Cherokee Township Fire Department

05/28/2026

Congratulations Doug!!

Please join us in wishing our former service Director, Doug Mogle a Happy Retirement.

Doug began his career EMS and with the Cherokee County Ambulance Service many years ago in the 1980s when he became a volunteer EMT. He would then obtain the more advanced certification of EMT-I or EMT Intermediate and eventually take over the reigns of the service in 1989.

During his tenure as director, he has been a staunch advocate of EMS as a whole, but especially in the state of Kansas and southeast Kansas in particular, by addressing various issues that EMS providers face every day with leaders in local government but also at the state level.

Doug is also very active in the community having served as the treasurer for the City of Columbus for many years as well as his membership in various civic and church organizations and serving, along with his lovely wife Becky, as a host family for many foreign exchange students that have come to our area over the last few years.

Although he officially retired back in 2024, he has continued to serve in a more limited capacity as he has been assisting in the transition from one administration to the next. But that all comes to an end very soon as he will completely and officially be retired.

We wish to thank Doug for his countless years of service, not only to the citizens of Cherokee County, but to the EMS community in general.
We would also like to thank him for his leadership, mentorship, and most importantly his friendship throughout his time here with us.

With that, we wish to officially recognize the “full and complete,” retirement of Cherokee County Ambulance Association Service Director Doug Mogle. 🙂

You, Becky, Jacob, and Matt are and forever will be a part of our family and we wish you nothing but the best.

Signed,

The staff and crew of Cherokee County Ambulance Association.

05/23/2026

Those are some good looking trucks if I don’t say so myself!👀

Fire Chief Scott and Junior Firefighter Noah spent this morning getting Engine 1 placed in service and going through our other trucks to ensure they are ready to run calls!

05/21/2026

We would like to recognize and congratulate two of our firefighters, Kim and Shelby Grissom, for successfully completing the National and State of Kansas EMT exams; officially making them EMT’s.

Kim plans to utilize her role as an EMT within the fire department to provide more support to EMS during medical calls.

Shelby has taken a PRN position with Cherokee County EMS and plans to utilize her role as an EMT within the fire department to provide more support to EMS during medical calls.

Congratulations ladies!🎉🥳

05/21/2026

Coming soon to Cherokee Township!👀

Engine 1 is home and is getting ready for service. Our men and women have been hard at work this week getting equipment placed on the truck and getting ready for it to be placed in service!

05/19/2026

Cherokee Township responded to a motor vehicle accident where an individual driving a van ran into a mini bike, driven by a juvenile, and forced them off the roadway which lead to a physical altercation between 2 adults.

We were on scene for a little over an hour assisting EMS and traffic control.

Responding along side us were- Cherokee county sheriff’s department, KHP, Cherokee county EMS and Crawford County EMS.

05/17/2026

Please keep these firefighters in your thoughts and prayers!

Columbus Fire Department has deployed a Brush Unit and two firefighters to assist with the massive wildfire incident in western Kansas near Mead County.

Our crew has now been assigned to a Wyandotte County Task Force alongside departments from,
Coffeyville• Edwardsville• Kansas City, KS• Bonner Springs.

Please keep all firefighters, emergency personnel, and the communities impacted by these fires in your thoughts and prayers as they work long hours in extremely challenging conditions to protect lives, homes, livestock, and property across Kansas.

We are proud of our firefighters for stepping up to answer the call when help is needed.
We pray for a safe return for all.

04/26/2026

Date- April 26, 2026
Issued- 15:25
Expiring-23:00

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Kansas and Missouri until 11:00 PM CDT.

Please be weather aware this afternoon into this evening!

04/20/2026

Cherokee Township and Scammon Fire are on scene of a 2 vehicle accident.

Highway 7 from Scammon RD to NE Coalfield is currently shut down and will be for awhile. KDOT is detouring traffic.

Please avoid the area if at all possible.

04/17/2026

Date- April 17, 2026
Issued- 14:00
Expiring- 21:00

A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma until 9 PM CDT.

Please be weather aware this afternoon into this evening!

01/13/2026

Today we take time to remember Fire Chief Jamie L. Curtis of the Weir, Kansas Fire Department.

On January 13, 2017, while checking the fire departments apparatus and equipment for readiness before a forecasted winter storm. Chief Curtis collapsed at the fire station due to a cardiac emergency and died.

Chief Curtis age 23, left behind a wife and two Sons. Chief Curtis you are not forgotten!