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The fire district is approximately 100 square miles in size. We are located toward the southern portion of San Joaquin County. The District surrounds, but does not include the City of Manteca. However, the City of Lathrop is included within our area of responsibility. For a map of the district, please go to The District.
The district is a mixture of urban and rural areas. The
district has more than 8105 single family dwellings, totaling 16.5
million
square feet. The structures with a commercial use total more than 779,000
square feet. Our industrial area of protection is 11.1 million square feet.
We also have acres and acres of agricultural areas, including dairies and
poultry farms. Some of our bigger crop farms include orchards (almond,
walnut and olive) corn, pumpkins, watermelons, alfalfa, squash and strawberries.
The fire district consists of
four stations, two in Lathrop,
one in the southern portion of the district and one in the eastern portion of
the district. The first station in Lathrop, Station 31, along with our
Administrative offices, is located at 800 East J Street, Lathrop. The
southern station, Station 32, our Nile Garden Station, is located 22701 South
Union Road, Manteca. This station is located near Nile Garden School, near
the intersection of Nile and Union Roads. The eastern station, Station 33,
our New Haven Station, is located at 9121 East Lathrop Road, Manteca. This
station is located near New Haven School, at the intersection of Lathrop and
Austin Roads. The second Lathrop station, Station 34, is located at 460 River
Islands Parkway. Station 34 is our newest station, opened on May 20,
2006.
The fire district is a combination paid/volunteer department. 
We have 37 paid firefighters, three administrative employees and 18 reserve
firefighters. Our command structure is as follows: the Fire Chief, one
Deputy Chief, three Division Chiefs (one Prevention Chief, one Operations and
one Training Chief), 12 Captains, 21 Firefighter/Engineers and 18 Reserve
Firefighters. In the office, we have a Business Manager, a fire inspector and a Permit Clerk.
The daily staffing works as a three shift battalion. The
four chiefs
work Monday thru Friday, 8 to 5. At least one Chief Officer is
available at all times, as a supervising officer. The firefighters are
divided into three shifts, 11 persons per shift. The firefighters work 24
hour shifts, starting at 8:00 each morning. Stations 32 and 33 have a
Captain and Firefighter assigned daily. Station 34 has a Captain and two
firefighters assigned. The Headquarters Station, Station
31, has a Captain and three firefighters assigned.
The governing body of the district consist of five members,
elected by the people of the district. The term they serve is 4 years.
Our Board of Directors meet at least once a month, with the Regular meeting on
the third Thursday at 7:00 pm. The meeting place is in the Meeting Room at
Station 31, in Lathrop.
If you have any questions or comments about the district, please go to our Feed-Back page for ways to get in touch with us.