As of August 1, 2010, Modern Fire Safety, LLC is owned and operated by Gunter Pest Management. Modern Fire began as Modern Supply and was founded in 1947 by Buck Cramer.  Buck bought a commercial building at 1001 Cleveland in Kansas City and started inspecting and maintaining Fire Extinguishers, as well as Commercial Kitchen fire suppression systems (mostly Ansul). In the mid 1980s, Buck passed away and the helm was passed on to Buck's wife, Nancy. Nancy continued the great service and tradition that Buck started until 2010. Looking to retire, Nancy sought out a strong service-oriented Kansas City business to continue providing Modern clients with the best possible service. Gunter Pest Management entered the picture and acquired all the assets, as well as all the long-term employees of Modern. The name was changed slightly to Modern Fire Safety, LLC to better reflect the entire fire protection service. Gunter was founded in 1950 by L.R. Gunter and is currently owned by Gunter's Grandson, Jay Gunter Besheer. Gunter currently has over 60,000 clients in the greater Kansas City and Lawrence markets. By acquiring Modern Fire Safety, Gunter will be able to provide fire protection services to all their commercial accounts. Also, Gunter will be able to provide pest management services to all of Modern's fire protection accounts.