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Consolidated Fire District No. is the amalgamation of many different fire departments and looks back to the histories of all.  As each component of the District was added, Governing Boards, firefighters, trucks, and equipment were intermingled to create the uniform District known today.

Fire District No. 2 is at the core of all the changes that have taken place over the years.  The first day of operations for the department then known as Mission Township District No. 2 was January 1, 1947.  It first operated out of a J. C. Nichols construction barn located at 70th and State Line Road.  In July 1948, the department occupied its new station at 3921 W. 63rd Street.  A log of the event is still in existence and can be seen in the History Case at the Administrative Building.

The second component of the District began with the birth of Fire District No. 3 in July, 1955.  The newly formed District began service on January 1, 1956, and operated out of Woolf Barn, owned by J. C. Nichols and located at 81st and Mission Road.  On August 1, 1956, District No. 3 moved into its newly completed quarters at 9011 Roe.

On February 21, 1962, the two Fire Districts consolidated to become Consolidated Fire District No. 2, and the newly formed District had two stations to serve the public.

Of all the different components which make up the whole, the oldest is that which came from Mission Fire District No. 1.  Founded in 1939, the department was first known as the Mission Hills Acres Fire Department.  Its first station was located on Maple.  In 1944, the department moved to larger quarters on Johnson Drive.  In 1954, the department moved to the Beverly station, still the home of Mission Fire Department, Inc.--who volunteers for the Fire District at this time.  In 1976, the fire department moved again, this time to 6400 Martway.

On October 1, 1988, Mission Fire District No. 1 and Consolidated Fire District No. 2 fused to become Consolidated Fire District No. 2, Northeast Johnson County, Kansas.  With this final consolidation, the District was complete and had three stations to serve the public.