Sugar Creek Mo. Fire Department

05/15/2026

SCFD C Shift was invited to help with Mill Creek Elementary's career day last week. We got to answer lots of great questions about the Fire Service from their awesome students. Thanks for having us.

05/12/2026

05/10/2026

Happy Mother's Day from SCFD!

To the moms who are always on call for their families – thank you for everything you do. We couldn't do it without you.

05/04/2026

Incident Update:
SCFD and SCPD was dispatched to a structural collapse of the Central Bank drive-thru at approximately 10:31 resulting in the pinning of 3 customer vehicles making deposit and withdrawal transactions. All patients were assisted and treated at the scene. One transported via ambulance. The scene has been handed over to SC Buildings Dept. The drive-thru remains inaccessible.

04/03/2026

We are aware of the unfortunate vandalism to the city's 9/11 memorial. Public Works is actively working to remove it from the stone. As we are confident this is an isolated incident, we respectfully request that this remain a place of remembrance for those who perished that day and that the memorial be left as the artist intended. Using chalk when leaving messages. As Permanent marker damges the stone. Leaving flowers and small items at the site is, as it always will be, appreciated, but vandalism will not be tolerated.

03/29/2026

Last Friday morning, Sugar Creek Firefighters Jacob Ferrell and Cooper Bracken, Reserve Firefighter Tony Pearce along side Captain Jason Rivera (no pictured) and Chief Nate Richardson were honored by The Independence Chamber of Commerce First Responders Breakfast for outstanding acts conducted in service to the community.

Bravery Award-

Nominees: Firefighter Jacob Ferrell, Firefighter Tony Pearce, Captain Rivera, Chief Richardson

On August 5, 2025, emergency crews were dispatched to cardiac arrest of a tugboat Captain on the Missouri River. Responding to the call, Sugar Creek Fire Department’s firefighters Jacob Ferrell and Tony Pearce, along with Captain Jason Rivera and Chief Richardson, arrived on scene and quickly determined that the unique location and river terrain made the rescue especially challenging. Chief Richardson, who served as incident commander, requested mutual aid from the Independence Fire Department to help with manpower to retrieve the patient from the tugboat on the water. The Patient was found pulseless in the ship’s galley. Sugar Creek crew immediately began CPR in the tight quarters, reviving the Patient. AMR arrived on scene to assist, when the patient coded again. Sugar Creek Firefighters and AMR were able to revive the patient once more with the use of department’s LUCAS device. Together the agencies developed a creative and unorthodox plan, using ladders and ropes to safely remove the patient from the tugboat and deliver him to waiting EMS crews on shore for advanced medical care and transport. The patient received care from the hospital’s trauma and cardiac teams upon arrival. He was released from the hospital several days later and has since made a full recovery.


Heroism Award-
Nominees: Firefighter Ferrell, Firefighter Bracken


In February 2026, Sugar Creek Police and Firefighters were dispatched to the area of an unknown gunshot incident. While en route to the scene, Dispatch updated the information that there was a juvenile that had been shot inside the residence. Once inside, Firefighters Bracken and Ferrell worked with Officers to stabilize the 3yr old patient with significant entry and exit wounds caused by an unintentional, self-inflicted gunshot. Using teamwork and outside the box thinking, the child’s wounds were packed and pressure applied to stabilize the patient until AMR arrived on scene to assist and provide transport. Crews rapidly removed the child from the residence and into the ambulance where Firefighters Ferrell and Bracken assisted the AMR crew. With the Patient’s critical state AMR requested both firefighters ride and assist en route to the hospital. With a Sugar Creek Police es**rt to Children's Mercy Hospital, the patient was rushed into surgery and has since been released from the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery.

03/17/2026

The Missouri Department of Transportation Kansas City (MoDOT KC) will hold an open house style meeting to discuss the upcoming 291 River Bridge Design-Build Project. The project will include replacement of the northbound bridge and rehabilitation of the southbound bridge. The northbound bridge has been in use since 1949 and while safe, it is scheduled to be replaced to meet current design standards. The southbound bridge was built in 2001 and is scheduled for improvements. This project will address the condition of the northbound bridge and provide maintenance on the southbound bridge. Details: https://www.modot.org/node/85072

MoDOT invites you to an upcoming public information meeting to learn more about traffic impacts associated with the upcoming design-build project.

The public meeting will be held Thursday, April 9 at the Mike Onka Memorial Building, 11520 Putnam Street, Sugar Creek, MO 64054. It will be an open-house meeting with no formal presentation. You can stop by the meeting anytime between 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. to ask questions and learn more about the project.

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03/07/2026

Daylight Savings Time 2026, tomorrow.
On Sunday, March 8, 2026, at 2:00 AM, the clocks will jump forward to 3:00 AM.

Don’t forget to set your clocks ahead by one hour before going to bed on Saturday night and
also make sure to check your smoke & carbon monoxide alarms. A simple test can determine if the alarm requires new batteries or a device replacement.

02/27/2026

RED FLAG WARNING

Warning will remain in effect until 7pm.

A Red Flag Warning signifies that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring or expected shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures may contribute to extreme fire behavior.

Any burning is highly discouraged.

01/28/2026

Monday's City Council meeting, Probationary Firefighter Cooper Bracken was sworn in and badged by his wife Miranda. With the addition of FF Bracken, SCFD staffing is back to 7 full-time members, which was the full-time staffing in 2019. We are very appreciative of the city's efforts to fund this position, we look forward to continuing working on our goal of increasing our staffing to meet NFPA minimum standards.