Proudly serving since 1928!
The Thompson Fire Department is a solely volunteer fire department located in northeast Ohio in northern Geauga County. The Fire department was originally founded in 1928 running only with a used chemical truck purchased from Fairport Harbor. The fire department currently runs out of one station, located on Thompson Square, which was constructed in 1966.
Today the fire department covers a primary response area of 25 square miles and a population of approximately 2,500 residents. The department also runs automatic aid to Madison Twp, Madison Village, Montville Twp as well as Trumbull Twp for fire calls.
Currently housed at TFD are 2 Engines, 1 Tanker, 2 ALS Squads, and a grass fire truck. Today the department is comprised of 25 volunteers, predominantly with 240 hour firefighting training who respond from home for all fire and EMS runs. TFD currently has 9 paramedics, 7 EMTs as well as 4 fire safety inspectors.