Crawford County Kansas EMS

12/19/2025

Today we celebrate Kenny yoakum on his retirement. Kenny has spent 3 decades with us and instilled his knowledge and compassion of EMS and patient care to more people that we could ever begin to remember. Kenny thank you for the time and dedication you have given and we wish you a happy retirement. We shall see you around and can only hope our future leaders have the same passion for EMS that you have.

12/12/2025

We had our last employee meeting of the year this morning. We do these monthly to give employees a chance to speak on issues and come together with training ideas or just ideas for the department in general to make us better. First off we want to thank all of the local companies and restaurants that donated to us for the giveaways, one of our employees mothers worked on getting all these gifts for us with the support if the community we appreciate you all very much. Last but not least we would like to thank each and everyone of our employees for your hard work and dedication not only to us but to the community also. Merry Christmas and happy new year, to all.

12/06/2025

A couple days late, thank you to the community for supporting Crawford county Kansas EMS. It was bitter cold but we enjoyed seeing you all at the Christmas parade.

12/05/2025

11/27/2025

Congratulations Tom, it has been an honor working with you over the years. We wish you the best and will see you around.

Today we honor Deputy Fire Chief Tom V***a, who retires after 28 years of dedicated service to the Pittsburg community.
Tom’s career began in the U.S. Army as Military Police, followed by six years with the Pittsburg Police Department before joining the Pittsburg Fire Department in 2003. Over the past 22 years, he has served as firefighter, Fire Marshal, and Deputy Fire Chief—making a lasting impact in fire prevention, public education, safety coordination, and emergency response.
Tom has been a familiar face in our schools during Fire Prevention Week, helping teach thousands of children fire safety. He also served on the SEK Honor Guard for two decades and supported numerous community and regional safety initiatives.
We are grateful for his leadership, professionalism, and unwavering commitment to Pittsburg.

Upon his retirement, Tom will join the Instructor Cadre for Honor Guard Clinics and Schools where he will pass on his years of experience in the Honor Guard.

Congratulations on your retirement, Deputy Chief V***a—and thank you for your service.

11/12/2025

Space Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

The sun has been very active, causing strong geomagnetic storms (G4 level) that could make the northern lights faintly visible in our area tonight.

Another powerful storm is expected tomorrow around noon, which may cause GPS and radio disruptions, including issues with farm equipment that rely on satellite navigation.

If you experience any impacts from this event, please report them to the National Weather Service these storms are rare and valuable for data collection!

10/28/2025

Happy national first responders day to all of the other first responders and our own. Also a big thank you to ARCK construction for the doughnuts today they are delicious.

10/16/2025

“With courage, compassion and care. You saved lives and touched hearts.” 19 years of dedicated service Rodger Long congratulations on your retirement and thank you for your service!

09/24/2025

Thank you to the Nazarene Church of Girard, KS for hosting the Blessing of the first responders.

09/11/2025

A big thank you to the ROTC program at Pitt State for the invitation this morning to be a part of the 9/11 memorial. We will never forget!

07/01/2025

Talking to some interested youngsters at Community Health Center of SEK Pittsburg North's Health Camp! It was pretty warm but the guys and kids were troopers.

06/30/2025

Thoughts and prayers for Kootenai County and Coeur D'Alene Fire Departments.