Barton County Fire Dist. #2

05/20/2026

It’s taken awhile to get pictures of both of these two guys. Both Danton and Garrett have recently hit their 10 years on the department. Without volunteers like these guys there would be no BCFD #2. Thank you for your service.

05/18/2026

We’ve had a busy evening tonight. We responded to two separate mutual aides with Galatia and Great Bend. One was put out by rain and the other Great Bend was able to handle on their own. After that we responded to a wheat field fire from a lightning strike. The field was still green so not much damage was done. A big shout out and thank you goes to our awesome dispatchers at Barton county communications for keeping everyone in the county going in the right direction.

05/14/2026

Come join us today a little before 1:00 for state Tennis send off going east out of town!!

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

Tonight several of our firefighters attended a school put on by the Great Bend Fire Department. They were training on several different aspects of fighting structure fires. We are always trying to stay on top of the current practices as well as getting experience working with other departments. These are few pictures from tonight’s training . 👨🏻‍🚒

04/08/2026

Last night at one of or Hoisington monthly meetings crews from Hoisington and Galatia worked together in our new merger to learn to pump each others trucks as well as doing some general maintenance to our equipment to maintain reliability.

04/08/2026

Today at approximately 6:00 pm BCFD #2 Galatia was paged to a grass fire in a farm yard in the north part of the county. In standard practice during this dry spell the Hoisington and Olmitz stations were paged to assist with the fire. Upon our arrival at the residence we found the front yard of the residence had been burnt and mostly out upon our arrival. Water was sprayed on the entire burnt area to make sure the fire was out. The cause of the fire appeared to be from a riding mower. Other than the mower there was no other damage. BCFD #2 was assisted by BCSO and Barton County District.

04/06/2026

Earlier this week BCFD #2 Hoisington station responded to an unattended fire in Susank. Upon our arrival we found a small brush pile covered by dirt smoldering with no one around. The fire was put out and all crews returned to the station. Just a a reminder that Barton County is in a burn ban.

03/31/2026

The Commission has adopted a burn ban in Barton County until further notice. Under Resolution 2026-09, it is noted:

There is an imminent threat of fire affecting Barton County, Kansas, at this time.

Effective immediately, all outdoor open burning is prohibited in the rural areas of Barton County, Kansas. Agricultural burning for crop and pasture management practices may be exempted from this order only upon issuance of a written permit by the Fire Chief having jurisdiction of the area where the Burning is to take place and in accordance with the provisions of Barton County Resolution 2005-04, Resolution Regarding Opening Burning and Creating a Permitting System for such Burning and Repealing Resolution 2004-05, Same, Adopted January 26, 2004.

This Resolution was adopted pursuant to County home-rule power and K.S.A. 19-101d. Violations of this Resolution by any person shall be punishable as a Class B Misdemeanor with penalties for each separate offense by a term of confinement in the Barton County Detention Facility not to exceed six months and \ or a fine in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Any person who aids, assists or abets another in violating the provisions of this Resolution will be deemed to have committed a violation of the Resolution.

The effective date of this Resolution March 31, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. and it will continue in force until such time as suspended by the Board of County Commissioners, Barton County, Kansas.

03/15/2026