FirePreplans

Valdez, Alaska. Chugach County.

Valdez Fire Department

  • 2,411pre-plans, about one per building
  • 5life-risk sites
  • 61estimated to need over 1,000 gpm
  • At setupin the flood zone

Estimated from public records. Your officers fix what is off in setup.

See a sample pre-plan

Mostly volunteer department. 3 stations. 10 career firefighters.

Get the board packetSign up
Hermon Hutchens Elementary, public schoolValdez High School, public schoolGeorge H. Gilson Middle School, public schoolProvidence Valdez Medical Center, nursing homeProvidence Valdez Medical Center, hospitalValdez Fire Department Station 1Valdez Fire Department Station 3Valdez Fire Department Station 4Hermon HutchensValdez HighGeorge H. GilsonSTATION 1STATION 3STATION 420 miNHermon Hutchens Elementary, public schoolValdez High School, public schoolGeorge H. Gilson Middle School, public schoolProvidence Valdez Medical Center, nursing homeProvidence Valdez Medical Center, hospitalValdez Fire Department Station 1Valdez Fire Department Station 3Valdez Fire Department Station 4Hermon HutchensValdez HighGeorge H. GilsonSTATION 1STATION 3STATION 450 miN
  • Your first due
  • Stations
  • Life-risk sites
Your first due, estimated by road distance from your stations. Your officers set the real lines in setup.

Your first due by the numbers.

2,411pre-plans to draft, estimated: about one for every building in your first dueEstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026
5life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
61buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
At setupbuildings in the 100-year flood zone. We read the flood map for your area when you set up, and every card shows its zone.
At setuphydrants. Send your hydrant list or map in any form, or mark them in setup, and every card plans its water from them.
2,820square miles of first dueEstimated

About 4,723 people live in these buildings, estimated from the building records.

How to read these numbers. Estimated means we worked it out from public records, and your officers check it at setup. The month is when its list was last updated. A check flag means the list is more than 2 years old, so look at it first.

Numbers built October 2026. Your officers fix anything that is off in setup, and every card follows.

Buildings by type

  • Homes1,023
  • Industrial400
  • Mobile homes378
  • Sheds, utility and other217
  • Businesses180
  • Apartments and lodging144
  • Government and assembly44
  • Schools13
  • Nursing homes and hospitals12
EstimatedBuilding records as of Sep 2026

Water need, in gpm

  • 250 or less1,361
  • 300 to 500740
  • 550 to 1,000249
  • 1,050 to 2,00042
  • over 2,00019
Estimated

Water need by the NFA formula, with 25% of the building involved. Homes and apartment buildings with no recorded height are counted as 2 floors; your officers can set heights in setup.

Shuttle loop times and rig counts are worked out card by card, from your tankers or tenders, your fill sites and your roads, once your officers enter them in setup.

Life-risk sites

Nursing homes, hospitals, care homes, schools and day cares that are first due to you, from state and national lists. Each list carries its own date.

NameTypeSizeList as of
Providence Valdez Medical CenterNursing home10 bedsSep 2026
Providence Valdez Medical CenterHospitalAt setupFeb 2018
Hermon Hutchens ElementaryPublic school287 studentsJun 2025
Valdez High SchoolPublic school175 studentsJun 2025
George H. Gilson Middle SchoolPublic school143 studentsJun 2025

Your stations.

Each card routes from the station that is first due, so the way in matches how your rigs come. Add or fix stations in setup.

  • Valdez Fire Department Station 1Record dated Apr 2026
  • Valdez Fire Department Station 3Record dated Feb 2018
  • Valdez Fire Department Station 4Record dated Mar 2014