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ABOUT US General Information The City of Garden City Fire Department provides full fire and rescue service to the City of Garden City 8 84 square miles and Finney County 1 302 square miles Fire Stations GCFD has two full time stations the Allen Shelton Fire Station at 302 N 9th Street and the Labrador Station at 1605 E Mary Street Service to the Garden City Regional Airport GCRA is provided at the GCRA Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Station for all commercial flights Additionally GCFD is scheduled to break ground on a third fire station in late 2022 Personnel GCFD is led by Fire Chief Jon Irsik and his staff of 1 Administrative Assistant 1 Fire Marshal 1 Training Officer 3 Battalion Chiefs 6 Lieutenants and a plethora of Firefighter I II s CONTACT US 302 N 9th St Garden City KS 67846 620 276 1140 fire gardencityks us www gcksfire org GARDEN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE LEADERS ARE BORN

WAGES COMPENSATION SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION Overview Technical Rescue KSTF6 Starting Salary This team that specializes in structural collapse high angle rescue confined space rescue and search and rescue They are a state deployable asset that can respond to natural disasters when requested The City of Garden City and Garden City Fire Department offer careers with competitive pay excellent benefits advancement potential great work environments and work life balance Firefighter I 38 334 40 48 630 40 Firefighter II 47 507 20 60 278 40 HazMat Response Benefits Health Dental Insurance Advance Life Insurance KPERS Retirement Firemans Relief Association Wellness Program Paid Leave Employee Assistance Plan Employee Recognition Plan Years of Service Evaluation Bonuses Continuing Education Reimbursement WORK SCHEDULES Modified Schedule GCFD has three crews A B C that work a modified California schedule Shifts will work a rotation of on off on off on off for four days Crews enjoy the rotation schedule because it allows for more consecutive time off In the picture below crews are differentiated by their color A Shift is red B Shift is blue and C Shift is green This team is an organized group of Hazardous Materials Technicians that is specially trained to handle hazardous materials or dangerous goods Swift Water Rescue Dive The Swift Water Rescue Team is trained to provide shore based and boat based water rescue for humans and animals Dive team members are scuba certified and trained for commercial dive life safety recovery deep water rescues open water rescues and rescue first aid diving operations