Council hammers out details of fire merger agreement
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Gardner City Council members and Johnson County Fire District No. 1 board members hammered out details of an agreement that would consolidate fire services of...
View ArticleFire services becomes fire district function
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Gardner is officially out of the fire protection business. As of Friday, Nov. 26, the city’s fire services merged with Johnson County Fire District No. 1. The...
View ArticleFire district’s proposed mill levy increase excludes Gardner taxpayers
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Johnson County Fire District No. 1 is proposing a 13.839 mill levy for the 2012 budget year. That includes 10.914 mills for the district’s operating budget plus an...
View ArticleFirefighters respond to 2 false alarms at Wheatridge
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com Johnson County Fire District No. 1 responded to two automatic fire alarms at Wheatridge Middle School on Nov. 7. According to Battalion Chief Trig Morley, both...
View ArticleEmergency response training comes to town
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com When a massive tornado demolished Greensburg, Kan. in 2006, citizen volunteers conducted search and rescue efforts that recovered two survivors. The citizens...
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CERT
Staff photo by Mark Taylor The Gardner Rotary Club is sponsoring Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) at Johnson County Fire District No. 1’s New Century AirCenter station. Pictured is Cherlyn...
View ArticleGardner continues budget review with police, parks, public works
Mark Taylor mtaylor@gardnernews.com The Gardner Aquatic Center’s lap lane pool may need an estimated $250,000 to $300,000 in repair work. Jeff Stewart, parks and recreation director, told council...
View ArticleFire crews respond to Sunflower Elementary
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com Johnson County Fire District No. 1 engines responded to a potential fire at Sunflower Elementary School on March 2. School was not in session when...
View ArticleFire district, city officials debate merits of merger
Danedri Thompson dthompson@gardnernews.com It will take three or four years before the mill levy rates of the Johnson County Fire District No. 1 and the city of Gardner reach parity, city finance...
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