FH1 is the first.