Operations

Fire

The image shows several fire trucks parked outside a fire station, including a red truck and others with white and green details.

Thornton Fire District has as arrangement of apparatus and personnel equipped to handle an arrays of fire related incidents. Our Fire Apparatus include E17-1 a type 1 apparatus designed for structural firefighting, E17-2 a type 2 apparatus which meets the needs of structural firefighting and wildland firefighting, E17-3 a type 3 apparatus designed for wildland firefighting, and WT17-1 a water tender designed to shuttle water to areas in which a static water source is not readily available. 

 

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Medical

Curious as to why a fire engine responds to medical emergencies? All Thornton Fire District firefighters are County/State Certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs). Firefighters are equipped and trained to provide basic life support (BLS) rendering pre-hosptial care until an ambulance with a paramedic arrives on scene to provide advanced life support (ALS).

 

 

The image shows a fire department vehicle with specialized equipment, likely a stabilizer or support tool, on its surface.

Thornton Fire District strives to provide exceptional pre-hospital care. Along with other county fire agencies, Thornton Fire District was recently awarded a LUCAS Device 3 by the San Joaquin County EMSA. The LUCAS device is an automated chest compression device designed to drastically improve patient outcome in cardiac arrest incidents.