CJCares

CJCares CJCares is a division of CJCFPD, the fire department/ EMS provider for Blue Springs, Lake Tapawingo and Grain Valley.

Our program is a free service in which we work with people in a non-emergency setting to help them reach their healthcare goals.

August 5th will be our next Safesitter date. If your child is looking for babysitter training, this is the class for the...
07/08/2025

August 5th will be our next Safesitter date. If your child is looking for babysitter training, this is the class for them.

May is National Stop the Bleed Month, and May 22 is National Stop the Bleed Day. "Stop the Bleed" is a nationwide initia...
04/30/2025

May is National Stop the Bleed Month, and May 22 is National Stop the Bleed Day. "Stop the Bleed" is a nationwide initiative to educate the public on what to do in the case of life-threatening bleeding. Through the ACS Stop the Bleed course, you’ll gain the ability to recognize life-threatening bleeding and intervene effectively. Stop the Bleed. Save a Life! If your business or group would like to have a class, for free, please feel free to reach out to us. cjcares@cjcfpd.org or call 816-598-0033

04/24/2025

CJC will offer a Safe Sitter babysitting class on June 3rd, 2025, from 9:00 to 3:30 at our Training Center. The Blue Springs Elks Lodge #2509 - Blue Springs MO will cover the $75 tuition cost for this class! A CPR certification card can be purchased for $20. Call 816-229-9118 or email classreg@cjcfpd.org to register!

CJCares is looking for gently used Rollator Walkers in good condition to rehome to needy clients. If you would like to d...
03/05/2025

CJCares is looking for gently used Rollator Walkers in good condition to rehome to needy clients. If you would like to donate one please reach out to us. Thank you!

02/24/2025
Are your employees prepared to act in an emergency? If the answer is no, we can help. CJCFPD is Empowering Hearts to Sav...
02/07/2025

Are your employees prepared to act in an emergency? If the answer is no, we can help. CJCFPD is Empowering Hearts to Save Lives and wants our business community partners to empower their employees by learning Hands-Only CPR. If you have a business and would like to learn Hands-Only CPR, CJCFPD will come to your company and train your employees for free. For more information or to schedule a training please contact at at cjcares@cjcfpd.org or call 816-295-3195.

Last Evening CJCares Community Paramedic Judi Wood had the pleasure of instructing young men and women from a local 4H c...
02/07/2025

Last Evening CJCares Community Paramedic Judi Wood had the pleasure of instructing young men and women from a local 4H chapter on first aid.

02/07/2025
Our March Safesitter class is now taking applications. Classes fill quickly.
02/05/2025

Our March Safesitter class is now taking applications. Classes fill quickly.

12/10/2024

CJC will be offering a Safe Sitter babysitting class on January 6th from 9:00-3:30 at our Training Center. The Blue Springs Elks Lodge #2509 - Blue Springs MO will be covering the $75 tuition cost for this class! There is an option to purchase a CPR certification card for $20. Call 816-229-9118 or email classreg@cjcfpd.org to register!

Did you know:Only 13% of females in Missouri receive bystander CPR during cardiac arrest events.• About 37% of these eve...
10/03/2024

Did you know:

Only 13% of females in Missouri receive bystander CPR during cardiac arrest events.
• About 37% of these events are witnessed by bystanders, yet many are unprepared to help.
• Without intervention, death can occur within 4 to 6 minutes of cardiac arrest.
• 70% of cardiac arrests occur at home—is your family prepared to save a life?
• Properly applying an AED can triple a person’s chance of survival.

Please join us for a day of Service and learn Hands-only CPR and how to use an AED. BE THE HELP!

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4715 W 40 Highway
Blue Springs, MO
64015

Opening Hours

Monday 7am - 5pm
Tuesday 7am - 5pm
Wednesday 7am - 5pm
Thursday 7am - 5pm
Friday 7am - 5pm

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+18162299118

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CJCares

CJCares is a division of the Central Jackson County Fire Protection District (CJCFPD) Community Risk Reduction Bureau. CJCares started as a pilot program in September of 2016. CJCFPD had seen a 5% increase in call volume each year for four consecutive years. The district also recognized another trend; ours calls for emergency service might be preventable in nature if we would connect our patients with appropriate care or resources prior to a medical emergency. Leaders of the district decided to try a preventative approach to EMS with the goal of increasing availability of emergency resources.

CJCares is now a full time division within the fire district. CJCares is staffed with two Firefighter/Parmedics, who have expanded their education to include a Community Paramedic certification. The department received a grant from the Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City early in the program, to offset the cost of that additional education. The crew works Monday through Friday 7:00a to 5:00p providing our community with 50 hours per week of service. CJCares employs a traditional fire prevention approach to address the unmet medical needs of our community. Through data collected from EMS calls, CJCares is able to identify at risk populations. As an example, “falls” of all types make up 14% of the total calls for assistance. The average age of the patients needing services for falls is 72.4 years old. Given this information, CJCares is working closely with healthcare providers as well as cities and senior centers to come up with a fall prevention program to combat this issue.

CJCares provides resource navigation, as well as clinical care coordination. CJCares also offers in-home assessments, home safety evaluations, medication inventory, education pertinent to patient diagnoses and medication, and fall risk assessments. We use whatever means or resources necessary and available to us to serve our community and keep its members healthy and at home.

The CJCares crew is trained to identify and de-escalate mental health crises and works very close with mental health professionals to get individuals in crisis the help and care they need. CJCares will also be taking an active role in battling the opioid overdose crisis. CJCFPD crews will soon be participating in a Narcan leave behind program. This program will be rolled out in the fall of 2019.