Operations

Fire

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).

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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.

Website Accessibility Policy

Thornton Fire Protection District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Thornton Fire Protection District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (209) 794-2460

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Thornton Fire Protection District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Thornton Fire Protection District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (209) 794-2460.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.