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Local firefighters gain from KS insurance funding

By Brian Hagen

06/28/2024

(KAIR)--Local area Firefighter Relief Associations will share in a total of more than $18.9 million, with the funds coming through the annual distribution to the associations by the Kansas Department of Insurance.

The funding comes pursuant to the Kansas Firefighters Relief Act, which Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt explains, in a release, provides "additional protections for firefighters and their loved ones,” adding that "the Act not only gives first responders needed safety nets, but it also allows local communities to provide their citizens with improved firefighting equipment and resources.”

Atchison County will receive more than $146.6 thousand; Brown County receives over $78,000; nearly $33,000 is designated for Doniphan County; Jackson County receives more than $76.6 thousand; Jefferson County gains over $112,000; Leavenworth County gains nearly $436,000; Marshall County receives over $86,000; Nemaha County gets over $77,000; and Pottawatomie County gains more than $226,000.

The release explains that the funds are generated by a two percent tax paid by insurance companies on fire and lightning insurance premiums written in Kansas.

Associations primarily use their distributed funds for insurance premiums and safety enhancements, such as new firetrucks, fire station building improvements, and firefighting gear, which can be purchased through relief funds loaned to local governing entities.

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