Cherokee County EMS -Kansas

Happy Father’s Day!!

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.

Instructor/ Paramedic Korey Lucian, with the assistance of EMT Robert Burton, participated in a training session tonight at the Columbus Fire Station.

Those in attendance are part of an EMT training course. These women and men will spend the next few months learning the ins and outs of what it takes to be an Emergency Medical Technician.

Tonight’s topics were communicable diseases, how to properly obtain vital signs, and an introduction into the equipment and techniques used to safely move patients.

Training will continue two nights a week for several months and focus on in-house skills labs, a multitude of lecture topics and scenarios and an eventual transition into the field internship phase where they will be allowed to accompany some of our on call crews and not only shadow them but also assist them on calls so as to get a chance to obtain some real wold experience prior to being allowed to sit for their certification boards.

Join us in wishing each one of these candidates the best of luck as they continue on this worthwhile endeavor.

Join us in, honoring the sacrifice of those who fought and died for our freedom.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🫡🫡🫡

Thank You for your service!!

Folks from Mercy Hospital, Freeman Hospital, and MedFlight stopped by to drop off some goodies for our crews to enjoy as the 2026 EMS Week continues.

Thank you all.

Happy EMS Week to all of our dedicated employees, and to all EMS providers throughout the area and the country.

Stay safe, and Thank You for all that you do!

Earlier this evening, crews from the Columbus station of the Cherokee County Ambulance Service responded alongside crews from Crawford County EMS, Galena Fire Department, Baker Township Fire Department, Crawford County Sheriff’s Department,and Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department, to a two vehicle accident on 171 Highway east of the Intersection commonly known as 5 south Jct. located south of Pittsburg.

Happy Mother’s Day!!

Happy Nurses Week to all nursing professionals whether you work in Home Health, Hospice, Nursing Homes and Assisted Living to Doctors Offices, Mental Health Facilities or one of the multitude of Nursing positions within the Hospital system

Thank You for all that you do, from all of us here at the Cherokee County Ambulance Association.

If you would, please say a quick prayer for strength and healing for several of our fellow first responders in Crawford County who where involved in an incident in their jurisdiction that has forced several of them to be hospitalized.

On behalf of the administration and staff of the Cherokee County Ambulance Association, you all are in our thoughts and prayers.