Fire Inspections
Fire Inspection Information
The City of Eudora Fire Department is pleased to welcome on board Mike Heim. Mike is the city's new fire inspector. He is recently retired from the Kansas State Fire Marshal's Office and has experience as a firefighter, emergency medical responder, and inspector.
As fire inspector, Mike Heim will be responsible for daycare inspections, building inspections, plans review, fire code complaint investigation and fire prevention.
What is a "Knox Box"?
Welcome aboard, Fire Inspector Mike Heim!
Pictured above: A firefighter opens a Knox Box to obtain a businesses key
A Knox Box, known officially as the KNOX-BOX Rapid Entry System, is a small, wall-mounted safe that holds building keys for firefighters and EMTs to retrieve in emergencies. Local fire departments hold master keys to all such boxes in their response area, so that they can quickly enter a building without having to force entry or find individual keys held in deposit at the station. Sometimes Knox Boxes are linked via radio to the dispatch station, where the dispatcher can release the keys with DTMF tones.
Knox Boxes simplify key control for local fire departments. They also cut losses for building owners since firefighters can enter buildings without breaking doors or windows.