Career Staff

The La Junta Fire Departments career staff are all paid employees of the City of La Junta. Together, the Rural District and City of La Junta operate under a cooperative agreement to fund all career employees allowing the community to have a responder 24/7/365. Career staff is further supplemented by community volunteers. Command Staff including the Chief, Captain, and Lieutenant all work M-F 8/5 while the Engineers work Period consists of a 24on/72off A-D Shift schedule. During their work period Engineers respond to all calls for service, conduct and attend trainings, and ensure the departments equipment and apparatus are in a constant state of readiness. Sleeping quarters for 24hr staff are housed in the City of La Junta Municipal Building.

Chief Joey Gacnik

Engineer Christian Weber

Engineer Michael Clark

Engineer Tracy Vasquez

Engineer Elijah Morgan

Part Time Engineer
Matt Johnson

EMS Provider
MariaIsabel Martinez

Part Time EMS Provider
Francis Song